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LilacTree — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:39:08 GMT

I called them directly (CS gave me the phone number). I am on the list to be called back. However I don't see the post anymore, so someone must have noticed it and deleted it. I will confirm that when (and if) they call me back.

Sorry for that everyone . . . I was trying to be helpful and it backfired on me.

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tansy — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:39:44 GMT

No need for an apology

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croemer — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:39:46 GMT

Sorry Ford, I have no idea what this is about???

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Preds — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:41:21 GMT

You were helpful! At least the Alert part stayed up.

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------ — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:41:36 GMT

It happens. No apologies necessary.

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circles — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:41:44 GMT

me either....?????

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LilacTree — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:42:23 GMT

On 8/6/2014 croemer said:
Sorry Ford, I have no idea what this is about???

Just read the threads that are still here about my "Russian Hackers" post.

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Teacups — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:43:48 GMT

I missed it

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LilacTree — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:49:35 GMT

I just received a call from one of the webbies that they have indeed deleted my post. She said not to worry, that it sometimes happens when people copy and paste things from websites, that the "copy" may pick up some of the website formatting and the QVC forums do not know how to interpret that.

She said to inform everyone that it is not dangerous, there is no virus, it has been deleted, and not to be concerned about it. She was very nice.

Whew!!

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MomOf4 — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:16:49 GMT

On 8/6/2014 Ford1224 said:
I just received a call from one of the webbies that they have indeed deleted my post. She said not to worry, that it sometimes happens when people copy and paste things from websites, that the "copy" may pick up some of the website formatting and the QVC forums do not know how to interpret that.

She said to inform everyone that it is not dangerous, there is no virus, it has been deleted, and not to be concerned about it. She was very nice.

Whew!!

Thanks for the explanation Ford!!

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sophiamarie — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:25:24 GMT

Before everyone gets their panties in a twist, this is not "breaking news" - except here, of course. I read about this in my local paper on Monday and it wasn't even front page news (except here of course).....

Watch your news if you want to learn more about this. It's happening in Russia, nothing to worry about in the U.S. and if it was "alarming", wouldn't we be hearing about it everywhere - on all the stations and in all the papers????

I just signed on to three banks and I didn't see any warnings. The last place I would want to hear breaking news would be on the Q's shopping board. JMO of course. To each his/her own......

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------ — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:26:39 GMT

I heard on the news this morning that the hackers were using the info to spam accounts.

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DoneTryin — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:29:57 GMT

Other than here, I haven't heard any news about this. After having had a debit card hacked a couple of years ago, I now check my credit union accounts daily & haven't yet seen any alerts there, either.

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Marp2 — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:38:54 GMT

On 8/6/2014 sophiamarie said:
Before everyone gets their panties in a twist, this is not "breaking news" - except here, of course. I read about this in my local paper on Monday and it wasn't even front page news (except here of course).....

Watch your news if you want to learn more about this. It's happening in Russia, nothing to worry about in the U.S. and if it was "alarming", wouldn't we be hearing about it everywhere - on all the stations and in all the papers????

I just signed on to three banks and I didn't see any warnings. The last place I would want to hear breaking news would be on the Q's shopping board. JMO of course. To each his/her own......

From what I have read the hackers are based in Russia, not that it is only happening in Russia.

According to the Times article the companies affected have not yet been named because of confidentiality agreements. There is no way this affects only Russia. The following is from http://news.msn.com/science-technology/report-russian-hackers-steal-12b-passwords

Alex Holden, the founder and chief information security officer of Hold Security, told the Times that most of the sites hit by the Russian hackers are still vulnerable to further break-ins. Besides filching 1.2 billion online passwords, the hackers also have amassed 500 million email addresses that could help them engineer other crimes, according to Hold Security.

So, far little of the information stolen in the wave of attacks appears to have been sold to other online crooks, according to the Times. Instead, the information is being used to send marketing pitches, schemes and other junk messages on social networks on Twitter, the newspaper said.

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LilacTree — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:42:30 GMT

On 8/6/2014 Marp2 said:
On 8/6/2014 sophiamarie said:
Before everyone gets their panties in a twist, this is not "breaking news" - except here, of course. I read about this in my local paper on Monday and it wasn't even front page news (except here of course).....

Watch your news if you want to learn more about this. It's happening in Russia, nothing to worry about in the U.S. and if it was "alarming", wouldn't we be hearing about it everywhere - on all the stations and in all the papers????

I just signed on to three banks and I didn't see any warnings. The last place I would want to hear breaking news would be on the Q's shopping board. JMO of course. To each his/her own......

From what I have read the hackers are based in Russia, not that it is only happening in Russia.

According to the Times article the companies affected have not yet been named because of confidentiality agreements. There is no way this affects only Russia. The following is from http://news.msn.com/science-technology/report-russian-hackers-steal-12b-passwords

Alex Holden, the founder and chief information security officer of Hold Security, told the Times that most of the sites hit by the Russian hackers are still vulnerable to further break-ins. Besides filching 1.2 billion online passwords, the hackers also have amassed 500 million email addresses that could help them engineer other crimes, according to Hold Security.

So, far little of the information stolen in the wave of attacks appears to have been sold to other online crooks, according to the Times. Instead, the information is being used to send marketing pitches, schemes and other junk messages on social networks on Twitter, the newspaper said.

This is exactly the way CNN reported it this morning.

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sophiamarie — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:54:22 GMT

On 8/6/2014 Ford1224 said:
On 8/6/2014 Marp2 said:
On 8/6/2014 sophiamarie said:
Before everyone gets their panties in a twist, this is not "breaking news" - except here, of course. I read about this in my local paper on Monday and it wasn't even front page news (except here of course).....

Watch your news if you want to learn more about this. It's happening in Russia, nothing to worry about in the U.S. and if it was "alarming", wouldn't we be hearing about it everywhere - on all the stations and in all the papers????

I just signed on to three banks and I didn't see any warnings. The last place I would want to hear breaking news would be on the Q's shopping board. JMO of course. To each his/her own......

From what I have read the hackers are based in Russia, not that it is only happening in Russia.

According to the Times article the companies affected have not yet been named because of confidentiality agreements. There is no way this affects only Russia. The following is from http://news.msn.com/science-technology/report-russian-hackers-steal-12b-passwords

Alex Holden, the founder and chief information security officer of Hold Security, told the Times that most of the sites hit by the Russian hackers are still vulnerable to further break-ins. Besides filching 1.2 billion online passwords, the hackers also have amassed 500 million email addresses that could help them engineer other crimes, according to Hold Security.

So, far little of the information stolen in the wave of attacks appears to have been sold to other online crooks, according to the Times. Instead, the information is being used to send marketing pitches, schemes and other junk messages on social networks on Twitter, the newspaper said.

This is exactly the way CNN reported it this morning.

That IS what CNN reported this morning... So far, it doesn't sound very alarming....

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azterry! — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 20:00:55 GMT

No worries, Ford.

It was an interesting and informative topic.

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scotttie — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 20:17:11 GMT

FYI Ford is not concerned about her original post about the hacking. She wanted it to go down because it was faulty.

THe info is now available HERE:

http://community.qvc.com/forums/viewpoints/topic/463074/ford1224-theres-something-really-wrong-with-your-russian-hacker-thread.aspx

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spindlegirl — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 23:03:24 GMT

Thanks Ford for the update. No harm done.