Here We Go Again
@bagarad (14283)
Paso Robles, California
May 4, 2016 10:17pm CST
According to the digital goddess, Kim Komando, Google, Yahoo, and
Amazon accounts have all been hacked. We should not only change all our passwords, but also enable 2-step verification using a cell phone. Great! There go my blog posts tonight.
Finished Amazon, but AT&T isn't so easy. They don't just give me a verification code by text, they text a link to click, and as far as I know, my dumb phone doesn't have internet access. I am so glad I don't have AT&T for anything here but my email address. I hate dealing with them. Guess I'll just get hacked. Still have Google to deal with tonight, and my whole life is there. Hackers must really enjoy making everyone miserable.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
5 May 16
To hell with all the hackers in the world.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
5 May 16
Too bad more people don't want to earn an honest living. Instead they try to take what little others have.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
5 May 16
aren't those big companies the hackers themselves too?
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
5 May 16
I don't know. This hacker calls himself "The Collector,"
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
18 May 16
I've seen it on the news, but I get Kim's newsletters and since she's considered an expert in all things digital, I learn a lot from her.
@sanket002 (56)
• India
5 May 16
hacked accounts around the globe only within the State?
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
5 May 16
I hate their voice menu when you need to call them. It's almost impossible to get a real person until you are ready to scream.
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
6 May 16
@OldRoadsOnceTraveled Same here. It's half the reason I want to live here instead of at home. I can get Charter cable here. At home there is only AT&T DSL or expensive satellite companies.
@OldRoadsOnceTraveled (331)
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6 May 16
@bagarad I only have the 2 big guys, and I've been very unsatisfied in my dealings with both.
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@bostonphil (4459)
• United States
6 May 16
Hi Barbara,
Nice to see you back on mylot.
I guess that I am just going to have to take my chances with the hackers. I can't keep up with my passwords as it is and now this ....
Have you heard about hackers breaking into a computer and holding the information hostage until one pays a ransom?
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
6 May 16
Good to see you here, too. I've been back for quite a while but haven't seen you around. I hadn't heard of the ransom scheme. Honestly, it's enough to make me about ready to unplug and sit around and read all the time like my mom did at my age.
@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
5 May 16
That's really bad. It's not very easy to change our passwords all the time.
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
6 May 16
I changed my password and security questions, but was not able to verify. I don't need the stress of dealing with that voice menu.
@crazzydolphin (3636)
• United States
5 May 16
I hate hackers!! They have no care for anyone but themselves and they really need to learn when to just walk away and go away and stop! Hope you are not hacked and everything works out well for you in the end with this 
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
6 May 16
Me, too. I still have a couple of other sites to deal with.
