Level 15

What Else Can They Hack?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
December 6, 2024
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What's behind all the spam messages that appear here overnight (deleted when the monitors come to work in the morning)? Is it just idle play by a teen-ager in a basement? Or is it a message to Intuit that other systems are vulnerable, but for $10 million ransom the problem will go away?

PATAX

Level 12

@BobKamman Well said Bob.

IRonMaN

Level 15

No hacking involved. Since Intuit doesn't have any requirements for entry (you don't even have to wipe your feet on the welcome mat on your way in), it leaves them wide open for spammers. The only folks that are ever denied entry for posting are regular posters when they are deemed to have made Santa's naughty list 😬

Slava Ukraini!

BobKammanAuthor

Level 15

@IRonMaN I thought they at least required an account with Intuit -- even if just TurboTax, QuickBooks or maybe CreditKarma. Maybe not. I'll have to try starting an anonymous account some day. What's your explanation for what is happening?

IRonMaN

Level 15

You need nothing, other than the ability to create a username to get into this place. For those of us that have been here since dirt, that has been the number one complaint since dirt. Intuit doesn't like to potentially offend a potential new customer by locking the door, so they say "welcome" to anybody passing through -------------- including spammers when they want to flood the system. This has happened before and it will happen again.

Slava Ukraini!

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