Tell HN FYI: Play.com registration emails leaked

21 points by vukk 15y ago ↗ HN

Just a FYI for the community: it seems that Play.com registration emails have been leaked to a spammer who is now trying to spread malware by using (probably hacked) gsn.com email servers.

Play.com is a major online retailer in Europe. Hopefully it is only emails, but be sure to keep an eye on your credit card bills if you have used Play.com :)

I can confirm this myself, and here are some threads to follow:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?s=b7d8a85718e5b61b56c770329305c035&p=42142988

http://www.gsn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=891

http://twitter.com/search?q=play.com%20spam

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kmfrk 15y ago ↗

So that was why I received that weird e-mail today. I opened it, but promptly sent it away, so I hope nothing's happened.

Thanks for the heads-up.

revorad 15y ago ↗

what was the email?

It's the one mentioned in OP's links.

bjonathan 15y ago ↗

Thanks for the info, I just checked my gmail account, and good news Gmail seems to have put it in the spam folder automatically !

1880 15y ago ↗

If you are in the UK you should complain to the ICO: http://www.ico.gov.uk/complaints/data_protection.aspx