Today when I went to check into gmail it said my account had been placed on limited access and I had to verify by cell phone, due to suspicious activity in my account.
Sure enough, someone had hacked in and sent a spam message to everyone on my contact list, although it had bounced back as undeliverable. It appeared in my sent messages folder. They were spamming an url, but I never clicked it as who knows what the site would have contained.
Ever had this happen? I thought my password was fairly secure, but obviously not.
Sounds like they use bots for this and just use it to send spam. Hopefully they didn't go searching through the emails to find out personal info they can use to rob you.
