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Google account suspicious activity

  • 06-06-2014 11:52am
    #1
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,893 ✭✭✭


    Received this email from Google today - should I be worried ?
    Someone recently used your password to try to sign in to your Google Account - ********@gmail.com.

    We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to access your account. Please review the details of the sign-in attempt:


    Friday, June 6, 2014 5:54:17 AM UTC
    IP Address: 116.48.159.131
    Location: Hong Kong


    If you do not recognize this sign-in attempt, someone else might be trying to access your account. You should sign in to your account and reset your password immediately.


Comments

  • #2
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Yes you should be worried. Change your password immediately and turn on two factor authentication.

    edit: If you use that password elsewhere, change those other accounts to something new too.

    Consider using a password manager too, maybe. Like keepass or lastpass.


  • #3
    industrialhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭industrialhorse


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    Received this email from Google today - should I be worried ?

    Could be someone you know using TOR and who probably recorded your keystrokes if you were at any point using their computer to login to your Google account.


  • #4
    Blowfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭Blowfish


    Khannie wrote: »
    Yes you should be worried. Change your password immediately and turn on two factor authentication.

    edit: If you use that password elsewhere, change those other accounts to something new too.

    Consider using a password manager too, maybe. Like keepass or lastpass.
    In addition to the above, make sure your AV is updated and run a scan, then grab something like the free version of Malwarebytes and run that too. Not much point changing passwords if you have something sitting on your machine stealing them.


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