This was creepy. Got a Facebook Chat request from my Facebook friend Will, who I have not talked to in a long time. I was just shutting down for the night, got the alert, and new pretty quickly that he had been hacked. But the dialogue was well done — was this hacker’s code chatting me up, or was this a real live person? I couldn’t tell. So I tried using Oprah to find out, figuring if it was a person I would get a response that made sense and if it was hacker code I’d get a response that was generic and unrelated to the specific question. I’ll never know, because I got no response after I asked. Maybe I scared him\/her away? Also, I did not actually click on the link, of course (and I replaced www with vvv below, just to neuter it). Oh, and “Ann” is a mutual friend of Will and I have. Very clever! And creeptastic. Let’s be careful out there, Facebookers!
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\nWill, My Hacked Facebook Friend: yoo karl, are you busy?<\/p>\n
Me: Well, Hi Will! Just about to call it a night. What is up? <\/p>\n
Will, MHFF: ok cool, I want you to try something real quick<\/p>\n
Me: And that is?<\/p>\n
Will, MHFF: alright karl, try this quiz and show me what you get.. i can’t get over like a 108, its crazy http:\/\/vvv.mind-wiz.com\/invite\/haqn<\/p>\n
Me: Okay.<\/p>\n
Will, MHFF: lemme know what ya get plz, so far everyone beat me, Ann got a 112, think you can beat that? lol be carfeful some of the questions are hard <\/p>\n
Me: Well, I clicked on it, and it went to Oprah’s page.
\nMe: As in Oprah Winfrey.
\nMe: And there is no quiz.
\nMe: wtf?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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