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37 minutes ago, Alan said:

Where's the email scam "perty"? to celebrate this? Still tickets going?

It was last night with Scam Coyle DJing and Ted Phishtopher with the old classics such as The Fall of the Tea Leaf, Uist Identity Theft Song and Lass O'Bitcoinmyle 

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4 hours ago, Wallace1953 said:

Got two emails asking for £170 each. I would have expected by now an official email from the SSC to all members acknowledging their security breach plus a warning not to open the link. I would expect there are many members unaware of this thread and will innocently open the link. An apology would also be appreciated and an note of the extent of the security breach.

Aye i've had to text my mum to tell her not to open it, kind of thing she would just click on without really thinking

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4 hours ago, Ally Bongo said:

PM me your bank card number, expiry date and 3 digit security number and i'll ensure my contact at the SFA transfers the money to you ...

 

4 hours ago, DOUBLE A said:

Think Ally Bongo is trying to scam you so 

 

 

PM me your bank card number, expiry date and 3 digit security number and i'll ensure my contact at the SFA transfers the money to you ...

I'm not sure who to trust,so Ive sent you both. 

Thanks lads. 

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9 hours ago, OLAS said:

Only 2 from 54 antivirus programs detected this is a dodgy file and all the AV signatures are the very latest.  

The SFA will have some explaining to do if anyone gets infected with this.   The "HEUR_JSRANSOM.O2" tells me it's ransomware which encrypts all your files and asks for BitCoins for the unlock key.  

You could be £000s out of pocket if infected. 

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Is that from clicking the link posted at the start of this thread (i.e. in the dodgy email)? (if so I would bet some have clicked on it just from there.)

5 hours ago, dandydunn said:

How do I get my money back?

Looks like I'm the only one to fall for it. 

Surely not? Well if you did it would depend on how you paid. But seriously no way you paid right.

That said I would think a few folk (the vulnerable) will have fallen for it. 

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To get infected you'd need to click the link in the email, download & open the zip file then execute the JavaScript file.  People do fall for it. 

Even then I think both Windows and Apple computers would ask you if you wanted run it with 'program x'. 

It's not easy seeing what the script does just by looking at the code as it's completely obfuscated using random variable names, meaning it can't easily be detected by virus scanners. 

This was more of an attempt to hit the 1% with a mass mailing rather than a 'drive by' attack where you get infected due to browser vulnerabilities.  The guys who do the latter are millionaires... 

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13 hours ago, DoonTheSlope said:

It wouldn't have happened in Marjorie Nimmo's day

Totally agree. Sent an e-mail to SFA asking them to investigate any potential data breaches. Expect a response that is as glacial as our centre backs. Got 4 e-mails but thankfully didn't open. 

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I got an email confirming receipt of my £170

They have asked for another £70 for SSC renewal so i've sent that too

They havent said what will be included in the membership pack but i'm hoping it's something good with the price hike

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18 hours ago, OLAS said:

The SFA clearly have no clue. 

The update email simply says the same as the first ones :lol:

Still blaming third parties when it's themselves to blame. 

 

You trying to say that the SFA aren't experts in cyber security? I find that surprising.

We should disband the SFA to prevent this happening again in the future.

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4 hours ago, deecie said:

You trying to say that the SFA aren't experts in cyber security? I find that surprising.

We should disband the SFA to prevent this happening again in the future.

No, that's what you're saying.

I'm saying a company with a turnover that the SFA have and 10s of thousands of personal records should have the correct policies in place. Passwords, porn, piracy and personal internet usage to name a few. 

What I don't find surprising is your shite attempts at humour. Must be a northern thing. 

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On 08/12/2016 at 3:27 PM, OLAS said:

No, that's what you're saying.

I'm saying a company with a turnover that the SFA have and 10s of thousands of personal records should have the correct policies in place. Passwords, porn, piracy and personal internet usage to name a few. 

What I don't find surprising is your shite attempts at humour. Must be a northern thing. 

Not a lot you can do if the company you outsource IT to gets hacked.

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