🤔Ask TGB Help I got hacked!

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Anybody have experience with your computer being hacked? I caught it quickly, changed passwords. Dude changed my mailing address with the bank, got a notification and quickly fixed it and changed my password. They didn't have a chance to do anything. They put rules in my email to trash emails from financial institutions. Is there any way to tell if they still have access to my computer?

 

[Juggs]

I'm no help here. Maybe start a new thread so this doesn't get buried?

 

[DocZaius]

Anybody have experience with your computer being hacked? I caught it quickly, changed passwords. Dude changed my mailing address with the bank, got a notification and quickly fixed it and changed my password. They didn't have a chance to do anything. They put rules in my email to trash emails from financial institutions. Is there any way to tell if they still have access to my computer?

Did they actually access your computer or just your email account?

 

[DocZaius]

I've been looking around and the consensus seems to be you should wipe your hard drive and reinstall everything to be sure. No way to reliably tell if there is some malware on your machine that will grant a hacker access - they are often good at hiding from antivirus software.

See this thread on reddit:

 

[52:20]

Did they actually access your computer or just your email account?

I'm not sure, maybe email, but how would they have gotten my bank account password.
I got an e-invite from a school friend, clicked it and it was fucked up. Started getting two factor authentication requests. Then got an email that my mailing address changed with the bank, so I changed the password within a minute of the address change. Recently looked in my trash folder and saw a bunch of emails from my bank. I have withdrawal alerts, so I looked in my rules and they had put in to delete those emails. Nothing else that I can tell.

 

[52:20]

I've been looking around and the consensus seems to be you should wipe your hard drive and reinstall everything to be sure. No way to reliably tell if there is some malware on your machine that will grant a hacker access - they are often good at hiding from antivirus software.

See this thread on reddit:

Yeah, I should probably wipe my hard drive. I used to never keep passwords for anything on my computer, just recently got lazy with it.

 

[DocZaius]

Yeah, I should probably wipe my hard drive. I used to never keep passwords for anything on my computer, just recently got lazy with it.

I've found that a password manager that generates random passwords is your best bet. Keep it secure with a passphrase that you can remember instead of a password and you should be golden. I use BitWarden but most of them work the same way.

 

[Juggs]

I've found that a password manager that generates random passwords is your best bet. Keep it secure with a passphrase that you can remember instead of a password and you should be golden. I use BitWarden but most of them work the same way.

You know why I hate that? Because I split my time, but I probably use my phone app more often than my computer. We use LastPass on work computers and they create those long, random, impossible to memorize passwords.

I just make up passwords and write them down on a notepad I keep in my desk. I also have a notepad on my phone with a list that's kinda coded for less sensitive info.

 

[DocZaius]

You know why I hate that? Because I split my time, but I probably use my phone app more often than my computer. We use LastPass on work computers and they create those long, random, impossible to memorize passwords.

I just make up passwords and write them down on a notepad I keep in my desk. I also have a notepad on my phone with a list that's kinda coded for less sensitive info.

Yeah, but that's the point - you use the password manager to autofill in those long random passwords. I used to use LastPass and if I remember right the autofill worked pretty well (but not perfectly) on the phone. BitWarden doesn't do that - I have to copy and paste from the phone app but at least it's free.

 

[Juggs]

I didn't know they had LastPass for a phone Not that it's surprising, but mine is flooded with work stuff and also LastPass is shared through work. Using it for me would be letting others access it if they wanted to. Not that any of them need my money or info

 

[DocZaius]

But whether you use a manager or not, for god's sake use separate passwords for all your valuable stuff. Don't use the same password for anything you care about.

 

[DocZaius]

I didn't know they had LastPass for a phone Not that it's surprising, but mine is flooded with work stuff and also LastPass is shared through work. Using it for me would be letting others access it if they wanted to. Not that any of them need my money or info

Yeah I definitely would not use the work-supplied account for personal stuff.

 

[Evil gator]

Dont save passwords unless its something benign like library; two factor authentication for serious shit like bank

 

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Dont save passwords unless its something benign like library; two factor authentication for serious shit like bank

Yeah, I think two factor saved me with a couple accounts. I did get a two factor authentication for some tax/finance site I've never heard of, so that was weird.

 

[Evil gator]

I was so dumb I had the same password for Hotmail, Twitter and Facebook. Of course I got hacked. It took a while for straightening it out but they changed my “from” to boo ya so whenever I get mail it says I’m boo ya. I was on the phone a bunch with msn and could never get it fixed. So like 15 years later I’m still boo ya

 

[Juggs]

I have the same password for a lot of stuff or variations of, but banks and such have more complicated requirements and regular changes. I don't really care if FB or something stupid gets hacked

 

[Evil gator]

Yeah this one did send out nasty shit to some of my contacts and whatnot.

But sure don’t need multi factor for old navy or Netflix