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Old 10-20-2007, 02:13 AM
Mark Trimble
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Quoting Andy Fish on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:42:01 +0000:

> Hi,
>
> I just got a nice email from fasthosts - a UK ISP - saying that they
> have had a security breach and have lost security details including my
> password IN PLAIN TEXT !!...
>
> Andy


Never heard of a notice like that coming by e-mail. Looks to me like
someone's bucking for their advanced credentials in social engineering
(read: phishing). Proceed with caution.

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