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September 24, 2015, 02:55:50 PM
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My ICQ account 671760262 was just hacked. Avoid using it to contact me. It's certainly not me. EDIT: My XMPP/Jabber account cryptology@jabb3r.org is gone too. Assume also hacked. |
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September 24, 2015, 03:10:52 PM |
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Step 1: Scam people
Step 2: Claim ICQ was hacked
Step 3: Claim innocence
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September 24, 2015, 03:50:33 PM |
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Step 1: Scam people
Step 2: Claim ICQ was hacked
Step 3: Claim innocence
Were is step 1? |
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September 24, 2015, 04:42:11 PM |
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From a backup I was able to recover the ICQ contact list and from a fresh account I was able to send an alert to all of them.
Hopefully nobody will get scammed.
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September 24, 2015, 05:05:15 PM |
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The whole thing went into extortion mode. I guess that the funniest part of this sad story is the "I am an honest man" piece.  |
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james.lent
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September 25, 2015, 08:09:55 AM |
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How do they even log into your acc ? ICQ's tied to your mobile number ain't it ?
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September 25, 2015, 08:18:19 AM |
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How do they even log into your acc ? ICQ's tied to your mobile number ain't it ?
I could not log in back again nor recover the account. As part of the hack the account's phone number was linked to a different account so every recovery attempt led to this alt account. The hack was proficiently done. I managed to recover the contact list because I run all messaging apps on virtual machines which are backed up frequently. |
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james.lent
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September 25, 2015, 08:19:25 AM |
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How do they even log into your acc ? ICQ's tied to your mobile number ain't it ?
I could not log in back again nor recover the account. As part of the hack the account's phone number was linked to a different account so every recovery attempt led to this alt account. The hack was proficiently done. I managed to recover the contact list because I run all messaging apps on virtual machines which are backed up frequently. Damn buddy... about time for me to stop using icq i guess...  |
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September 25, 2015, 08:26:13 AM |
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Damn buddy... about time for me to stop using icq i guess... I would definitively recommend not using ICQ. As to how the hack was done I don't know. Password was sufficiently strong to rule out a brute force attack. I guess that they either used an exploit at icq.com or maybe somebody from the inside just sold the account for a bunch of coins. |
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james.lent
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September 25, 2015, 08:34:03 AM |
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Damn buddy... about time for me to stop using icq i guess... I would definitively recommend not using ICQ. As to how the hack was done I don't know. Password was sufficiently strong to rule out a brute force attack. I guess that they either used an exploit at icq.com or maybe somebody from the inside just sold the account for a bunch of coins. I wouldn't be surprised.. i had a lot of unknown Russian accounts adding me lately. Blocked them all though.. Didn't know they could redirect the registered number to another account. Won't be using ICQ from now on thats for sure. |
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September 25, 2015, 11:20:57 AM |
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didnt know people still using icq
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September 25, 2015, 12:35:23 PM
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MarkMJ
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September 25, 2015, 01:17:09 PM |
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When you want to scam this is the best opportunity.
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I'm RED and that's GOOD, i will never be GREEN and that's not BAD! there's no one i'd rather be than me. DEV for cryptocurrency but I HATE forks |
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September 25, 2015, 02:52:13 PM |
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I have just lost access to my XMPP/Jabber account cryptology@jabb3r.orgAssume hacked as with ICQ. |
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September 25, 2015, 03:14:16 PM |
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Why don't you contact theymos with some proof? He might help you with recovering those accounts.
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james.lent
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September 25, 2015, 03:17:24 PM |
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Why don't you contact theymos with some proof? He might help you with recovering those accounts.
what has theymos got to do with icq and jabber? lol |
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Brad Harrison
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September 25, 2015, 04:02:29 PM |
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Why don't you contact theymos with some proof? He might help you with recovering those accounts.
what has theymos got to do with icq and jabber? lol Remember theymos is god |
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September 25, 2015, 05:38:56 PM |
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Why don't you contact theymos with some proof? He might help you with recovering those accounts.
Thanks for the idea but is not worth the efforts. I nuked both accounts and I'm certainly not planning to go back to trading via these insecure channels. Time for a review of communications strategy. Update: With 2 accounts blown over 2 different networks both set with very hard to break passwords the hypothesis of a compromised component is now very realistic. After some review the most probable attack vector is Pidgin a universal chat client that has not seen a release in almost a year. If there is somebody out there using this client be mindful of the risk. |
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