Larky
02-16-2008, 04:46
Last night, I tried to access eBay, my password was rejected many times. I went to check my Yahoo account to see if it had anything in it to explain this, that too was rejected. Hmm I thought, dodgy.
I did a live chat with eBay (who, I have to say, were fantastic) and it turns out somebody got my log-in details for Yahoo (who so far have been very slow to respond) and from that got my eBay and Paypal details.
So, I spent hours altering all the eBay details, Paypal details, log-in details to places like this, then had to go to the bank to get my card blocked and a new one sent, which'll take a week. I now have a very secure account which means I can't order online (7dayshop, do they take phone orders? - I hope so!).
Now, I work with computers for about 12 hours per day. I know what I'm doing, never answer spam etc, always clear cache (have a batch that does it hourly) and reset Safari every evening. I have a hardware firewall which is solid, plus a software firewall which is solid, plus my own encryption on my drives. They did NOT get it from me or my computers.
So, I decided to do much illegal tinkering in the early hours and see if I could figure out what had happened.
My advice, and findings? Don't use Yahoo, it's about as secure as handing out leaflets with all your details on with a copy of your credit card attached.
Thank god eBay were on the ball.
Rant over, A.
I did a live chat with eBay (who, I have to say, were fantastic) and it turns out somebody got my log-in details for Yahoo (who so far have been very slow to respond) and from that got my eBay and Paypal details.
So, I spent hours altering all the eBay details, Paypal details, log-in details to places like this, then had to go to the bank to get my card blocked and a new one sent, which'll take a week. I now have a very secure account which means I can't order online (7dayshop, do they take phone orders? - I hope so!).
Now, I work with computers for about 12 hours per day. I know what I'm doing, never answer spam etc, always clear cache (have a batch that does it hourly) and reset Safari every evening. I have a hardware firewall which is solid, plus a software firewall which is solid, plus my own encryption on my drives. They did NOT get it from me or my computers.
So, I decided to do much illegal tinkering in the early hours and see if I could figure out what had happened.
My advice, and findings? Don't use Yahoo, it's about as secure as handing out leaflets with all your details on with a copy of your credit card attached.
Thank god eBay were on the ball.
Rant over, A.