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<body style=""><div>Hi all,</div><div><br />Large conferences often grab unwanted attention. And WHY2025 is no different. Today, many of our sponsors, sister conferences and individuals were contacted by gmail addresses with a message they had a copy of our attendee list including all forms of private data.<br /><br /><br /><br />While we are still investigating whether any compromise to private system have occurred (we haven't found any indication for this yet), we want to stress that this tactic is getting more common: scammers increasingly target communities around major tech events to exploit trust and extract money or information. This kind of social engineering is happening more and more across the conference world.<br /><br /><br /><img src="cid:em7d31977a-5311-4a0a-b6bb-f8ba5fe5bdb7@1dd9f336.com" border="0" width="640" height="280" /> </div><div><br />We have several reasons to believe this is **not** coming from the WHY2025 ticket system. Among the reasons are the numbers mentioned and the haggling tone of the email.<br /><br />We **strongly advise** against replying or engaging with the senders of these emails. Past experiences show that this only encourages further contact and never results in useful information.<br /><br />Stay vigilant. If you receive a suspicious message, feel free to forward it to <a href="mailto:info@why2025.org">info@why2025.org</a></div>
<div><br /></div><div id="signature_old" style="clear:both">Warm regards,<div><br /></div><div>Robert / Number3</div><div><i>Member of Team:Info for WHY2025</i></div></div><div><br /></div></body></html>