Happy New Year 2009

Paypal be Hacked - The Real Story

Do you have PayPal?PayPal is one of the famous online Payment processor. With PayPal you could send and receive money online easily in second. But do you know that your paypal account could be hacked by other person?You must read the real story of Paypal be hacked below and make more attention with your PayPal account.

Read the real story of PayPal be Hacked by Karthik below.This is a story about how his PayPal account got hacked and how he got it back.

PayPal Hack - My PayPal Got Hacked And How I Got it Back
By Karthik Arun

This is a story about how my PayPal account got hacked and how I got it back. I had an unlucky day but with a little tinge of lady luck’s blessings which helped me to get back to square one. This story gives a good advice for all the PayPal account holders on earth.

Day 1 - 8.30 PM IST

I just logged in into my gmail account to check the emails, I was shocked to see 4 emails from PayPal. 1. Password Changed, 2. Payment sent to some email address 3. Bank accounts removed 4. Primary email address changed. Oh my God!, I had $X,XXX in PayPal balance. While I was seeing these emails my gmail also got logged out. When I tried to login again, it did not. The hacker watched my every move. My primary email ID was the one which I used for all my business and personal contacts and it had 14000 archived emails and chat conversations.

I was feeling like blindfolded and left in a unknown forest. I just could not believe that this had happened to me. I had Norton anti virus + norton internet security and Spyware doctor, both of them licensed versions!! I know all about fake emails and phishing stuffs, I never clicked on suspicious links.

I realized that… “You are safe only if no one targets to attack you.”

After a few minutes, someone added me to Yahoo messenger and said ‘Hi’. I guessed that it was the hacker and it was. The very first sentence he told me was ‘Hi, don’t worry, you will get back everything within 7 days’ .. He told me that he was a good guy and this is the first time he hacked someone. He also told me that he was in real need of the funds and would return my funds within 7 days. I almost believed him. I told him to give back my gmail account and told him that it was very important to me, and to my surprise he gave it back. He asked me what password I needed for the new account and he set it. I logged in and changed the password again. I was happy that I got back my gmail but was still very uncomfortable about the feeling that someone had watched me for so long!!

I was late in the night, I was sleepy but I had to hold on. I backed up all my files in my iPod and did a system recovery. After 45 minutes, my PC was as good as new. I again changed all the passwords and got back to sleep at midnight.

Day 2 - 6.00 AM IST

I saw my friend was online. I chatted with him and told him the entire story. He scolded me that I have not responded in timely fashion. He was so sure that the hacker was no good and chatted with me to make sure I don’t call PayPal. The hacker did not achieve that but however he delayed me by 10 hours. I spent nearly 30 minutes waiting for PayPal representative and then some one showed up. I told PayPal, the entire story and they listened carefully. They assured me that ‘I will not be held responsible for unauthorized payments sent from my account’. I felt good but not very good, I was not so sure that I would get back the money. I did what I could have done and I needed to relax. I took rest from this issue.

Day 3 - 7 PM EST

I called PayPal again. It needs a ton of patience to get connected with them. It took a few minutes to spot my account. They told me that “Your fraudulent payments were reversed, did you check your account”. I just jumped right there and was so happy. But I COULD NOT LOGIN into my PayPal because the password was not with me!

I was not able to reset my password because the hacker also changed the security questions! They advised me to send all the documents and they will help to recover the password.

After a few minutes the hacker came online again. And LOL what nerves he got!!.. He asked me to send the documents to him because he said my account got limited and needs to be unlocked!! I refrained myself from talking abusive words and just managed the situation and logged out.

Day 4 - 6 PM EST

I logged in into yahoo messenger and I saw that the hacker had left me an offline message. Wow! he got frustrated I guess. He left me the PayPal email and password. I logged in and viola! I went inside my PP. Lovely moment it was.. The balance was intact. The four fraudulent payments were reversed. The account was limited though. I just printed the fax cover sheet and sent them the docs.

Day 4 - 3 PM IST

I got an email that my PayPal account has been restored. I immediately went in and sent 4 big payments to my friends and family members. I could breathe now again!

Now whats next?.. everything is back to square one! Now that I have learnt a good lesson. If we think something like “This can never happen to me” you actually attract that situation and within a few days you realize it… the dream comes true.. even though its a bad dream in this case.

I contacted me friends and everyone told me that I need to kick out Norton and Spyware Doctor and buy Kaspersky because thats what is best in the market. I went to that site and reviewed their products. They had anti virus and Internet Security 7.0. The anti virus comes inbuilt within Internet Security and hence its enough to buy the latter one. For one year it costs around $60 and for 2 years its around $95. I just bought it right away and installed it, activated it. Again I changed all my important passwords.

Bottom line: If you think it wont happen to you, one day it will happen, and you will think about the day when you thought that it won’t happen to you.

Now that I got my money back, but it may not happen all the time to all the people. You just need to be on top of it.

Good Luck!

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So be careful now with your PayPal account so you could prevent PayPal be hacked by other person.

What are your Limits ?

New Indian "BOSS Linux" Operating System

Bharat Operating System Solutions

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BOSS Linux is an Indian distribution of GNU/Linux derived from Debian, the Universal Operating System for enhancing the use of Free/Open source software in the country. Its development is done by targetting its usage in the Indian Government Environment, thus are the features : It consists of a user friendly desktop environment, office application software suite - BharateeyaOO in Indian Languages, Internet access software ( e.g. Web browser, Mail Client, chat etc.), Bulk Documnet converter and multimedia applications. Currently BOSS GNU/Linux Desktop is available in 18 Indian Languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Bodo, Urdu, Kashmiri, Maithili, Konkani and Manipuri.

