[Harp-L] suspicious links

[Rick Dempster]

I didn't re-post, actually. I just copied it, removed the link and pasted
it, so people would recognise it.
Old, but not completely silly, yet.
Cheers,
RD

On 20 March 2017 at 22:09, <owner-harp-l at xxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, Rick Dempster called it, do not click that link.  We appreciate the
> tip off but if you're going to call out a post please do not repost the
> actual nefarious link in the call out.  No point in having it occur twice
> plus it hurts our reputation score with various internet providers like
> AOL.
>
> Again this was a subscribed address that the link came from.  Nobody has
> hacked harp-l but they have hacked 3 of our subscribers now, actually 4
> but that last one never saw the light of day.  The current address has
> been subscribed since 2006 so nobody is subscribing addresses to post
> links to the list.  The accounts are being compromised and used to send
> these links.  This kind of thing happens all the time but subscribers
> rarely if ever see it because it gets filtered.  We are working on a non
> invasive solution at the moment but as always use your judgement, don't
> click on any link anywhere on the internet that is suspicious.
>
> harp-l-listowner
>
>