My 22 year old sons email got hacked last night and they got to his betting site with it. They spent $2000 on draftkings and another $1200 on apple store. They changed his language to russian on his email so he cant change password. Hes contacted the bank, draftkings, and microsoft. Im just wondering if anyone has ever dealt with this and knows other steps to take?
Anyone ever been hacked?
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hawkeyetraveler
HB Heisman
Yes. I think I shared on here before I had my identity stolen and since used maliciously 2x. In summary I would get one of those protection apps (I use Aura), change every single password and as many user IDs as you can, and also lock down his credit with all three credit bureaus…more on that below.
First someone tried to get a bank loan. They had my name, address, social, etc. the only way I found out is my Amex card reported a credit check. When I looked I saw it was Bank of America and got it sorted before any damage was done.
I then researched and chose Aura as a security app. They alert me whenever anything happens, breaches where my data is found, etc.
Fast forward 2 years - Aura alerts me of a credit check. Now I thought I had locked down my credit, but i had only locked one bureau (I thought they communicated so it locked all of them). Turns out it was a car dealer and someone was trying to get a loan for a car online.
The dealer sent me a pic of the photo ID…had all my details, just with a different photo. I got the guys phone number, etc. all of that is now in the hands of the police.
So yeah, getting your identity stolen sucks, but provided you lock your credit, keep good password discipline and get an app to watch over the rest he should be ok.
First someone tried to get a bank loan. They had my name, address, social, etc. the only way I found out is my Amex card reported a credit check. When I looked I saw it was Bank of America and got it sorted before any damage was done.
I then researched and chose Aura as a security app. They alert me whenever anything happens, breaches where my data is found, etc.
Fast forward 2 years - Aura alerts me of a credit check. Now I thought I had locked down my credit, but i had only locked one bureau (I thought they communicated so it locked all of them). Turns out it was a car dealer and someone was trying to get a loan for a car online.
The dealer sent me a pic of the photo ID…had all my details, just with a different photo. I got the guys phone number, etc. all of that is now in the hands of the police.
So yeah, getting your identity stolen sucks, but provided you lock your credit, keep good password discipline and get an app to watch over the rest he should be ok.
years ago email got taken. but it wasn't a biggie so i didn't pursue it. but then my linkedin got taken over too...i only got to know coz colleague got suspicious upon noticing that my profile now had the headshot of chinese gentleman. pretty brazen. linkedin would not restore ownership to me (since i had lost access to the email) but they took it down and i had to create a new one
It sounds like draftkings and microsoft dont want to talk over the phone and everything is done online. Frustrating
Put multi-factor authentication on everything. It's not perfect but it prevents almost all of these things from happening.
Had identify theft about 8/9 years ago.
It really is a major inconvenience, but we had no financial loss.
Did the mandatory police report etc.
It really is a major inconvenience, but we had no financial loss.
Did the mandatory police report etc.
So do a police report? My brother in law is a police sargent and ive text him but i havnt heard back.
Probably using the same password for his email as he was for the betting site? Was Paypal or something linked to the betting site? How did they spend $1200 at the Apple Store (also maybe try to track the address it's being shipped to)?
Shit is scary for sure and you should always have a strong password and MFA turned on as @IowaHawkIT indicated. The problem is that they can use the email for MFA to get around that. I normally use my cell phone text for my MFA but you run the risk of sim swapping then.
I'd cancel everything and dispute the charges. I'd subscribe to some monitoring company for 12 months to ensure nothing else is popping up. Also, have him change EVERY password away from the password that was compromised.
Sorry to hear it. I have not experienced it but I'm sure it's a pain.
I credit freeze all accounts and use a combination of tools (password keepers, vpn, desktop security software). I've never had a problem.
I credit freeze all accounts and use a combination of tools (password keepers, vpn, desktop security software). I've never had a problem.
hawkeyetraveler
HB Heisman
Definitely do a police report. I was advised by Aura that in case there is financial loss having a police report will be helpful under certain circumstances (like if they do something illegal using your identity). You want to be on record that things being done in your name are not being done by you.
Got a credit card hacked once with a $12,000 limit and they ran up $100,000 in charges.
The criminals changed the address on the card so they got statement and went on a spending spree. They opened a fake bank account and wrote bad checks to cover credit card bill. The credit card company didn’t bother to verify the quality of the checks before opening up the credit limit. So they were paying off the credit card with bouncing checks.
Took months to get it straightened out.
Investigator told me they have your info and in 5-10 years your information will be sold and somebody else will do it.
Our mistake was not noticing the credit card bill not coming in the mail. We always paid our balance in full but we didn’t notice a bill that stopped coming right away. IMO the credit card company sucked. Buying 6 iPhones at once or expensive clothes from Europe didn’t seem to tip off any of their algorithms. Considering our spending habits with it was gas and dining out.
Something also about some "7 year thingy" and you needed a police report.
Not sure of the details, cause my wifey did all the followup stuff.
It was more of a pain in the ass deal.
I was really never positive how my identity was stolen. The only thing we could ever guess was I had made a hotel reservation in Nashville...online, and put credit card info into the payment.
We found out about the hack when someone purchased a $300 pair of Oakley sunglasses in Las Vegas a month later.
Skimmed. I still say it happened at Riverside casino, but they refused to investigate. Since it was a debit card, they made a few minimal purchases in QCA, then went over to Ankeny and got a $957 money order from the USPS. Bank made me file a police report, but covered the losses.
