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Termyn8or -> RE: I think my accounts been hacked! Sorry dont know where else to ask this.x (1/26/2010 9:58:40 AM)
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When things like this happen, I think there should be a standard form with certain questions.
Does your PC log on to your email automatically ? Or anything for that matter ?
Do you have strict control over who uses your PC ?
When you get a Cmail asking for a yahoo email or whatever, do you give it out and go chat ?
These are important questions because CM never gets your other passwords. Of course some people use the same password for everything, do you ? In fact if I am not mistake CM will not even give out your real email in the absence of a court order. If your PC logs in without a password, it may have happened right there. If you store a password on your PC, that doesn't give it to anyone else generally. Hackers can do it though, via spyware or keyloggers and such.
I don't consider this a fit. It can be quite important. If you do online buying I would check balances on any accounts used for same. If you've truly been hacked, whatever happened to your account here might be but the tip of the iceberg. You may be sending a new plasma TV to a crackhouse in Detroit. Luckily most credit accounts limit your liability if you make them aware of the problem in due time.
The main problem is who hit you. If it's just some punks having a good time snooping you might not be so bad off. It happens. But a pro is in it for the money. I would scrutinize everything.
Even if you didn't lose a dollar I know, it's like getting home and finding your house ransacked, even if nothing is missing, it is not a good thing.
T
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