As some of you know I recently joined Twitter. I am not sure why, but I make the occasional tweet in an effort to attract readership of my blogs. I haven't yet found any other real purpose for tweeting. And, having expressed that on Twitter, some other tweeters haven't either and are equally perplexed as to why they are there.Anyway, a fellow blogger yesterday announced a site that guarantees followers... up to 400 per day. Now, the blogger concerned is a trustworthy sort, so i had no compunction in visiting and joining. The site http://tinyurl.... promised this and that and, of course, there was an upgrade of membership which cost seemed legit.So I amassed about 150 tweeters to follow and watched. I got a few followers, not the 400 promised, but one cannot expect miracles.As is my habit, I went to the bar to watch the news, and of course one can't sit in a bar beerless.However on my return, my mailbox had a good number of emails from followers who were following and a couple of direct contacts and.... one from Twitter:"Hey there.
Due to concern that your account may have been compromised in a phishing attack that took place off-Twitter, your password was reset. Please create a new password by opening this link in your browser:http...... This will reset your password. Remember to choose a strong password that is a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols. Do not reuse your old password.
As a reminder, you should be extraordinarily suspicious of any third party that offers to artificially inflate your follower count. We do not endorse any of these sites."
Now I have never been phished before, I have only a vague idea of what phishing is. This letter from Twitter gave me some concerns.
So I changed my password, and all seems well. But, I still can't stop wondering... Did that letter come from Twitter? It was all Twitterish. Or, did it come from the phishers wanting my changed password?
Time will tell. It just goes to show, that you can't be too careful.
I ran through my list of follows and deleted all that I had followed from the http://tinyurl's site in the afternoon, in the hope that my phisherman my disappear.
But the damage was done, I had been phished!
Be careful out there people, it's a dog eat dog world.
Oh, and this happened on Monday.... another reason to add to the list of why I hate Mondays.
This will be the last post for Nether Region of the Earth, the time has come to move on.
Once again, thank you all, this is the last post (Bugles playing sadly in the background in true military style).
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