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Writer's Haven => Quill and Feather Pub [Public] => Topic started by: J.E. Trent (Joe) on January 05, 2019, 11:04:56 AM
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I awoke to an email from Grammarly saying that my password had been successfully updated and my email address changed too. And I should email support right away if it wasn't me who made the changes. :icon_eek:
So I did. I got my account back, but the hacker had deleted all of my files on the Grammarly servers and left a half a dozen of his. Long story short, Grammarly said there is no backup of my files. I was a premium user up until this. I've canceled my account and there is no prorated refund.
I had about twenty files on their servers, most of them from the last book I wrote, so my loss wasn't catastrophic, just enlighting. The password used for Grammarly was a couple of letters and six digits. I guess from now on the lesson is to use passwords that are long and complicated like those generated using a service like Lastpass.
So if you're using Grammarly and your password is something like jt010161 you might want to go change it to something with upper and lower case letters and symbols which is a lot harder to crack, like Jt^9Hl#uMs13R5 for example.
The lesson for me is to change all my passwords to something strong. I never really thought about Grammarly being a target for a hacker, but obviously, I was wrong. Don't be me, go change your password now.
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So if you're using Grammarly and your password is something like jt010161 you might want to go change it to something with upper and lower case letters and symbols which is a lot harder to crack, like Jt^9Hl#uMs13R5 for example.
Yeah, you gotta watch out for those little twerps that have nothing better to do than sit around and see if they can make life miserable for the rest of us. As for passwords, I've been using hashed up passwords for years. Something like c#arLe$5927 (old password not used anymore). Easy to remember, but probably a bit hard to hack.
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Did you download the guy's book files? You might be able to find out who did it with a little internet research...
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Did you download the guy's book files? You might be able to find out who did it with a little internet research...
I considered it, but I have too much stuff going on and decided to let it go. Had it cost me a lot of money, then I would have put him on my to-do list.
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By the way, did you get your book name from the TV series of the same name? One of my favs.
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By the way, did you get your book name from the TV series of the same name? One of my favs.
I had no idea about the TV show until after I had written the book. My series name is Death in Hawaii, so Death in Paradise for book one just seemed like a natural fit when I was brainstorming titles. Had I Googled it I would have found the TV show and made a different choice.
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Oh, nothing wrong with it at all! Book titles aren't copyrighted, and even if the TV series is trademarked it probably doesn't cover book titles. You might get some free publicity.
And if it is, you'll get a cease-and-desist order and just change the title...but I think you're in a good position so far.