Gmail

[Ray]

Im having a problem..

I dont know if gmail was hacked or down or something, but its not let me log into my account. Its giving me an invalid pw error
I tried to reset the pw and it said it was sent to my live.hk email. I dont have a live.hk email

I tried logging in my other account that i send spam and its giving me the same error..

My wife cannot access them either from the states

 

[James]

Oh crap... live.hk should be ringing bells for you...

Check all your domains whois now..

 

[turnhardtoeasy]

Thaz a very bad thing...
you may loose your precious domains to some cheepo out there....!
try contacting google from the below link...
i dont have much idea but maybe it would help
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=contact_policy

 

[shockie]

it sounds like someone has taken control of your account. i'd contact google, registrars, etc asap before any damage can be done.

 

[Len]

Ray, do as shockie say's ASAP!!!

I read earlier that you are currently out in the Mid-East on your way to the Gan. You need to be very careful using the web when you have no idea what the language is, or says. This can lead you to clicking on re-directs and keyloggers that you won't know about until it's too late!

 

[dWhite]

Yup. Your account password was keylogged or something. Get ahold of Google like...right now.

 

[Ray]

well.. i lost my servers... and my bank account is on hold..

too late..

 

[James]

well.. i lost my servers... and my bank account is on hold..

too late..

Sorry to hear that.

 

[Ray]

ok.. overview..

2 servers - lost
facebook - lost
myspace - lost
bank - working with now, currently locked out
gmail - lost
Indentity - lost
namepros.com - pending - give it a day.. rj here is your heads up if i contact you


---Domains Lost to Hijackers-- (hopefully can be saved as they are under 60 days old)
melgurt.com
melgurt.net
templaterave.com
melgurthost.com
y2kt.com
hosticks.com

I do not know wtf to do!!!!!!!!!

 

[Len]

Sorry to hear about the problems, hope you can sort them out.

FYI, once you get up and running again if you are using XP you should install snoopfree privacy sheild from http://www.snoopfree.com/

This program will alert you of any program that is trying to hook up to your keyboard and will ask you what you want to do, accept or deny.

 

[Ray]

Update::

Google gave me the password. Now if you go though my email they tried to use google checkout on numerous items. Denied thank god from my bank. Namecheap. ive got into contact with them and well.. they are working the issue to the best they can. now with my account back i should be able to restore my domains and stuff. i got my myspace and facebook back.. this is quire intereting

 

[exponent]

Check all of your mail filters. Some of them may be set up to forward emails to the hacker.

 

[mis_chiff]

Check all of your mail filters. Some of them may be set up to forward emails to the hacker.

Good point, that is something I wouldn't have thought about :red:

Good luck with it all -Ray-, I hope you get everything back
and running smoothly, you have enough going on over there!

 

[shockie]

i'm glad google was so quick to fix this and your bank was keen enough to deny the purchases. hopefully namecheap can do what they can to get your domains back.

Check all of your mail filters. Some of them may be set up to forward emails to the hacker.

:tu:

 

[Ray]

Horrray!!!

namecheap restored my account and stopped all pending transfers. They said they noticed the activity and we not hesitate to restore. Thank god for name cheap

--overview
Gmail : fixed - deleting account after fix stuff
bank : fixed: limited access have to call
np - still alive and kickin
facebook - up
myspace -up
namecheap - up
server - up.. those folks at umbrahosting.com rock!

 

[shockie]

awesome news!! the hacker is probably all disappointed now that he got nothing, lol.

 

[Len]

Great to hear you managed to sort this mess out! Luckily your domains were at Namecheap and not Godaddy..........Need I say more.

 

[johname]

Good to hear your getting this mess fixed

 

[Accurate]

Thats great to hear you have everything back once more!

A few pointers may put some interest to everyone. When traveling often you most likely need the internet like we all do.
- You find a free wifi spot, sit down, enjoy a cuppa and go look at your bank records.

That'll be the most common mistake made by people. As you'll find with those wifi spots:
1. Its an unsecure connection.
2. Its got no encryption what so ever!
3. Wifi can be sniffed quite easily! (I've personally tried it myself and was able to pick up my own password going through the air!)

Recommendations:
1. Use a secure VPN connection (I myself now have my own personal VPS which has OpenVPN installed)
2. Always use https, it makes it harder for sniffers to locate your password. Although it does not mean its impossible!

Well good luck to you all, hope this helps

 

[bluearrow]

This is some really scary shit I'm glad you got it sorted out. Any idea who those buggers got yr password ?