I don't care about my username or my password being advertized as they are now, because they have little to do with anything confidential. As a matter of fact, I had given a very simple password when I signed up, which I had never used anywhere else and which was only intended to be used on that site.
I have however been foolish enough to use one of my main email addresses as my contact address and am now reaping the fruits of my stupidity. This address had not been spam-free, of course, but it has clearly seen a surge in the number of unwanted messages since the hacking incident.
period | total | daily average | daily min | daily max |
before | 63 | 3.94 | 1 | 8 |
after | 165 | 10.31 | 5 | 20 |
Over the 16 days prior to the incident, I received a total of 63 spam emails, with a daily average of a little under 4, a minimum of 1 and maximum of 8. Over the 16 days after the incident, the total amount of spam messages reached 165, with a daily average of about 10, a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 20. As a result of my stupidity, I am now receiving about 160% more spam overall than before (and counting, presumably).

by reverse engineering the averages, min and max, I would say Feb 28th. Ok, maybe I just eyeballed the middle of the graph :)
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ReplyDeleteGood job, guys. I guess I gave it away when I said the graph showed the spam activity on my address 16 days before and 16 days after the event. In this case, eyeballing the middle of the graph is a pretty effective method!
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