password hacked !!!

[immaculate_goldy]

hi
iam having a trouble as my yahoo password has been hacked and changed... and the conditions worsens coz i dont know the answers of the private questions asked while recovery of yahoo... what can b done now ??? help required urgently !!! hope to c some experts answering promptly
thnx

[moneoa]

you might be screwed to be honest....thats why you remember the question and answer

[WE_DELIVER]

The only reasonable thing you can do is contact Yahoo directly. Even if you do, they still might not do anything about it, or it will be a rather long process.

And use a larger, easier-to-read font next time...

[SteelerBabe]

contacting yahoo is the only solution. i knew someone this happened to awhile back

[Lehk]

create a new account and tell your friends not to send anything to the old one?

also you should use bigger text

[jono2003uk]

or learn how to hack ur account back.....(is that a stupid reply)

[Ne007]

You have to figure out who was able to answer the password change questions in the first place....ask them the answers.

[lifehacker]

Do you know who hacked your account? It's hard to hack yahoo. Scan your computer to see if you have any keyloggers on it (record everything you type).

[RACKnRAIL]

Do you know who hacked your account? It's hard to hack yahoo. Scan your computer to see if you have any keyloggers on it (record everything you type).

It's not that hard to crack yahoo from what I just googled. I may be mistaken, but aren't simple passwords pretty easy to get by?

[lifehacker]

It's not that hard to crack yahoo from what I just googled. I may be mistaken, but aren't simple passwords pretty easy to get by?
If you google hack hotmail or something like that, you will get a lot of links. But if you look at those links, most of them are actually fake posts saying they use password recoveries to get the password and ask you to send another password and username of an already existing yahoo account to a certain email. That email belongs to somebody who is waiting for dumbasses to actually give him their passwords.

[shawners]

I heard its just a extended program that keeps hammering at yahoo with tons of passwords til its accepted. Kind of like if you know someones yahoo email address, theres a password log that the program uses to get into it. Once in, im sure the person changes the password as fast as possible to lock you out.

[lifehacker]

I heard its just a extended program that keeps hammering at yahoo with tons of passwords til its accepted.
Thats called brute forcing, and I believe does not work on yahoo because it locks you out after a certain amount of failed attempts.

[Mels_Smileys45]

Thats called brute forcing, and I believe does not work on yahoo because it locks you out after a certain amount of failed attempts.



Yep, most all sites have some form of protection for this, even zeropaid. I should know, Im always trying to gain The Hunters power!

[lifehacker]

The easiest way to get a password is to keylog the person and have the logs emailed or sent some other way to the person who installed the keylogger. Its actually really simple to do and requires almost no experience. The best way to protect yourself against this is to either have a firewall so that the logs can not be sent or have a good AntiVirus that would detect the keylogger. Another obvious way to find out the password is of course if you store your passwords on your computer (with Firefox for example go to Tools/Options/Privacy/Saved Passwords/View Saved Passwords).

So immaculate_goldy, have you recieved any emails lately that had an attachment of some sort that you opened? Has anyone been on your computer who could have searched through your passwords?

[yonatanrocks]

or you could try accessdiver.. i managed to hack a few hotmail passwords using it. just get a nice big wordlist, and make sure to use a proxy.. better safe than sorry

[lifehacker]

AccessDiver is alright, it can detect some security holes, but ussually you wont find any especially on sites like yahoo.

[naughtyeva]

no no no ~ auggie2k

[Steven Icicle]

Finf Them, Yeah I Know. Say Your Dad Beat Your Momma.

[Steven Icicle]

The Bigs Bank Chain De World Got Be Bank Of Usa.

[buckingham84]

I had a similar problem, I sent an email to account-security-help@cc.yahoo-inc.com and after a few emails back and forth they changed my password. You should include as much information from the following as you can:

1. Yahoo! ID
2. Your name
3. Date of birth (mm-dd-yyyy)
4. Your alternate (non-Yahoo!) email address
5. Secret Question and Answer
6. Your city and state
7. ZIP Code or Postal code you entered during registration
8. Your country

Hope that helps :)

[Steven Icicle]

Before we start discussing this any further, my password is "ghuiojfkl09983384933". And don't start talking to to the fridge again, even if it is you're own mother or father. Yeah, I heard you say "Mom, where's the peanut butter coated peacan and maple icecream with side helping of fries and the magic Fridge-Filler Boy" or as they say in computing...The Refridgerator Personnel with there own song, as they march in on your house, and uniform, and strange ritual ceromonies.

I know the motto of this place...Come here little commie boy, where's my banana.