Critical hacking issue

Re: Critical hacking issue

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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By posting spam sent as personal messages on the public forum you helped the spammers!
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In reply to Visvanath Ratnaweera

Re: Critical hacking issue

by Gareth J Barnard -
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And to avoid panic, this was not 'hacking' as that is using means to access a computer system by bypassing the intended access mechanisms.  The spammer had a legitimate account and decided to use it for the wrong reasons.

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