SNSUN Posted 17 September, 2011 Share Posted 17 September, 2011 I have an email account of about 7 years standing with Yahoo, which I've just found out has been hacked, as the few contacts I had in my address book have been getting emails from "me" with links to, I assume, dodgy websites. Where do I go from here? Do I abandon the account, or simply change my password? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 17 September, 2011 Share Posted 17 September, 2011 with yahoo you can check the recent locations you logged in.......worth a look. Had the same a while back and my account had been logged in from columbia and usa! Change the password, make it strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 17 September, 2011 Share Posted 17 September, 2011 Change the password, make it strong strong isnt a very good password. Try to use a mix of caps locked letters and numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedg Posted 17 September, 2011 Share Posted 17 September, 2011 strong isnt a very good password. Try to use a mix of caps locked letters and numbers. Actually there is a good xkcd cartoon about password strength: http://xkcd.com/936/ Basically with the computing power now available its easier for hackers to get you password via a brute force attack rather than using dictionaries so you are actually better off having a longer password that is easier to remember than a shorter one with numbers replacing letters etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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