OR he was a victim of a socially sophisticated phishing attack. My own Hotmail account was hacked this way. I got email, apparently from a friend, sending me a link to pictures which looked like a site on Windows Live. Clicking the link then asked me for my windows creds which unthinkingly I entered and voila, all my Hotmail contacts got hit with the same kind of phishing attack within seconds. I realized at most 1/2 a second after I put in my password but I can imagine most people won't think anything was amiss. It was a very effective way to trawl for real email addresses in a viral way. No attempt was made to lock me out of my account, though. I suspect if the PC Pro editor goes through his email, he'll find the phishing attack email in there.
One thing in particular, I will note, is your lack of experience with C++ / Java. While it's not required, I do recommend becoming comfortable with those languages.
Amazing. You seemed to have invented a time travel machine to have a conversation on/. in 2012 while living comfortably in 1997.
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OR he was a victim of a socially sophisticated phishing attack. My own Hotmail account was hacked this way. I got email, apparently from a friend, sending me a link to pictures which looked like a site on Windows Live. Clicking the link then asked me for my windows creds which unthinkingly I entered and voila, all my Hotmail contacts got hit with the same kind of phishing attack within seconds. I realized at most 1/2 a second after I put in my password but I can imagine most people won't think anything was amiss. It was a very effective way to trawl for real email addresses in a viral way. No attempt was made to lock me out of my account, though. I suspect if the PC Pro editor goes through his email, he'll find the phishing attack email in there.
One thing in particular, I will note, is your lack of experience with C++ / Java. While it's not required, I do recommend becoming comfortable with those languages.
Amazing. You seemed to have invented a time travel machine to have a conversation on /. in 2012 while living comfortably in 1997.