Highlife seeds scam? Or is Attitude starting to "sell" our private info?

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I've been a loyal customer to the TUDE for over three years now, but with all this shit going on without any comments on tudes behalf just makes me speculate that theirs foul play. I've decided to stop for the moment purchasing from tude and giving sannies a try.
 
Maximus cannabis said:
Find other seed banks. Cannaseur, TKS, Sannie, all repitabl, and no history of breaches.
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Cannaseur is a banned distributer by TGA genetics. This means they probably didn't pay TGA for the seeds they received. Please don't say Cannaseur is legit cause they are frauds.

What I personally think about this highlife/attitude fiasco... It's got to be a disgruntled ex-employee soley trying to damage Attitudes reputation. No seed bank would sale your info to another
seedbank. Even if they did, no seedbank would get business with a spammed email that has personal info in it of yours. Especially since none of us have used or heard of Highlife till now.
This was intentionally done to harm Attitudes business.... And it looks like it's working

And yes....I got the email too

Dub
 
I did not get the e-mail and I have ordered from attitude before.

I did not sign up for their e-mail however. I wonder if there are multiple databases and only one got hacked.

I think the point of the situation is that you can never be assured that your data and information is safe on the internet.

I cannot really think of anything Attitude could do to "Fix" this situation. The damage has been done. They will lose a lot of business due to whatever happened.

I placed an order a few days ago.

I put too many I's in this post.
 
It seems the majority of posters are of the opinion that The Attitude is the source of the information breach. Why is that?

Have I missed something?

Has some compelling evidence been presented indicting the company of either sharing personal information, or allowing it to be leaked?
 
Johnnyorganic said:
It seems the majority of posters are of the opinion that The Attitude is the source of the information breach. Why is that?

Have I missed something?

Has some compelling evidence been presented indicting the company of either sharing personal information, or allowing it to be leaked?
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none at all..but this is america...and paranoid people dont need proof...a rumor is good enough evidence.
 
some have reported personal info(name/address) in the email which could have come only from attitude(in their opinions)
things have escalated as attitude has not made a statement on situation
in all fairness, they may be still trying to figure out what happened
 
growone said:
some have reported personal info(name/address) in the email which could have come only from attitude(in their opinions)
things have escalated as attitude has not made a statement on situation
in all fairness, they may be still trying to figure out what happened
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but of course they cant explain why many...many...other attitude customers have yet to recieve the email...they guess at it being attitude because they narrowed it down to that is all they have in common. not thinking "hey maybe we are all members of another forum, or have maybe say bought a pipe or bong online"...might have that in common also. but they just straight blame attitude without any proof.maybe because its flashing in their face as they type this ^^^^ or maybe they ordered a few seeds that didn't germ for them,whatever the case may be.they are a major seedbank and would not risk a TON of customers over selling your basic info for a price thats not even a 1/4 of what you buy from them in seeds.they are a business...if they openly piss off their customers, they go out of business...would they really risk their business for chump change compared to what we buy from them.
 
djruiner said:
but of course they cant explain why many...many...other attitude customers have yet to recieve the email...they guess at it being attitude because they narrowed it down to that is all they have in common. not thinking "hey maybe we are all members of another forum, or have maybe say bought a pipe or bong online"...might have that in common also. but they just straight blame attitude without any proof.maybe because its flashing in their face as they type this ^^^^ or maybe they ordered a few seeds that didn't germ for them,whatever the case may be.they are a major seedbank and would not risk a TON of customers over selling your basic info for a price thats not even a 1/4 of what you buy from them in seeds.they are a business...if they openly piss off their customers, they go out of business...would they really risk their business for chump change compared to what we buy from them.
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i think the info selling has been back burnered - as you say, it wouldn't make much sense
a security lapse is more likely - not clear if that happened, but quite a few seem convinced
 
djruiner said:
none at all..but this is america...and paranoid people dont need proof...a rumor is good enough evidence.
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the people getting these emails are from all around the world nubber.... I know your in your little bubble but not everyone is....

