[OLPC library] link from Carlo Falciola "dangerous"

[Chris Leonard]

Carlo himself is well-known, he is one of our most prolific Italian localizers.

There was a flurry of messages from his e-mail address to OLPC and
Sugar litss (to which he is subscribed).  The messages carried
differing links (I would guess they were all dangerous, but seeing the
flood, I assumed that and did not actually test).

The general suspicion is either a (non-intrusive) spoofing by a
spambot or a compromise of his mail client/account by a spambot
carried by malware.  Opinions differ, I am of the opinion that since
it targeted specific lists to which he is subscribed that it was a
compromise (that grabbed his mailing history or address book) and not
just a simple header spoof.

In any event, treat messages (and especially links) from his address
with suspicion until further notice.  Hopefully he will regain control
of his identity.

cjl
Sugar Labs Translation Team Coordinator

On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 2:27 PM,  <jbalcomb at laptopstolesotho.org> wrote:
> The link listed in Carlo Falciola's message is listed by McAfee Security
> as a dangerous website.  Does anyone else know anything about it?
>
> Janissa Balcomb
> Laptops to Lesotho Inc.
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