If they add an address and then request a financial instrument, that is a way for them to monetize." What criminals will often want to do is hook up a debit card to your account. "If we are talking about attacking your Bank of America account or PayPal the reason is obvious: They want your money. "Attackers do things for a reason," says Jakobsson. This is especially true of sites that let you make one-click purchases, or issue payment cards. Verify that no new shipping addresses have been set up on your account, no new payment methods have been added, or new accounts linked. See if the answers to your security questions were changed, or if those questions themselves have changed.įollow the Money If there is an element of commerce involved in the affected account, thoroughly review any activity on that account. Check your e-mail rules and filters to make sure nothing is getting forwarded to another account without your knowledge. Once you have your accounts back, you should immediately make sure there isn't a back door somewhere designed to let an attacker back in.
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"It's very common for people to use similar or the same password but it's very rare for people to realize that it creates a liability for them to do it and that they need to change their password after they've been hacked."Ĭheck for Backdoors Smart hackers won’t just get into your account, they’ll also set up tools to make sure they can get back in once you’ve gotten them out. Sites can set up password requirements - for example a character length or that a password include symbols and numbers - but they cannot force people into not reusing the same or similar passwords.
"Password reuse is one of the great evils and its very hard to prevent," says PayPal's principal scientist for consumer security Markus Jakobsson. This is especially true if you reuse passwords, or use schemes that result in similar passwords (like 123Facebook, 123Linkedin, 123Google). But if you've just been hacked, it's now more urgent. You should be changing your passwords periodically anyway as a part of routine maintenance. Reset Your Passwords Immediately change the password on the affected service, and any others that use the same or similar password. Knowing why you were targeted can also sometimes help you understand how you were breached. An attacker may even be trying to gain access to your business. In other cases, such as e-mail, it can be for a host of reasons - from using it to send spam, to requesting money from your contacts, to getting password resets on other services. This is by no means comprehensive, but it’s a good start.Īsk Yourself Why While you are fixing things, it's a good time to take a step back, and ask yourself a more basic question: What was the reason for the breach? If it was your bank account, the answer may be obvious. Whether you were hacked, phished, had malware installed or just don't know what the heck happened but there's somebody all up in your e-mail, here are a few good first steps to take following an incident. It's hard to know what to do, or where to begin, immediately afterward. And yet while being hacked may be increasingly familiar, it isn't getting any less stressful or confusing. And as I discovered when I was hacked last year, my experience was distressingly commonplace. And the thing is, what was once a pretty exclusive club now lets just about everyone in these days.
Evernote became the latest member of the "we’ve been hacked" club.
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