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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I received a very similar message from Amazon on 3/7/16. Discussion boards seemed to indicate it was legit, however my password was never actually changed by Amazon as the e-mail indicated, nor did I ever change it manually as a result.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The e-mail also appeared legit on the headers, but now that I look at a little more closely it originated from amazonses.com which is seems like it might be an e-mail service you can subscribe to?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Even though it had all the hallmarks, I never could figure out how it was a valid phishing attempt since no malicious links were contained in the e-mail, and logging on to Amazon to change my own password would result in ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Outages [mailto:outages-bounces@outages.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeff Palmer via Outages<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 05, 2016 12:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> Joey Kelly<br><b>Cc:</b> outages@outages.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [outages] eBay password changes -- were they attacked?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>If it's a phishing scenario, no matter how they store and protect passwords, they'd be compromised.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Keeping in mind, this is not confirmed, and at this point is pure speculation.<o:p></o:p></p><p>As for who made them the password police, that is one of the inherent duties in providing such a service. If they knew your account was compromised and did nothing about it, you'd be emailing with a very different attitude.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Apr 5, 2016 12:20 PM, "Joey Kelly via Outages" <<a href="mailto:outages@outages.org">outages@outages.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 04/05/2016 10:51 AM, DJ Anderson via Outages wrote:<br>> I got one of those a few weeks ago.<br>><br>> When I inquired about it I was told that the password I was using was found on some leaked password list and due to that they had set a temporary password to protect my account.<br>><br>> -DJ<br><br><br><br>Does that not imply they are not using salted hashes, but storing the<br>passwords in plaintext? Or maybe they're intercepting the passwords and<br>testing them against a dictionary? I might be OK with the latter, maybe<br>(but who appointed them to be the world's password police?)<br><br>--Joey Kelly<br><br><br><snip><br><br>--<br>Joey Kelly<br>Minister of the Gospel and Linux Consultant<br><a href="http://joeykelly.net" target="_blank">http://joeykelly.net</a><br><a href="tel:504-239-6550">504-239-6550</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Outages mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Outages@outages.org">Outages@outages.org</a><br><a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages" target="_blank">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>