Manderso Consulting, LLC » hack http://mandersoconsulting.com Metro-Atlanta's Home and Small Business IT Support Mon, 17 May 2010 17:17:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 (Hopefully)What to do if you get hacked http://mandersoconsulting.com/hopefullywhat-to-do-if-you-get-hacked/ http://mandersoconsulting.com/hopefullywhat-to-do-if-you-get-hacked/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:29:10 +0000 manderso http://mandersoconsulting.com/?p=65 My personal Facebook profile got hacked tonight, and while that was weird, the after-affects are very frustrating.  The Facebook account is suspended, pending an investigation (very dramatic!).  I’m also changing a bunch of passwords on other accounts.

A friend of mine suggested using PassPack.com, which bills itself as an online password manager, tags and a password generator, plus additional features.  I’ve been using 1Password for the last few years, and until now, had been using it to store the passwords that I generated.  Though now of course, I’m using it to create the passwords.

By the way, I noticed that the account was hacked by logging into it and having a few chat windows pop up.  They were talking about the old scam of “I’m trapped in London without cash, I was just mugged and need you to send cash.“  I’m waiting to hear what Facebook has to say, but I’m open to suggestions as to how this happened.

Updates as they occur…

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