Advantages of using the BOSS GNU/Linux:

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1. BOSS is freely available to use, copy, modify or redistribute. Thus, one can reduce the Licensing Costs.
2. BOSS is more secured in terms of virus, spyware, adware. If necessary, Anti-Virus , Anti-Spyware are freely available for installation through BOSS Website.
3. Indian Languages support.
4. Migration tool to convert your documents from windows supported format to Linux supported format, which ensures that your documents are safe even after migration from Windows to Linux Environment.
5. Auto Detection of Plug and play devices. Auto mounting of other partitions, so that one can access your windows data or any other Operating System data from BOSS.... and many more waiting for you to use them.
6. There are support centres available across the coutry to provide support to the Government organisations.

BOSS Features

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1. Graphical installer with Complete Tamil and Hindi Language support while installation.


2. User friendly and Localized GNOME Desktop


3. Kernel - 2.6.21.1-486 (more hardware support)

4. 3D Desktop - beryl 2.0, with excellent graphics



5. Indian version of OpenOffice – BharatheeyaOO in 7 Indian languages


6. Plug & Play of the devices with Graphical Front-End

7. Auto mount of all Hard Disk partitions

Multimedia support - totem and Banshee Music Player

9. Gnome - PPP

10. Better usability of printers, scanners, webcam, digital camera ,bluetooth ,TV tuner card etc..,

11. Easy access to power management settings with GNOME Power Manager

12. Migration Tool - Bulk Document converter

13. BOSS Presentation tool - keyjnote


14. Alacarte - Desktop Menu Editor

15. Best of available internet tools:

» Firefox,

» Pidgin (Replacing gaim),

» Xchat,

» Thunderbird (Replacing Evolution),

» Liferea.

16. Input Method - SCIM with Remington Keyboard Layout


17. Onscreen Keyboard

18. CD/DVD Burning tool - Gnome Baker (Replacing bonefire)

19. Ekiga Soft Phone (Gnome meeting)

20. Live CD to try BOSS without installing

21. Utility CD to install most usable software

22. Planner - Project Management Application

23. Firestarter

24. Gparted - Partition Editor

25. Gnome orca - Onscreen Reader

26. Update Manager - Updation of packages installed

27. gDesklets - Desktop Decorator

28. Espeak

29. Evince Document Viewer

(more:http://cdachyd.in/boss.shtml)

60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. The historic document, often labeled a "Modern-Day Magna Carta," outlines the human rights standards the UN believes should be enforced by all nations—among them "the right to life, liberty and nationality, to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, to work, to be educated, [and] to take part in government."

That day in 1948 could arguably be called the birth of the modern human rights movement. With widely agreed-upon universal standards in place, "atrocities" could be more concretely labeled "violations" and could be more readily acted against. States that have embraced these standards have, since 1948, observed December 10 as Human Rights Day.

(http://adsoftheworld.com/media/ambient/amnesty_international_human_rights_day_2008)

A Multinational Alliance

The human rights cause continues to thrive at the end of the century that saw its development. Newly independent nations have incorporated the UN's standards into their constitutions. Organizations such as Amnesty International (established in 1961) and Human Rights Watch(established in 1978), founded on the principles outlined in the Declaration, have successfully rallied the support of hundreds of thousands of concerned individuals worldwide.

THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: 1948-2008

"The campaign reminds us that in a world still reeling from the horrors of the Second World War, the Declaration was the first global statement of what we now take for granted -- the inherent dignity and equality of all human beings."

Secretary-General Ban Ki-muu

"In the course of this year, unprecedented efforts must be made to ensure that every person in the world can rely on just laws for his or her protection. In advancing all human rights for all, we will move towards the greatest fulfillment of human potential, a promise which is at the heart of the Universal Declaration."

High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour

On 10 December, Human Rights Day, the Secretary-General launched a year-long campaign in which all parts of the United Nations family are taking part in the lead up to the 60th birthday of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on Human Rights Day 2008.

With more than 360 language versions to help them, UN organizations around the globe are using the year to focus on helping people everywhere to learn about their human rights. The UDHR was the first international recognition that all human beings have fundamental rights and freedoms and it continues to be a living and relevant document today.

The theme of the campaign, “Dignity and justice for all of us,” reinforces the vision of the Declaration as a commitment to universal dignity and justice and not something that should be viewed as a luxury or a wish-list.(http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/udhr60/)

Amnesty International Australia held a photo exhibition, Cries of the Voiceless, over two days in central Sydney city, at the Martin Place Amphitheatre on 5-6 June 2008, o highlighting human rights abuses and violence against journalists in Sri Lanka. The photos taken with a rented camera by a 23-year-old man in Sri Lanka and explore life as a child in a conflict situation.(http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=25913)

To commemorate International Human Rights Day, Amnesty International Hong Kong and other social groups organized a street exhibition to remind people of persisting human rights problems around the world, where enormous efforts have still to be made. A rope is used to hang the man in the biscuit pack. People who donate money to Amnesty International can purchase this at the exhibition, and then untie the rope to save the man from hanging. A small booklet attached lightheartedly suggests other uses of rope.(http://www.ibelieveinadv.com/2008/05/)

Videos:
A history of human rights abuses

Yessica Human Rights History