Fitbit hacked? 1 pointmichaelrhansen9 years ago5 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNMy wife just received numerous spam emails from FitBit. Advise to change password asap. Will try to post image asap.Comments−michaelrhansenOP9yLooks like emails are coming from Fitbit - maybe a system issue.. http://imgur.com/a/K6F2t−michaelrhansenOP9yhttp://imgur.com/GXd2sRK−cjbprime9yHow do you know they were from FitBit, rather than from a spammer with their From address set to FitBit?−michaelrhansenOP9ygood question - i believe the email address was Fitbit but will confirm−cjbprime9yAh, sounds like you don't know about from addresses: they are specified by the sender, and not authenticated. A spammer can send email that appears to be from anyone else, until you look at the validated headers (like "Return-path:").
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Looks like emails are coming from Fitbit - maybe a system issue.. http://imgur.com/a/K6F2t
http://imgur.com/GXd2sRK
How do you know they were from FitBit, rather than from a spammer with their From address set to FitBit?
good question - i believe the email address was Fitbit but will confirm
Ah, sounds like you don't know about from addresses: they are specified by the sender, and not authenticated. A spammer can send email that appears to be from anyone else, until you look at the validated headers (like "Return-path:").