Hi, folks, I was sorry to have this happen to me but it did trigger some great ideas/suggestions. I think the way hackers got into my account (my password was strong and not easily found) was the way they got into Sarah Palin's account. They got a hold of the name of the account (very, very easy to do) and then, because of so much information on the web were able to answer the security question. I don't remember what mine was but you know that anything like your mother's maiden name or such like that is available on line if it's anywhere in cyberspace.
Well, anyway, I've changed my password and my security question and am doing the same on all of my important financial accounts. Suggest you all do the same. Holly On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 2:55 PM, jpurcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martha > > Be sure to make the new password hard to guess! > > No, just make it free of dictionary words. It should be a mix of > totally unpredictable alpha and numeric characters. People on TV > constantly talk about alpha passwords being used by government people. > If you use plain language and might be of interest to hackers, EXPECT > to be hacked. They don't guess, they use programs that search using a > dictionary search. > > DO NOT USE PLAIN TEXT passwords!!! > > Jim > Dell PC > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post > personal issues directly to the group. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] View all my websites from http://www.hollyscloset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
