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Quill and Feather Pub [Public] / Re: Someone has had a data leak or sold off private info
« Last post by LilyBLily on April 19, 2024, 11:47:41 PM »Recently my identity theft company--the one I have a free sub to because of prior data breaches--told me my name has been found on the Dark Web. Well, okay. My name is public. I asked them about it and they said no biggie. Really?
Of late, there has been an uptick in efforts to get into my Microsoft account--two yesterday alone. What I don't understand is, why bother? Microsoft is not my best buddy. I don't hang out with Microsoft or give it money every month, and I don't believe I have ever bought anything from Microsoft directly, either. I have registered software with Microsoft because I had to in order to use the software, but no credit card info was involved. I'm scratching my head over this one.
And the usual "I saw you..." extortion emails continue, listing so far three legit passwords from things I signed up for years ago. Passwords I never used for anything else, and not involving money, most of which were for sites that now are moribund. So, where's the threat in that? I did scurry around and change one banking password because that bank doesn't have two-factor authentication. (And it's a very big bank, too. Weird.) I'd changed my user name on that a long time ago and now I have such a long, complicated, and nonsensical password that woe betide me should I ever have to get into that account and don't have my cheat sheet handy.
Beyond activating two-factor and changing passwords now and then, I don't think there's anything else I can do. A recent article about someone being hacked said his online password manager had been hacked. Yikes.
And someone or "somebot" keeps trying to get into my Facebook account, too.
On balance, yes, I do feel under attack, presumably because my name is being sold and resold on the Dark Web. But the bad guys aren't winning so far.
Of late, there has been an uptick in efforts to get into my Microsoft account--two yesterday alone. What I don't understand is, why bother? Microsoft is not my best buddy. I don't hang out with Microsoft or give it money every month, and I don't believe I have ever bought anything from Microsoft directly, either. I have registered software with Microsoft because I had to in order to use the software, but no credit card info was involved. I'm scratching my head over this one.
And the usual "I saw you..." extortion emails continue, listing so far three legit passwords from things I signed up for years ago. Passwords I never used for anything else, and not involving money, most of which were for sites that now are moribund. So, where's the threat in that? I did scurry around and change one banking password because that bank doesn't have two-factor authentication. (And it's a very big bank, too. Weird.) I'd changed my user name on that a long time ago and now I have such a long, complicated, and nonsensical password that woe betide me should I ever have to get into that account and don't have my cheat sheet handy.
Beyond activating two-factor and changing passwords now and then, I don't think there's anything else I can do. A recent article about someone being hacked said his online password manager had been hacked. Yikes.
And someone or "somebot" keeps trying to get into my Facebook account, too.
On balance, yes, I do feel under attack, presumably because my name is being sold and resold on the Dark Web. But the bad guys aren't winning so far.