It's strange. I have contacts stored locally on my iMac and to some of my contacts I only use a certain Email account. And then I also have one fake email address which I use for registering on newsletters and all the other stuff where I think I shouldn't use my real data. Well and here the strange thing: Someone hacked into that fake account and sent emails out to all my contacts, which I only store locally on the computer, not online. And there is absolutely no link between my fake account and my contacts. I've never used this account for messaging/communication or similar. So how is this even possible? And I the hacker also only sent out mails to close friends and business colleagues, though I have various kinds of contacts like business partners and so on in my contacts.
The emails were actually sent from within the fake account (online access) as I can find the spam emails in the sent folder.
Some facts on my side: I use an iMac and manage all my accounts with the mail app, also the fake account. However, I don't mix up things, for example, I have only one account for communication with friends, one for business purposes and this fake thing.
The emails were actually sent from within the fake account (online access) as I can find the spam emails in the sent folder.
Some facts on my side: I use an iMac and manage all my accounts with the mail app, also the fake account. However, I don't mix up things, for example, I have only one account for communication with friends, one for business purposes and this fake thing.