[SAC] [OSGeo] #2437: Phishing Spam received on the gsoc-admin at osgeo dot org email address

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#2437: Phishing Spam received on the gsoc-admin at osgeo dot org email address
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Reporter: rajatshinde | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: new
Priority: critical | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems | Keywords: GSoC Org Admin email, Phishing Spam
  Admin | Received
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Hi,

We OSGeo GSoC Admins received a spoof and phishing email to the gsoc-
admin@osgeo.org email address. The sender has spoofed the From and To
email address as the same - gsoc-admin@osgeo.org and it was received 11
hrs before now under the subject line - "Yoúr accoúnt has sígns of hackíng
and blockíng. Please contact wíth Secúríty Department of osgeo.org".

Please find trimmed content for reference below-
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Dear gsoc-admin,

Í have very bad news for yoú.
03/01/2020 - on thís day í hacked yoúr OS and got fúll access to yoúr
accoúnt (gsoc-admin@osgeo.org)

Íf yoú do not belíeve ít, yoú can check ít yoúrself.
Í created thís letter ín yoúr accoúnt (the sender address matches the
recípíent address).

So, yoú can change the password, yes... Bút my malware íntercepts ít every
tíme.

How í made ít:
Ín the software of the roúter, throúgh whích yoú went onlíne, was a
vúlnerabílíty.
Í júst hacked thís roúter and placed my malícíoús code on ít.
When yoú went onlíne, my trojan was ínstalled on the OS of yoúr devíce.

After that, í made a fúll copy of yoúr dísk (í have all yoúr address book,
hístory of víewíng sítes, all fíles, phone númbers and addresses of all
yoúr contacts).
...

(followed by some black-mailing and ransom instructions.)
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Please take necessary steps and let us know if we could help with some
additional information.

Thanks and kind regards,
OSGeo GSoC Admins

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2437&gt;
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#2437: Phishing Spam received on the gsoc-admin at osgeo dot org email address
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Reporter: rajatshinde | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: closed
Priority: critical | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Resolution: worksforme
Keywords: GSoC Org Admin email, Phishing Spam |
  Received |
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Changes (by robe):

* status: new => closed
* resolution: => worksforme

Comment:

I'm going to close this out. Feel free to reopen if still an issue.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2437#comment:1&gt;
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#2437: Phishing Spam received on the gsoc-admin at osgeo dot org email address
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Reporter: rajatshinde | Owner: sac@…
     Type: task | Status: closed
Priority: critical | Milestone: Unplanned
Component: Systems Admin | Resolution: worksforme
Keywords: GSoC Org Admin email, Phishing Spam |
  Received |
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Comment (by rajatshinde):

Yes, we can close this now. Thanks a lot!
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2437#comment:2&gt;
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