Comment on My IP address is apparantly suspicious? What? (Real IP, not a VPN)
Thaurin@lemmy.world 19 hours agoIt’s more likely the result of automated login attempts because your email is on a leaked list and they forced a password reset on you to protect your account.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
Damn if that’s the case, my paranoia is gonna go overdrive.
Btw, has anyone here actually got hacked? I feel like the media always overexaggerates “hacking” and its mostly people just using weak passwords (user error), not really hacking.
nogooduser@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
You can check on haveibeenpwned.com
It’s more likely to be that they found out your login credentials, yes.
They might find a site with crappy security where they can try many usernames and passwords without getting blocked or they might actually hack the site and get the password list.
Having a strong password, not reusing passwords and enabling MFA goes a long way towards protecting against those scenarios.
suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Lots of people have, usually it’s because they downloaded a cracked application that trojan-horsed a virus onto their system, or they installed a bad browser extension. Once on the system, the malware goes nuts spreading to other systems on their network, using keyloggers to grab passwords, etc.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Yea I have a steamdeck for the umm… sailing the high seas, but I definitely don’t and will never, do banking on there.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 hours ago
I did have my debit card details stolen a few years ago. The first I knew about it was a text message from my bank telling me they’ve frozen my account and I need to call the phone number printed on the back of my card ASAP. Spoke to a chap in the fraud department, we went through a list of recent transactions, flagged two charity donations I didn’t recognise (apparently that’s a common way for fraudsters to figure out whether your card is valid), and the bank gave me a new account, new card, new everything.
(incidentally, your bank never needs you to move your money to a “safe” account, they already have your money, they do that for you)
voracitude@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
If you need to cross a chasm, and someone rolls a boulder in that lets you get across, are you going to go into all the ways that it wasn’t really a bridge?
Hacking is about making stuff do things outside is intended purpose. There are no prescriptions on how; hacking doesn’t gatekeep. If it works, it’s a hack. Convincing sometime to open the door for you is social engineering, for example.
So, if someone uses/reuses weak passwords, it’s fair to say that’s an easy hack, but it’s still a hack.
Thaurin@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Ticketmaster database with credit card information got hacked years ago. I got an email confirming it and got a credit card transaction for about 1000 euros. Got a bit to explain and convince the credit card company, but they reversed it and blocked the card.
As for your case, just use very strong and unique passwords in a password manager like KeePass and you’ll be fine. It won’t hurt to rotate your password now, though.