GOA News

Sharkith · Post by **Sharkith** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:58 am

I dunno what you think but that 'hacker' seems to be a bit of a numptey to me. I mean look at the message.

http://daoc.goa.com/en/

p.s. I dunno how to do the direct link but its under more false emails (obviously that haxxor is not me)....

Elrandhir · Post by **Elrandhir** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:08 am

heh, not like I would get it, I usually never read my letters, just go in and delete everything =P

Satyn · Post by **Satyn** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:22 am

We have detected that there have been a thief logged on in your account You will have to run the GOA Anti-Hack Tool that we sent you with this email.

the way its written says a lot imo

pepper · Post by **pepper** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:41 am

not only that...

GoA will never ever send you an attached file.

Norcott · Post by **Norcott** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:46 am

pepper wrote:not only that...

GoA will never ever send you an attached file.

only Norc does that ..

<grin>

Maeloch · Post by **Maeloch** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:48 am

Out of interest, this kinda of activity break any law? - above and beyond being a general nuiscance. I mean you're basically obtaining a password for a computer game via deception, is that illegal? Is the dodgy attachment breaking any law? Who is the injured party if it does, you or GOA?

Post by **Xest** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:53 am

Satyn wrote:the way its written says a lot imo

To be fair that's how GOA usually type so it's hard to tell the difference between some authentic GOA message and that based purely on bad English

Post by **Xest** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:53 am

Maeloch wrote:Out of interest, this kinda of activity break any law? - above and beyond being a general nuiscance. I mean you're basically obtaining a password for a computer game via deception, is that illegal? Is the dodgy attachment breaking any law? Who is the injured party if it does, you or GOA?

I'd imagine so, the attachment is esssentially a trojan, maliciously spreading viruses and trojans is certainly punishable

Ownership of online items is a hot topic in the legal world of over countries but it's yet to become an issue here.

Satyn · Post by **Satyn** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:42 pm

Xest wrote:To be fair that's how GOA usually type so it's hard to tell the difference between some authentic GOA message and that based purely on bad English

pffff I knew when posted that YOU would make this comment. You're getting transparent hunny

Kesxex · Post by **Kesxex** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:09 am

Maeloch wrote:Out of interest, this kinda of activity break any law? - above and beyond being a general nuiscance. I mean you're basically obtaining a password for a computer game via deception, is that illegal? Is the dodgy attachment breaking any law? Who is the injured party if it does, you or GOA?

In the UK the Computer Misuse Act (1990) would cover this. With the recent change it covers it even more.