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Re: Gmail account owners?


From: "Clark, Sean" <Sean.Clark () UCDENVER EDU>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 12:30:55 -0600

Nice!  Sneaky and underhanded, but I bet it is effective.


Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Behun, 
Michael
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:49 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Gmail account owners?

Consider sending a note to the account, asking to stop the activity.   
In the message put the note as an image on your webserver.   Watch  
your webserver logs.   This hopefully will point to an ip under your  
control.

Mike

Michael Behun



On May 19, 2010, at 1:39 PM, "Pete Hickey" <pete () SHADOWS UOTTAWA CA>  
wrote:

Social engineering?????


On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:26:01AM -0400, Witmer, Robert wrote:
Does anyone know of a way to determine the user of a gmail  
account?  My university is challenged by someone hiding behind a  
seemingly anonymous account.  Contact me off list at r.witmer () snhu edu 
<mailto:r.witmer () snhu edu> if desired.
Thanks in advance.
Bob

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Pete Hickey
The University of Ottawa         If God had intended politicians
Ottawa, Ontario                  to think, he would have given
Canada                           them brains.

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