Could very well be apophenia. Germany was just one of the countries visited, and we all get spam in a variety of languages all the time, including German.
I don't have much to offer unfortunately, but I will say I've had an uptick on spam/unusual emails to my fastmail as well, including to some aliases. I'm wondering if there's not some way actors are searching out masked aliases, or are able to bruteforce combinations?
Just throwing shit at the wall however, no definitive proof one way or another.
There are no combinations. The aliases are make-do in fastmail backend. If you have a domain, you theoretically receive all emails sent to that domain (*@domain.com)
The contact list of the person you emailed in 2017 was obtained by a spammer, who then sent you spam.
Doesn't explain why the email was in German.
Could very well be apophenia. Germany was just one of the countries visited, and we all get spam in a variety of languages all the time, including German.
Either this, or Fastmail was compromised recently and more will find out soon.
I think so too
Could there have been some kind of data leak involving German companies? I mean, the services track those who are in Germany and leak their data.
How many aliases do you have? If this is the only one, then I'll be more suspect this is a fail on your end or the guy you sent a message to.
Also, I don't see the connection to Germany?
I don't have much to offer unfortunately, but I will say I've had an uptick on spam/unusual emails to my fastmail as well, including to some aliases. I'm wondering if there's not some way actors are searching out masked aliases, or are able to bruteforce combinations?
Just throwing shit at the wall however, no definitive proof one way or another.
There are no combinations. The aliases are make-do in fastmail backend. If you have a domain, you theoretically receive all emails sent to that domain (*@domain.com)