http://www.reporter.bz/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=3281 By Lisbeth Ayuso The Reporter 09 January 2009 Hacking into email accounts is common in the United States, and while Belize has managed to stay out of harm’s way over the years, hackers have become aware of Belize’s naivete and have started breaking into Belizean internet accounts. The latest incident occurred this week when Hipolito Bautista, Sr., a teacher at the Anglican Cathedral College, realized that his email account had been compromised and his password changed, in effect, stopping him from accessing his own email account. He was alerted to the incident on Wednesday night around 7:00 p.m. According to Bautista, he received a telephone call from a friend who told him that he had received an e-mail from Bautista, explaining that he (Bautista) was stranded in Africa. The e-mail explained that Bautista had left important documents and his wallet in a taxi and needed to borrow money in order to secure a ticket to Belize. A few hours later, on Thursday, January 8, another friend received the same email, supposedly from Bautista, requesting a loan for US $3,500. She too alerted Bautista of the email and Bautista explained his ordeal. He recalled that a few days earlier he received an email from Yahoo explaining that their lines were congested and that they were about to delete his account if it was no longer active. In order to prove that the account was in use, Bautista replied by entering his username and password. Today Bautista believes the hacker used the Yahoo letter as a guise to obtain his username and password. [...] _______________________________________________ Please help InfoSecNews.org with a donation! http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.htmlReceived on Fri Jan 09 2009 - 01:29:29 PST
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