Bird List Hacked

[Julie A. Krasne, DVM]

I've recently received similar spam messages from several group members.

The messages have subject lines reading Re: Meeting April or Re: meeting April/May and include links to supposed "photos" that

the "sender" thought I'd like.

Do Not Open the links.

Maine Birds List Group appears to have been hacked.

Julie Krasne

[David Gulick]

I also have repeatedly received messages with "attached photos" that I would like. I have not opened any of the links. 

On Apr 21, 2026, at 3:43 PM, Julie A. Krasne, DVM <jkra...@gmail.com> wrote:



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[Steve Plumb]

Hi all

This appears to me not to be a MaineBirds list problem as I have received nothing that meets this description. I did check my spam filter as well.

Also the the Maine Birds google groups page (link below) doesn't seem to have any in the archive.

Perhaps the spam is being sent to addresses harvested elsewhere and pretending to be from Maine Birds but the true sender address is different?

Steve

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[Steve Plumb]

Somewhat reassuring news but using those 3 prominent users emails as cover is worrisome.

Steve

On Apr 21, 2026, at 19:48, Julie A. Krasne, DVM <jkra...@gmail.com> wrote:

The messages are not being sent from Maine Birds Group.  They're coming from individual members of the group including Derek Lovitch, Rob O'Connell and Doug Hitchcox.

Julie

[Bill Grabin]

This is definitely spam/malware.  Do not click on any links within it.  Just delete it.

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[Sean S]

Today's spam and malware bots have gotten so sophisticated that this is concerning.  I'm wondering if requiring 2-factor authentication for email senders to the group list might somehow be possible?  If so, it could help weed out the deceptive spam emails, because frankly I think the status quo is just likely to get worse over time.

Sean Smith

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