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thekompany.com get hacked????

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  • 27-05-2004 5:14pm
    #1
    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭


    Got this in the email
    Unfortunately we\'ve had a hard drive problem on our main server, some files were wiped out from bad sectors. We\'ve recovered the system, but one of the bad sectors was this mail list, there is no one on it anymore. To sign back up to the mail list go to:



    http://www.thekompany.com/products/cart/download.php3



    and login and select the appropriate option to join the mail list. We\'re very sorry for the inconvenience, you might possibly get this message mutliple times as well.



    Best Regards,

    Shawn Gordon

    President

    theKompany.com

    The ".php3" looks a bit off, and if the mailing list was destroyed then how did they manage to email me?


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    PHP3 is a standard (albeit deprecated) file extension for the PHP scripting language. It is odd that they'd mail you when "there's no-one on it any more" though. :)

    adam


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    damnyanks
    Registered Users Posts: 4,276 ✭✭✭damnyanks


    Being a commercial company I'd imagine that they have some form of data backup.


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    whosurpaddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭whosurpaddy


    maybe they have your email address from a past order but dont know if your on the mailing list, so they sent out one spam fishing.


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    Sleepy
    Registered Users Posts: 24,183 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Quite possibly they lost the mailing list but still have their email addresses from transactional information. Given that users must sign up to recieve mail from businesses under Irish law (and I assume international at this stage) they probably need anyone that was part of the mailing list to sign up again.


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