Re: Spam from Verisign

[Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com>]

Someone pretty senior at VeriSign/Symantec tells me: "Yes, the email is
legit and was sent from VeriSign/Symantec.  We used the responsys email
service to sent the email out and this email was developed prior to the news
of the recent breach."

I have been doing contract writing for VeriSign for some time (although a
new job I just got will put an end to this relationship). They're really
swell people and I'm sure they're telling the truth and would never
themselves get breached in this way.

LJS

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah
<rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:

> I got spam from Verisign today.
>
> I was all set to just send out a message noting the fact, and sarcastically
> wondering
> why it was that Verisign was suddenly (I can't recall getting any spam from
> them
> before, although lots of junk mail) eager to offer me 20% off SSL
> certificates.
> The headers on the spam seemed to show an origin at Verisign.
>
> But then, some of the URLs in the body of the message didn't.  They were
> coming
> from a rsys1.net domain.  Owned by:
> RESPONSYS Inc. hostmaster () responsys com
> 900 Cherry Avenue, 5th Floor, San Bruno, CA 94066   US
> 650-745-1700 fax: 650-745-1701
>
> responsys.com appears to be your common-or-garden "email marketing"
> (commercial spam) firm, and Verisign/Symantec may, very well, be trying to
> cash
> in on the Diginotar debacle as quickly as possible.  But it may be equally
> possible
> that someone else is trying to take quick advantage of the situation.  Does
> anyone
> have any more detailed information on them?
>
> ======================  (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
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