Reply to post: Re: no proof

Plusnet customers SWAMPED by spam but BT-owned ISP dismisses data breach claims

TrevMo

Re: no proof

Re: 'no proof':

That's Total rubbish. If it were a dictionary attack...

1. What, on all our different domains that have never had spam (in most cases) before, all at the same time? REAlly....

2. On our catch-all accounts where ALL AND EVERY email sent to the domain comes in, we would have all of the 'aaa@', 'aab@' etc come in as well. I would, anyway. Despite what you say, I have remarkably little spam to that domain despite having used it in this way for over fifteen years!

It is only those specific address that we have created and given to PN, and only to PN, ever. Mine does not even exist on my PC as an address I can use, and I never have, it just comes in to the catch-all account like all the rest. If I were to send a reply, it wouild not have that address as my sending address.

So yes, we can say that the released information has come from PN in some way. There are plenty of us with similar (but different domains) setups having exactly the same issue. The only direct common factor is PN. Any indirect ones still include PN as the source.

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