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Hacked - Low Blow

  • 11-02-2002 12:32pm
    #1
    ThreadKiller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 625 ✭✭✭


    I discovered on Friday evening at about 6.30 that my password on my hotmail had been changed. I'd had a row with a former work partner/friend who works in IS security that day & thought "low blow", he'd showed me him doing it before for fun so immediatly I thought of him.

    The SO said it was a really big co-incidence, but that it most probably was him.

    I contacted Hotmail through an alternate address & by telling them a couple of emails/contacts/last log in on my own was able to persuade them to re-set my password. When I finally got in on Sunday, I found out that several emails had been read, a couple had been deleted, my personal details had been changed (along with the password). I have no idea if emails preporting to be from me were sent, (hotmail think they were).

    How ****ty is this ? What a complete tosser. :mad:


Comments

  • #2
    elexes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,471 ✭✭✭elexes


    yes this dose happen .


  • #3
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    Yes, this does happen from time to time. Hotmails securtiy has improved in recent years but if you poked around enough I'm sure holes are there to be found.

    I wouldn't worry about e-mails sent from the account. You wouldn't need access to the account to generate e-mails from it. The only advantage to be gained from accessing the a/c is that whoever did it would have access to your personal address-book.


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