Warning: GMail security failure

http://www.davidairey.co.uk/google-gmail-security-hijack/

by nickb • 19 years ago

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davidairey.co.uk

mattmaroon3• 19 years ago

Interesting. I would have paid the guy the $250, then gone after him in any way possible once my domain was back. I would imagine that would also make it easier to find out who he was.

I'm all about doing whatever I'd have to do to get that guy behind bars, but screwing yourself out of a potentially large sum over the general principle of not giving money to criminals seems kinda silly. Buy the domain back, rake in the profit you make from it, and use that to fight the douche.

cellis• 19 years ago

I second this. While it is obviously distasteful to conduct business in this manner, sometimes unsavory practices are necessary to stay in business. Just the world we live in.

tarkin22• 19 years ago

Perhaps it's a British thing but I wouldn't have paid the thief either. It seems like doing such would perpetuate this activity. It's far more moralistic than pragmatic, but I guess he and I value those more than monetary benefits.

I would only pay him if I was sure I could successfully bring criminal proceedings against him - otherwise I would have done what this man did: refused to perpetuate this criminal activity and wrote about my experiences to warn others and therefore ultimately damage this kind of activity through awareness.

nickb• 19 years ago

I would have paid by using a CC and then issued a chargeback.

mattmaroon3• 19 years ago

Ha. Brilliant, though I'd guess any decent escrow service has some plan for this contingency.

MuddyMo• 19 years ago

So, it's just a given the GMail's security SUCKS?

chaostheory• 19 years ago

I could be wrong but I think they fixed this particular malicious site forwarding your email issue. By default, you can no longer set that filter until you change a setting.

Still, I use gmail in one browser (Opera) and surf with another (Firefox).

Warning: GMail security failure

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