IP address spoofing

    • Hello everyone, and I forgot: Happy New Year!!!
    After a very long absence, I would like to appeal to the community.

    I was questioned this morning by the Jura cantonal police for “misuse (fraudulent) of a PC”.
    I must say first of all that the police were nice, but still, it’s scary!

    On May 4, 2023, watches were allegedly ordered from the Garmin website from my IP address.
    The watches have not been distributed and there do not appear to be any major problems other than a complaint has been filed and the matter is ongoing in Zurich.

    I also find no trace of a cyber attack on my computers.
    I sometimes order online, but I have never found any irregularities.
    I do have an account with Garmin for updating a browser (last update in August) but I have never placed any order there.

    What should I do or not do?

    Thanks in advance,
    Jean-Pierre

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    • Hello @Jean-Pierre_Feron

      Don’t do? Delete files or clean the PC, which could be interpreted as erasing evidence.

      Do? There is not much to do in this case, but when I see that when I use a browser it has up to 6 different IP addresses (in a shared pool of 500) in the same day, I wonder if this IP link is as reliable as that. In addition, it is easy for a hacker to fake the identity of the source IP that he shows on the command interface. It’s like phone number spoofing.

      DanielD

    Hello @Jean-Pierre_Feron

    Don’t do? Delete files or clean the PC, which could be interpreted as erasing evidence.

    Do? There is not much to do in this case, but when I see that when I use a browser it has up to 6 different IP addresses (in a shared pool of 500) in the same day, I wonder if this IP link is as reliable as that. In addition, it is easy for a hacker to fake the identity of the source IP that he shows on the command interface. It’s like phone number spoofing.

    DanielD

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    Thanks @DanielID

    Although I was heard as suspicious I didn’t worry too much, the police were very correct. However, it is very frustrating to feel like you have been trapped. The idea of ​​deleting nothing is good 🙂 but I don’t think I should fear in-depth investigations. The order seems to have come from Romania and an IP address from Switzerland was needed! Why mine? If I were so lucky in the Lotto!

    According to swisscom advice I change my passwords to be (more or less) safe and we will see.

    Happy New Year and thank you.

    Jean-Pierre

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