Most of the time, when users get infected with a computer virus or a Trojan, it’s a nuisance. But what happens when an important person becomes a victim of a cracker like your doctor?
How about this story:
I got a mail from a good friend. It had no text, just a link. I clicked the link and a web site of a big pharmaceutical company. It was a bit odd but I thought nothing of it. I’m a doctor, so I visit a lot of medical websites.
A couple of days after that, I got mails from old friends that thanked me for getting in touch with them again after such a long time. I was puzzled.
Yesterday, I got an email from myself. That I never wrote. It seems when I clicked the link above in my web mail, “something” happened.
Apparently, everyone in my address book got spammed.
The attackers got the address book. Which is inside the mail software. Which means they had access to the mail software. Which means they had access to all the mails. Do you exchange mails with your doctor? How much do you like the idea that “someone” out there had access to those mails?
We need to fix computer security.
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