Hacking and Spam e-mails

George Washington once famously hacked a cherry tree. Never in his wildest of dreams he would have imagined, that hundreds of years down the 1600, Pennsylvania Avenue (the official address White House) where his successor would reside, a different kind of hack takes place. And that would involve a device called Computer, not a tree. And it would involve code generated remotely from thousands of miles away, not an axe.

 

Russian hackers have been accused of successfully hacking into the networks of White House, getting access to Obama's classified schedules. China, Russia and surprisingly North Korea are protagonists of some champion hackers, hired to work for their government. Positions are open, from Entry level Hackers to Director and Vice President (Hacking) in those nations. Anybody interested ?

 

Once my email account got hacked. My friends started getting weird, unsolicited hot mails, containing pictures of hot females from my Hotmail accounts. Some thought, I have changed my profession to free Viagra supply & distributions, plus other obnoxious professions (luckily  no one responded asking me for the famous blue pill). Viagra is not a dirty word, as doctors prescribed the legendary writer Khushwant Singh half a Viagra to prevent him from peeing on his feet. But I was not aspiring to be a "Medical Representative" of the famous blue pill. Anyway, changing my password to a harder one stopped those free offers emanating from my email id.

 

These hackers who target many commoners like me, via spam e-mails, getting smarter day by day. In technical terms its called "phising". Though most get into my spam folder, some still manage to sneak into my inbox. The $200 hour work from home, free Viagra and other kinky offers, can end up soliciting personal information. Some might seem innocuous like soliciting Home address and date of birth. Don't fall for them. From your address and date of birth they can pull your Social Security Number and steal your identity. And stay safe from the hackers, especially in this approaching holiday season of Thanksgiving and Christmas, favorite time of hackers and stealers.