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Post by Giggy of Telford on Nov 1, 2006 18:51:54 GMT
It's not normally like me to have two villains in one day but this has really p1ssed me off. Some tw@t has hacked my account on myspace, luckily my friend wanred me so I have managed to recover it before they hijacked it completely. I think I know how they got my password, it was a phoney log in page so I'm equally p1ssed off with myself for falling for it. Unfortunately it was through a computer so I don't know who did it, on the plus side it means I'm less likely to do something I'll regret after I've calmed down. For now I'll stick to changing my passwords on everything. Sorry but you won't get much sense out of me today, I was in a fairly good mood as there's a halloween part at Explorer scouts today, needless to say that good mood has died a sudden death.
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Nov 2, 2006 15:22:51 GMT
Ok, I forgot to change my MSN Messenger password so they used that to get to and change my myspace account again and the password, locking me out.
I had an email telling me the new password and another one confirming the account had been closed by 'my' request (all of this happened while I was at College. I'm now changing all of my passwords again and am currently too busy making sure nothing that worked from that email address has been messed with. Unfortunately that does mean I won't have time to do Tinpot Predictions this week, sorry.
And before anyone says anything about how I should have been mor careful, whether gloatingly or with good intentions my advice is to f*ck off. I already know that I've been stupid to let it get this far and don't need the lecture. It's a bi late to tell me what I should have done.
Any advice on what to do now would be more than welcome though.
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Post by ambersalamander on Nov 2, 2006 22:13:21 GMT
Um... have a hug?
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Nov 2, 2006 22:31:16 GMT
Yay, hugs make everything better. Everything seems to be ok, I didn't have anything confidential anywhere on my computer it was basically just forum accounts, and they all seem fine. The only loss is my myspace account. I may get back to that at a later time.
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Nov 2, 2006 22:43:23 GMT
Yay, hugs make everything better. Not much use as passwords though... I was trying to convince the terminally slow folk on the TFC message board about the need for good password security the other day, but they wouldn't have it. "Who would want to hack our passwords..." The only loss is my myspace account. I may get back to that at a later time. Tell Tom. He'll fix it - then you can kick him in the nuts.
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Post by emochris on Nov 2, 2006 23:16:35 GMT
Good luck in that Giggy mate!!!
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Nov 2, 2006 23:49:30 GMT
Thanks, I've emailed Myspace to see if they had a procedure for this.
I know now that I should have been more careful with my password but what happened was a fake log-in screen popped up saying I should log in. I typed in my email address & password without thinking and it wasn't until it was too late that I realised the page wasn't connected to myspace. Even then it didn't click that there would be a problem until after my friend told me my myspace had been completely screwed up.
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Post by malxscfc on Nov 4, 2006 0:10:01 GMT
I would guess you didn't use the link in your usual 'Favourites' panel in order to connect to the site? A Google search on someone else's PC, perhaps? Am I right to guess that (generally) if you stick to your usual route of access there won't be a rogue Login window popping up?
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Nov 4, 2006 0:17:59 GMT
It was actually more sneaky than that, one of my contacts had posted a link, it then said to use it you had to log in to myspace. I just assumed it had logged me out (it does that sometimes) so I typed in all my info. I have heard that the contact who posted the link may have had the same thing happened to her account, it basically comes down to there being nasty people out there with far too much spare time. And people gullible enough to fall for it.
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Post by J Esaj PRA on Nov 4, 2006 0:51:34 GMT
Web browsers have address bars for a reason. Check that the domain name is correct before logging in to any websites. If you are asked to follow a link to log-in, always ensure the link points to the correct website - if you are in any doubt, log in through your normal route.
Keep in mind that your bookmarks/favourites can be corrupted and mistyping the URL can lead to fake sites. There is no substitute for keeping the old brain engaged.
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