Fastmail hacked?
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I have 2 legacy fastmail accounts (let's call them me@fastmail.fm and wife@fastmail.fm). I also have my own domain (mydomain.tld) that uses fastmail's DNS services. I set an alias on my account that forwards wife@mydomain.tld to wife@fastmail.fm and an alias on wife's account that forwards wife@eml.cc to wife@fastmail.fm About a week ago somebody opened an ebay.co.uk account with the wife@mydomain.tld email address. Ebay support restricted it once I proved to be the owner of the email address, but claimed that creating the account required the information in the confirmation email. There were also emails from a UK broadband provider and a UK magazine subscription site, both on that same day. I immediately changed all the passwords on both our accounts. I also checked the login log on both accounts, and the only IPs that accessed it were my home, my workplace and my wife's iPhone. Today my wife saw an email from Microsoft sent to wife@eml.cc requesting to confirm the creation of a "live" account, and another email saying that the email address was changed from wife@eml.cc to tel@f-m.fm -- another fastmail address (actual, not mine) I do not know how to explain this. Maybe fastmail had a breach or was hacked. I opened a ticket with FM, but I am interested to know if anyone else had similar experiences or has an idea. Thanks, Alex. |
Could be a mistake or attack - it's hard to tell
I have seen no problems with my three Fastmail accounts or personal domain tied to one Fastmail account. I have several thoughts about your unfortunate situation:
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Nothing much to add other than the obvious note that there is a problem when using top-level domain names (TLDs) other than .com, .net. or .org can lead to this type of issue where some organization inadvertantly (or even the person who owns the address) uses the domain name with .com without thinking. Not sure if that is part of the problem or not. My guess is some sort of phishing attempt going on.
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Are any of your devices portable? Are you both ultra-careful to keep devices locked, if eg they're in offices or other public spaces? Has anyone other than you & your wife been in your house? |
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I agree about the single post from a new member - I usually regard all such posts as likely signs of a spammer. |
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The exception, of course, is one particular long-term forum member who has a penchant for resurrecting old and sometimes bizarre threads, that have absolutely no connection with the fine art of e-mail. |
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KeylaLewis is clearly the same person.
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No they usually dont :(
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Im sorry if I caused any confusion :)
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