Has your email been hacked?

TenFour · 11 May 2021, 08:29 PM

Has your email ever been hacked? I've read a lot of accounts on various forums of people who have been phished/hacked and lost important stuff and sometimes their entire email account. However, most of the time it seems the people have done obvious things wrong with their security, and/or they really don't understand security very well. Since most people here seem to be much more knowledgeable about best practices I wonder if anyone has been hacked and what is your story?

TenFour · 12 May 2021, 05:51 AM

So far all "No." I have never been hacked/phished, but I know several people that have. Just the other day I received a suspicious email from a former coworker apparently sent from her former work address. I contacted the organization and the person is no longer there, but somehow her former work email is being used to send out malicious emails. I read recently that nearly all Microsoft 365 business customers have suffered email breaches of one sort or another:https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/ne...-data-breaches

Bamb0 · 12 May 2021, 12:29 PM

I have had people try to tell me they got into my account and if I didnt send them x amount of bitcoins thery would do whatever but I know they didnt get in.... My login log would show it!!

Stupid morons.........

TenFour · 13 May 2021, 07:44 AM

One phishing attack I received recently said they had my password and they provided some random password. They said they stole it when I logged into some porn site which I don't do. Apparently they just spray these messages around the Internet and someone must click on them or else they would soon fade away. At work I have more than once stopped a fellow employee from responding to an obvious scam. Many people are very gullible.

Bamb0 · 13 May 2021, 01:43 PM

I cant believe anyone would be that stupid!!

hadaso · 13 May 2021, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TenFour

... they provided some random password. They said they stole it ...

It might not be random, but randomly chosen from a list of frequently used passwords. And then when sending it to millions of recipients, some recipients will see their own password and panic.

chrisretusn · 13 May 2021, 10:04 PM

To date I have never had my email hacked. I've been using email for a long time.

I know quite a few who have had there accounts compromised. Weak passwords, clicking on links, etc.

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11 May 2021, 08:29 PM	#1
TenFour Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: USA Posts: 1,722	Has your email been hacked? Has your email ever been hacked? I've read a lot of accounts on various forums of people who have been phished/hacked and lost important stuff and sometimes their entire email account. However, most of the time it seems the people have done obvious things wrong with their security, and/or they really don't understand security very well. Since most people here seem to be much more knowledgeable about best practices I wonder if anyone has been hacked and what is your story?

12 May 2021, 05:51 AM	#2
TenFour Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: USA Posts: 1,722	So far all "No." I have never been hacked/phished, but I know several people that have. Just the other day I received a suspicious email from a former coworker apparently sent from her former work address. I contacted the organization and the person is no longer there, but somehow her former work email is being used to send out malicious emails. I read recently that nearly all Microsoft 365 business customers have suffered email breaches of one sort or another:https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/ne...-data-breaches

12 May 2021, 12:29 PM	#3
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,868	I have had people try to tell me they got into my account and if I didnt send them x amount of bitcoins thery would do whatever but I know they didnt get in.... My login log would show it!! Stupid morons.........

13 May 2021, 07:44 AM	#4
TenFour Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: USA Posts: 1,722	One phishing attack I received recently said they had my password and they provided some random password. They said they stole it when I logged into some porn site which I don't do. Apparently they just spray these messages around the Internet and someone must click on them or else they would soon fade away. At work I have more than once stopped a fellow employee from responding to an obvious scam. Many people are very gullible.

13 May 2021, 01:43 PM	#5
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,868	I cant believe anyone would be that stupid!!

13 May 2021, 10:04 PM	#7
chrisretusn Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 843	To date I have never had my email hacked. I've been using email for a long time. I know quite a few who have had there accounts compromised. Weak passwords, clicking on links, etc.