: The hackers send malicious emails from these compromised accounts to the victims' contacts, making the scam look legitimate.
: This prevents hackers from using a stolen password alone to enter an account.
Alex, a curious tech enthusiast, finds a forum post promising a "130k Mail Access" text file for free. Intrigued by the idea of seeing how hackers operate, he downloads the file, thinking it’s just a harmless list of data.