Tough Tanks Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 To all who have received spam emails - our apologies, we did not send them to you. We received about 100 garbage emails this morning & thought they were spam but it sounds like that was the hacking point as about an hour later we started receiving emails from our customers telling us they had received spam emails from us. Unfortunately, being a business, our email address is everywhere & I have been told it is very easy to do if someone has a mind to do it. We are terribly sorry this has happened & are looking into how it could have been done. Lyn - Tough Tanks :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 To all who have received spam emails - our apologies, we did not send them to you. We received about 100 garbage emails this morning & thought they were spam but it sounds like that was the hacking point as about an hour later we started receiving emails from our customers telling us they had received spam emails from us. Unfortunately, being a business, our email address is everywhere & I have been told it is very easy to do if someone has a mind to do it. We are terribly sorry this has happened & are looking into how it could have been done. Lyn - Tough Tanks :-? Perhaps you might want to protect yourself and your business with some simple computer security measures then - the business I work for has nearly 50 e-mail addresses in operation in the public domain and not one piece of spam enters or leaves our network. You have an obligation to the people on your list to do better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tough Tanks Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Thats the problem - we have filters & blocks in place. We have moved our address book so this won't happen again & we have our computer guru looking into it for us. All we can do is apologise to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracoz Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Change your(TT) password ASAP for any online based communication tools/programme (MSN etc) if applicable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Theconch As I mentioned before, I too have had this happen to me and my bussiness. Dont forget that NASA and the White House have also been hacked so whereas your advise is good, there is little than can be done at times My PC updates everytime I log on to the net yet I was hacked Its a bl**dy horrible thing to happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant N Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 I got it to. And no hard feelings Lynn. These things happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Send a email out saying it was not you that sent the email, just to let people know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 I got this too. I thought they had been hacked as wouldn't imagine that they would do this. Too much damage to their business. Every dealing I have had has been great and I will continue to trade with them. S--t happens! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted July 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 I got it to. And no hard feelings Lynn. These things happen Yeah me too, what a bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keri Anne Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Have always had fast professional service from Tough Tanks, have not dealt with them recently but would not hesitate to deal with them again. I have received spam e-mail before with myself listed as the sender (I have mutable accounts) so this can happen to anybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 I have also had this happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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