Dub
 
I can assure you guys Attitude didn't sell our info, that would be shooting themselves in the foot.... I can assure your Highlife expected no business from the emails. How could they?
The emails would scare away 100% of the people who got them. So what does that tell you? Whoever got our info and solicited us with obvious scam spam has only one intention.
To hurt Attitudes business.... real simple. I say disgruntled ex-employee or silent partner/investor that got shafted by the Tude. There is no other legit expanation....

Dub
 
You mean besides the email from Attitude where they admit they had their database hacked and are looking into it? How much more proof do you want?

The point is it wasn't just the email addresses that were hacked. They won't tell us the level of exposure or what was stolen. They've had credit cards stolen before.

You're right, we can't explain why some got the email and some didn't. We also can't explain how Attitude knows who was affected but not what was stolen. Thats the point.
 
jdubman said:
I can assure you guys Attitude didn't sell our info, that would be shooting themselves in the foot.... I can assure your Highlife expected no business from the emails. How could they?
The emails would scare away 100% of the people who got them. So what does that tell you? Whoever got our info and solicited us with obvious scam spam has only one intention.
To hurt Attitudes business.... real simple. I say disgruntled ex-employee or silent partner/investor that got shafted by the Tude. There is no other legit expanation....

Dub
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That's what we've been saying. Attitude was more than likely attacked, but that doesn't give them a pass. If someone robbed your bank because they hired a feeble old man as security, left the vault open, and had no security records, would you still be ok with it?
 
NLXSK1 said:
I did not get the e-mail and I have ordered from attitude before.

I did not sign up for their e-mail however. I wonder if there are multiple databases and only one got hacked.

I think the point of the situation is that you can never be assured that your data and information is safe on the internet.

I cannot really think of anything Attitude could do to "Fix" this situation. The damage has been done. They will lose a lot of business due to whatever happened.

I placed an order a few days ago.

I put too many I's in this post.
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Yes, it's all about you isn't it Macaulay Culkin. :)
 
jdubman said:
I can assure you guys Attitude didn't sell our info, that would be shooting themselves in the foot.... I can assure your Highlife expected no business from the emails. How could they?
The emails would scare away 100% of the people who got them. So what does that tell you? Whoever got our info and solicited us with obvious scam spam has only one intention.
To hurt Attitudes business.... real simple. I say disgruntled ex-employee or silent partner/investor that got shafted by the Tude. There is no other legit expanation....

Dub
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agreed...thats pretty much what me and illumination have been saying...but people still blame and have threads about boycotting Attitude.i wonder if these Attitude haters are the spammers doing all this...good way to further their mission...if they want to turn people away from attitude...trying to start a boycott on a public forum is a good way to do that..along with sending spam under another persons name helps
 
Maximus cannabis said:
You mean besides the email from Attitude where they admit they had their database hacked and are looking into it? How much more proof do you want?

The point is it wasn't just the email addresses that were hacked. They won't tell us the level of exposure or what was stolen. They've had credit cards stolen before.

You're right, we can't explain why some got the email and some didn't. We also can't explain how Attitude knows who was affected but not what was stolen. Thats the point.
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Assuming you are right and they have admitted to a breach (I say 'assuming' because I have not seen this email), then The Attitude is the victim.

You seem to want instant answers when providing them would be irresponsible before all the facts can be gathered.

I am sure their Network Administrators are examining pertinent data to determine the extent of any penetration. And that takes time.

I don't know much about network security at this point, but I do know that every network exposed to the internet is vulnerable to attack to some degree or another. The question is not if an attack will occur, but when it will occur and how bad will it be.

In my opinion calling for a boycott at this point is premature.
 
Maximus cannabis said:
That's what we've been saying. Attitude was more than likely attacked, but that doesn't give them a pass. If someone robbed your bank because they hired a feeble old man as security, left the vault open, and had no security records, would you still be ok with it?
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Nah man, they weren't attacked externally. This is a inside job... I am not merriting what happened. I am just saying this is really the only scenario
Dub
 
djruiner said:
agreed...thats pretty much what me and illumination have been saying...but people still blame and have threads about boycotting Attitude.i wonder if these Attitude haters are the spammers doing all this...good way to further their mission...if they want to turn people away from attitude...trying to start a boycott on a public forum is a good way to do that..along with sending spam under another persons name helps
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Business on EDIT haven't been so well lately . . .had to do something
 
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