Re: Possible AIM Hack?

["Travis Haymore" <thaymore () gmail com>]

I've run into the same situation several times recently.  My guess is
it's some sort of glitch with the server as I run a few different
machines with GAIM clients (both Unix and M$ platforms) and it happens
to both.  I've also seen disconnections at the same times as well.

Anyone else experiences anything similar to this ?


Travis Haymore
DHS/ICE Cyber Crimes Center




On 14 Mar 2006 15:57:03 -0000, belka () att net <belka () att net> wrote:
> Here is the gist of what happened:
>
> March 8th, while using AIM, it logs me off.  When I try to log back in, it tells me my password is incorrect.  When I 
> try to rest the passowrd, I receive no password rest message.  It is as if the hack changes the account e-mail at the 
> same time to prevent password rest.  Lastly, I went to create a new AIM account -- but without success.  The error 
> message tells me that the service is temporarily unavailable.  I tried from several computers, and from different 
> places, to no avail.  As of 09:11 CST (-6GMT) AIM will still not allow new accounts to be set up.
>
> I haven't seen any news from any source about an AIM hack, but I have heard anecdotally from my college aged kids 
> that several of their friends were also affected around the same time period and most have not been able to establish 
> new AIM accounts.
>
> Is any one else seeing any kind of similar activity/results surrounding AIM?  Or am I just a victim of a series of 
> unfortunate events?
>
> Thanks


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-th


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