06-06-2012, 05:57 PM
Starting about a month ago, a couple people I know had their Yahoo email accounts suddenly start "emailing" spam to people in their address books... with no evidence left in their out-boxes.
Over the last few weeks, this phenomena has struck several MORE people I know... for some it's their primary email address, for others, a "throw-away". But everyone they've ever emailed from that account is now getting Spam from the Yahoo address.
NOW, I've just noticed on one of my Yahoo email accounts (actually only used for craigslist, and a spam-catcher) is doing, or has been "done from" the same thing!
Nothing in the out-box, strong password, but a few bounce messages in my inbox. Don't actually see any evidence that my account has been compromised - just seeing that my email address is being used (or being spoofed) to send spam.
Am I the only one noticing that this seems to be a genuine problem going on at Yahoo?
Over the last few weeks, this phenomena has struck several MORE people I know... for some it's their primary email address, for others, a "throw-away". But everyone they've ever emailed from that account is now getting Spam from the Yahoo address.
NOW, I've just noticed on one of my Yahoo email accounts (actually only used for craigslist, and a spam-catcher) is doing, or has been "done from" the same thing!
Nothing in the out-box, strong password, but a few bounce messages in my inbox. Don't actually see any evidence that my account has been compromised - just seeing that my email address is being used (or being spoofed) to send spam.
Am I the only one noticing that this seems to be a genuine problem going on at Yahoo?