Hacked account

busiscoming2

When an email account has been hacked is the hacker able to see and keep access to your emails even after you have changed your password?

grumpycrab

Not after you have changed the password. They could have copied all your emails off the server though before you changed your password.

paddyrg

Also make sure they haven't changed your 'secret question' answers, phone numbers, etc., or they can use those routes to regain entry

cookie365

busiscoming2 wrote: »

When an email account has been hacked is the hacker able to see and keep access to your emails even after you have changed your password?

They may have downloaded existing messages using POP, so it's possible they'll still have access to those.

woody2234

You know with yahoo mail and probs gmail you can go into something and actually see on a world map to see whos tried or has access your email, I expect you got an email from "official yahoo or gmail or who ever " saying your account has been hacked thats what happened to me and I checked and it was not hacked, I forgot what I did now but but I will have a look this week or soomeone on here will help

boo_star

woody2234 wrote: »

You know with yahoo mail and probs gmail you can go into something and actually see on a world map to see whos tried or has access your email, I expect you got an email from "official yahoo or gmail or who ever " saying your account has been hacked thats what happened to me and I checked and it was not hacked, I forgot what I did now but but I will have a look this week or soomeone on here will help

I have messages quite frequently from Google saying "someone has tried to gain access."

It's actually quite infuriating, they (the idiot who think it's theirs) give out my email address for various things including payslips (really.)

At first I tried contacting the people sending them saying it was an incorrect email, please let them know. They still kept coming.

I then tried sending "abusive" messages, hoping that at the very least, the next contact with them would prompt a "why did you send me this" conversation. Nothing.

I've given up now. I actually have their mailing address but I can't imagine sending them a letter asking them to stop will help.

spud17

One of my Gmail accounts received 2 emails from an airline concerning Sangster's International Airport, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Each came with an attached .pdf containing flight, fuel and crew details.
All the body of the email said was 'PLEASE DELETE AFTER PRINTING'.