31 May
2019
31 May
'19
1:17 p.m.
Date: Friday, May 31, 2019 08:04:13 -0400 From: Jason Kuehl <jason.w.kuehl@gmail.com
Is it possible, yes. I've seen it several times now at my place of work. Targeted attacks are a thing.
Dan Hollis wrote:
Phishing scheme didn't happen.
fedex has had a number of major compromises so it's not a stretch that their user database was stolen and sold to spammers.
When I have looked into this type of issue for my unique addressing some did trace back to back-end db hacks (e.g., adobe), but I found that the most likely culprit was the 3rd-party bulk mailer that handled the organization's marketing mail. It could be a non-zeroed disk thrown into the trash or an inside job, but it almost always traced back to one or two bulk mailing companies.