Gmail Hacked.... what next?

[smoove157]

any of the brehs ever get their gmail hacked?

just happened to my shorty, got her cc info and possibly her ssn.


been trying to get someone on the phone over at google..... this is basically an impossible task.


advice from the brehs?

 

[Rice N Beans]

I mean GMail itself is kinda hard to crack. Was she socially hacked or phished? SMS exploiting?

I'm intrigued.

 

[old pig]

don’t have any advice on how to rectify the problem

hopefully you’ll get thru to google eventually

some advice tho on how to prevent it from happening again—

• use 2-factor authentication...w/ google authenticator (NOT via SMS text)
• they’ll provide you w/ a QR code you can scan using the google authenticator app
• take a screenshot of the QR code BEFORE you scan it
• after scanning the QR code...save the screenshot on a flashdrive in case you switch phones and need to use google authenticator on a new phone otherwise you risk getting locked out of your account and will have to contact google again

—when you login...after entering your u/n and p/w you’ll get a code from the google authenticator app...it’ll provide you w/ a new code roughly every 60 seconds...someone would physically need your phone to access your email...w/ SMS text it’s “easier” for someone to port your phone number over to a new SIM card/phone and that’s how they get access to codes and shyt sent by text

 

[smoove157]

good looks on the advice brehs, appreciate it

 

[Auger]

Do you have any idea how?
Doesn't Google notify you if you try to sign in from an IP & Mac address you've never used before?

 

[old pig]

Do you have any idea how?
Doesn't Google notify you if you try to sign in from an IP & Mac address you've never used before?

yes they do...but by email...so if your email address is compromised then that notification is pretty much useless

 

[Auger]

yes they do...but by email...so if your email address is compromised then that notification is pretty much useless

I'm almost certain they notify you on your secondary/backup email address

 

[staticshock]

Folks laugh when I give them my email address cause I still use my aol email. Never had an issue with it tho

 

[Threnody]

Folks laugh when I give them my email address cause I still use my aol email. Never had an issue with it tho

AOL is secure as fukk these days

 

[I_Q]

I'm almost certain they notify you on your secondary/backup email address

I get a notification on my phone if I check my Gmail on any other device

 

[Deltron]

my paranoid ass did a lite version of this: Lock down your Gmail like Fort Knox with Google's Advanced Protection Program a couple years ago

 

[old pig]

I'm almost certain they notify you on your secondary/backup email address

my bad I was assuming you didn’t have one

 

[smoove157]

Do you have any idea how?
Doesn't Google notify you if you try to sign in from an IP & Mac address you've never used before?

i don't know, and if i ask too many questions it's gonna come off like i'm blaming her for what happened.

they copped some shyt from Apple but that was the extent of it (so far)

Chase took care of it, but she's getting all this spam, maybe 10 emails per hour

 

[ryderldb]

AOL is secure as fukk these days

Really? Maybe I’ll start using it more for legit reasons. All my junk and bullshyt goes to Aol.