password hacked !!!

**immaculate_goldy** · May 2nd, 2006, 12:26 PM

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** · May 2nd, 2006, 12:47 PM

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

**WE_DELIVER** · May 2nd, 2006, 01:19 PM

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** · May 2nd, 2006, 01:24 PM

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

**Lehk** · May 2nd, 2006, 02:19 PM

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

also you should use bigger text

**jono2003uk** · May 2nd, 2006, 02:33 PM

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

**Ne007** · May 2nd, 2006, 07:41 PM

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

**lifehacker** · May 3rd, 2006, 01:18 PM

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** · May 3rd, 2006, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by 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).

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** · May 3rd, 2006, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by RACKnRAIL

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** · May 3rd, 2006, 07:41 PM

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** · May 4th, 2006, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by shawners

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** · May 4th, 2006, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by lifehacker

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** · May 4th, 2006, 05:04 PM

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** · May 8th, 2006, 10:43 AM

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