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About two weeks ago, my account was hacked and emails were sent out to all kinds of addresses (some old ones from my address book and others unknown). It was a simple message that went out with a link for people to click on. Anyway, I changed my email password and I also restored my computer back to original factory settings... back to day 1. Before doing all that, I ran Malwarebytes, etc., and nothing showed up.
I got spam again 2 times yesterday from an email account on Yahoo..... I emailed them and asked them to PLEASE CHANGE THIER PASSWORD as it was compromised!!
About two weeks ago, my account was hacked and emails were sent out to all kinds of addresses (some old ones from my address book and others unknown). It was a simple message that went out with a link for people to click on. Anyway, I changed my email password and I also restored my computer back to original factory settings... back to day 1. Before doing all that, I ran Malwarebytes, etc., and nothing showed up.
Would you have done things differently?
Yeah, I'd create a new account at Gmail, for instance, and then import all the contact and finally abandon the Yahoo account.
^^ But since the addresses have already been hacked, is it true that all the new password does is prevent the NEXT hack?
Isn't the base problem with Yahoo and Hotmail's flimsy security on the respective sites?
Depends on what they did with your address book. If they just sent spam from your account to your contacts, then changing the password ends that. If they downloaded your contacts to their server, then they'll continue to spam them. Of course everyone on your contact list already gets tons of spam so it won't matter.
As far as flimsy security, the weakest link is almost always the user's password. Most people pick really poor passwords.
Depends on what they did with your address book. If they just sent spam from your account to your contacts, then changing the password ends that. If they downloaded your contacts to their server, then they'll continue to spam them. Of course everyone on your contact list already gets tons of spam so it won't matter.
As far as flimsy security, the weakest link is almost always the user's password. Most people pick really poor passwords.
OK, please help me to understand this. . . didn't the hacker have to get past the security on the Yahoo page first? And if security had been good at that level, the hacker couldn't have gotten further?
Lol, it's true that I may have 'no idea' about this stuff, but at least I'm trying to learn
OK, please help me to understand this. . . didn't the hacker have to get past the security on the Yahoo page first? And if security had been good at that level, the hacker couldn't have gotten further?
Lol, it's true that I may have 'no idea' about this stuff, but at least I'm trying to learn
Yahoo asks for your username and password. Anyone who has that, gets in. That's how webmail works.
And the Hacker, to get Yahoo's database of 500 bazillion usernames & passwords, had to have first hacked through Yahoo's security, right?
Who said anything about getting Yahoo's database?
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