Apparently, Google in China was hacked overnight. The effect of this was that at some point when I went to read my gmails, I was prompted to re-enter my password (google does this from time to time legitimately). Of course it was a hacked page and it allowed somebody in China to get my gmail password.
Once they had it they then send some rubbish email about a cheap Apple computer to all of my contacts (not to my blog subscription list).
At the same time they deleted my last few days emails and deleted my contacts list. Consequently, it is a little difficult for me to apologize directly to my contacts. I know that many of my friends read this blog so the easiest way to apologize is to do so here. My apologies for the inconvenience.
Of course I have now changed my password so all is okay. I'm just embarrassed to have fallen for a phishing attack.
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