¡°We have Roster in Files that contains name address and phone.¡±
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Is the group private?
Is the roster in Files that contains those names, addresses, and phone numbers restricted to the membership? To the moderator? To the owner?
If the list is readable by _anyone_, that list is capable of being legitimately downloaded by any of your members.? At that point, you have lost control of the data . . . at that point, it is out in the wild.? It has escaped the security features provided by Groups.io . .. the safety of that data now depends on the owner of the device it was downloaded to.? If that individual doesn¡¯t have reasonable protection and practices in place the data is more likely to have been stolen off that computer, not groups.io.
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Safety begins at home; strong passwords, OS and all other software kept up to date, Software such as Norton, or other, to provide scanning and detection, stay away from sketchy websites, take a good look at all unsolicited e-mails, even those that profess to be from folks you do business with (I get all kinds of phishing software professing to be about ¡°my account¡± when I don¡¯t have an account at that institution.? I get phishing e-mails purporting to be from my actual bank account that don¡¯t originate at the banks domain ¨C example: an e-mail from Wells Fargo, but the actual e-mail address is ¡°Âá´Ç³ó²Ô.Âá´Ç²Ô±ð²õ°ª...¡± . Believe me, Wells Fargo hasn¡¯t retained John Jones to send you e-mail from your personal address!
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Bottom line, its not likely (but it¡¯s not impossible) your problem began with someone not in your group accessing your list in your files section.? Most likely the problem began when one of your members downloaded that data to their less than secure device.
