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My account is hacked
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At least we aren't giving him the test for being a witch. We all know how that turns out.
I somehow kept my old password on ASR. I had been using it on many places online for a long while, hence it is logical that it was eventually hacked. I have checked on a hacked password database and the password is still not showing as being hacked and 1password also does not flag it. Obviously, I changed it anyway.
I'm confused. Are the Bose 901s you sold me on the way or not?
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Maybe this is one transaction that really isn't that bad if you don't receive the merchandise.
This is a very rare event. I think this is the second or third instance in our history.
Me too, done right away.
Good to see you back sir!
Good reminder that there is absolutely no reason to use anything but a randomly generated password for each site. I save and sync everything with Firefox (remember to use a master password), aside from any financial or otherwise sensitive sites which go into secure KeePassXC.
Also goes without saying that 2FA should be used as needed. This forum isn't so sensitive that I would bother though.
Also goes without saying that 2FA should be used as needed. This forum isn't so sensitive that I would bother though.
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Good to have you back @sarumbear
What is missing here is a good discussion real Sarumbear vs fake Sarumbear
What is missing here is a good discussion real Sarumbear vs fake Sarumbear
I use Dashlane, which includes a random strong password generator. Unless I'm not understanding what you're saying, it doesn't seem like a great idea to be creating your own passwords, and certainly not to reuse them on multiple sites. Just trying to be helpful here.
I'm using bitwarden as password keeper and generator
a reminder to check https://haveibeenpwned.com/ frequently.
they would hack anything they can. it's far too common that people use same passwords on many websites.
of course in this case, it's an attempted scam. but better to protect all of your accounts always
They usually have reasons, even if it's just to send spam from your email account.
The problem here was not that my email account was hacked. It was not compromised. The only thing they did was to get take control of my account by changing the email address to something I cannot access, hence locking me out of my account.
Right. We were just musing as to why hackers do their hacking. Generally I think they have an aim in mind.
It is a good first step test but that couldn't have helped me. It can only advise one to change their password, which I did at the time and checked it against a hacked password database, which showed me that the password was not leaked. I checked the hacked password just now and it is still not found. Someone, somehow guessed my password. They didn't get it from a leak at somewhere.
In this case the aim was to steal money. Isn't that obvious?
There are programs that automatically keep trying passwords. Not sure if ASR locks out after so many attempts.
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