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Not being facetious: what is the worst that can be done with stolen email addresses? Spam?
by beex 9y ago
Not being facetious: what is the worst that can be done with stolen email addresses? Spam?
- spike021 9y agoPhishing is a start.
- ar0 9y agoTargeted phishing. After all you know that all of these people are Bell customers and some of them will have used email addresses they haven't used anywhere else, so they will expect emails from Bell and might not expect phishing to these email addresses.
- ronnier 9y agoCorrelate them with other dumped email/passwords lists and try to log in and find other info to eventually scam/phish/fraud people?
- throwwit 9y agoKinda funny the 'relevant ads' program was worse in my opinion. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/bell-faces-750m-lawsuit-over-allegedly-selling-customer-data-1.3037545 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/bell-faces-750m-lawsui...
- uw_rob 9y agoI'm not sure if it is the worst, but one issue is bruteforcing valid premium logins on sites.
- mythrwy 9y agoPaste them in website popups that ask for email addresses to be put on a subscription list.