I received a small barrage of emails from Hover (my domain name host of choice) telling me I’d logged into my account from a dodgy-looking IP addy.
I had not, of course. I was eating my healthy post-workout breakfast at the time.
I wasn’t silly enough to click on the password reset link. Instead, I went to the website and logged in manually. Yep. Fifteen minutes earlier someone, possibly Vladimir Putin, had been nosing around in my online unmentionables.
I hit up the live chat, got an actual human being which is a nice feature of Hover’s service, and sorted that shit out fast.
Not sure how my login leaked but I checked the activity log, saw Vlad sneaking around while I was eating breakfast, and noticed I’d turned off two-factor back in April. I never turn off two-factor, but in April I let an old domain name slip quietly across the rainbow bridge and I must have hit a check box at that time that disabled 2F.
I routinely get SMS texts claiming spurious amazon, parcel delivery or banking enquiry on my mobile. Which I delete almost immediately. But from the frequency I am not suprised so much money is lost in scams each year. My Netflix password was once taken and fraudulently changed. I had to actually call someone - on the phone- it was so weird. All resolved.
I'm just hoping whoever had a go at Optus yesterday will be kind enough to send me a password so I can get into my email account.
<rant>Optus are so shit these days and they won't talk to me unless I can recite a 2F code they send to my email that I can't access because I've forgotten the password, and the only way I can get back in is if I haul my arse down to a bricks and mortar shop with a million points of ID. Given the event yesterday I'm half glad I like to procrastinate, otherwise they would have all that stuff that's prolly been stolen.</rant>
I routinely get SMS texts claiming spurious amazon, parcel delivery or banking enquiry on my mobile. Which I delete almost immediately. But from the frequency I am not suprised so much money is lost in scams each year. My Netflix password was once taken and fraudulently changed. I had to actually call someone - on the phone- it was so weird. All resolved.
I'm just hoping whoever had a go at Optus yesterday will be kind enough to send me a password so I can get into my email account.
<rant>Optus are so shit these days and they won't talk to me unless I can recite a 2F code they send to my email that I can't access because I've forgotten the password, and the only way I can get back in is if I haul my arse down to a bricks and mortar shop with a million points of ID. Given the event yesterday I'm half glad I like to procrastinate, otherwise they would have all that stuff that's prolly been stolen.</rant>
Might have been Putin he’s a cagey devil. Kinda busy threatening the world and holding off his malcontents. Likely a bored 12 yr old .