[LINK] Re: Account Update

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Hi Howard and all,

Howard, the whole email is a phish .. i've never had a Netspace account.

But, having received this phish for this major ISP (^60% of Vic schools),
I'm giving Netspace their opportunity to advise the Link Institute of some 
company measures to protect customers and our net from any phished access. 

cheers, Howard

> Did you login into your Netspace account after this deadline date - 
> directly, not via the phish address - and did it work for you?
> 
> stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>
> > Dear Netspace, and Link Institute mailing list,
> > 
> > The following email's reply mailto address is: acct.helpdesk at y7mail.com
> > 
> > Am wondering, Netspace, (being a major Australian ISP) if you'd advise
> > myself (and Link) if this phish is common, and some of the protections
> > from such you have in place for account holders, and for the Internet?
> > 
> > Cheers Netspace
> > Stephen Loosley
> > Victoria, Australia
> > --
> > 
> >  From:   Netspace Support Team <support at netspace.net.au> 
> >  To:   stephen at melbpc.org.au 
> >  Date:   Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:14:57 +1000 
> >  Subject:   Account Update 
> >  
> >   Dear User,
> > 
> >   We wrote to you on 29th March 2008 advising that you change the
> >   password on your account in order to prevent any unauthorised
> >   account access following the network intrusion we previously
> >   communicated.
> > 
> >   we have found the vulnerability that caused this issue, and have
> >   instigated a system wide security audit to improve and enhance our
> >   current security, in order to continue using our services you are
> >   require
> >   to update you account details below.
> > 
> >   To complete your account verification, you must reply to this email
> >   immediately and enter your account details below.
> > 
> >   Username: (**************)
> >   
> >   password: (**************)
> > 
> >   Failure to do this will immediately render your account
> >   deactivated from our database.
> > 
> >   We apologise for the inconvenience that this will cause you during
> >   this
> >   period, but trust you understand that our primary concern is for our
> >   customers and for the security of their data.
> >   our customers are totally secure
> > 
> >   Netspace Support Team
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Link at mailman.anu.edu.au
> > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Howard.
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