It seems like every time you turn around, someone is dealing with a hacked account. It doesn’t matter what platform you use — if it’s online, it can be targeted. When my own account was compromised years ago, it was a wake?up call. One minute everything was fine, and the next I was locked out, messages were being sent without my knowledge, and I had to scramble to regain control.
It was frustrating, stressful, and honestly a little scary. But it also taught me a lot about how important it is to protect your digital life.
Here are the key takeaways that still matter today:
- Use strong, unique passwords for every account
- Turn on two?factor authentication wherever possible
- Be cautious of unexpected messages or login prompts
- Keep your recovery information up to date
- Don’t ignore small warning signs — they often mean something bigger is happening
- If something feels “off,” act fast
Getting hacked is never fun, but recovering is possible — and staying proactive can prevent a lot of headaches.
So working together we can make a difference – let’s don’t let these kind of people ruin it for us that love working online and hurting the people that we care about.
Before I close, I also seen an email today that is a different type of scam that I have not seen before but the headline was Commission Transfer and I know for a fact that all the sites that I earn commissions from would not be sending me an email with a link to have to claim my commissions – so please, please be careful and take EXTRA precaution as these hackers are very, very active right now.
Thank you so very much Nancy for all the info you have given out…. This has been a really trying time for me having my skype, 1 of my gmail accounts n my yahoo messanger all hacked at the same time … luckly i got all but my skype back… … so please guys take care n watch your accounts closely… make sure ya have extremely strong passwords n anthing ya can do to keep all your accounts safe from these hackers … they are everywhere.
sissy n dobie
Thanks Sissy and am so sorry that you have had these problems and am glad the REAL Sissy is back
I just thought I would pint out that skype accounts are never hacked, they are cracked. Crackers and skript kiddies do these types of things, not hackers. This is why there is a vast spike in how often it occurs around holidays and summer vacations – because it is mostly kids and people in third world countries who do these things.
Real hackers wouldn’t risk something so stupid. Those payment processor addresses, can be tracked. The last things hackers want are police at their front door. You will never hear of any member of the group known as anonymous cracking into a skype account. They have bigger and better things to do. Hell these guys are known to publically RELEASE credit card numbers, account passwords and the likes – they are not known for stealing credit card and using them in secret or scamming people.
Hackers are the guys on the onion, the hidden web, the dark web, whatever you want to call it. They are free thinkers and stand against censorship, tyranny, and the likes. They hack and expose corruption. They hack to learn. They are generally not children.
Well thanks for the comments and clearing all that up and hope I didn’t offend any hackers by assuming that they were the ones doing all this. Now I know that they should be called Crackers
Thanks Nancy and Hi Sissy.
Sissy, we miss you on Skype! Skype me juliewolf with your new Skype account. You CAN get your Skype back and its the only right thingk to do. Skype WILL block your account kicking the hacker out if you persist! and thos e of us on the Hackbusters Skype room are all doing what nancy suggested, we cna also insist that Skype block your account kicjubg the hacker out temporarily. the only permanant solution if to get your Skype back! Keep trying. And also use this Presntation I made to make sure you have done all you can, both for now and the future: http://skypechat.net/skypehacksafety&recovery (this is Publicly visable on aGoogle Drive, so share it with every one.
Thanks Julie for the info and hope that others don’t have to go thru all this
PS I have a YouTube playlist of videos JUST for Skype Hack Safety & Recovery in that Google Presentation or here is the direct link to the play list. I add more too it each time we have a new method of Skype hacking that shows up. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7woWiTPIDofHKM-7WYOJjzY1oLgJjwb2
Thanks – I thought I had included that one but may have been another one of yours