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Sextortion mail from yourself? It doesn’t mean you’ve been hacked…
Here’s a 30-second video you can show your friends and family if they freak out after receiving a scam email apparently from themselves…
Football team drops the privacy ball with email Cc blunder
But at least now you know how to get in touch with people who might have an extra ticket…
Basic email blunder exposed possible victims of child sexual abuse
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse sent out a mass emailing in which a staffer mistakenly used “To” instead of “Bcc”.
Someone else is reading your Gmails
Remember when privacy advocates used to worry about Google scanning your email? Well now, they have another problem on their hands: real people reading them.
Mozilla tests new Firefox Privacy Monitor tool
Mozilla’s enthusiasm for Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned? service has cranked up a level with the news it plans to integrate its breach checking into a new tool called Privacy Monitor.
WHSmith contact form spams out personal customer data
Users of UK newsagent chain WHSmith’s online services have reported large amounts of email arriving in their inboxes, containing personal contact data on other users.
This email scam targeting businesses is a billion-dollar problem, FBI warns
The FBI issued a warning last week about email scams that have cost businesses $1.2 billion in fraudulent wire transfers since 2013. “Nigerian Prince” scams these are not…