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RE: Help! Our Good Friend on STEEMIT @merej99 Has Been HACKED!!! Pls. Help / Spread Awareness! Her Acc't is Being Drained as We Speak!!
OMG, you mean it was not a phishing attack, but they got your gmail account?
I'm pretty careful with email: never click a link I don't recognize; type in a link if I think it's questionable and check for the security tab, which is why I don't think it was a phishing attack. Someone decided I was an easy target - and I was. My personal email accounts didn't have 2FA or heavy-duty passwords so once they got my gmail they could sign in and see my other passwords. Then it was a race to see who could change the passwords faster.
And I blocked the IP address from my computer. I'm not sure if that's enough. I still feel dirty and contagious. Once I get my Chromebook this computer is getting a new hard drive. In the meantime, the passwords to all my accounts are saved offline. I've even encrypted the password files and saved that pass key in a different place.