The wall
Stories, in their own words
Every account here was shared by someone who has been through it. Read them to feel less alone, or to recognise the warning signs before they reach you.
“I was sitting at Ngurah Rai airport in Bali, just killing time before my flight back. This guy walks up to me pretty stressed out. He had his laptop…”
“I'm still reeling from this, but I need to get the story out there because it’s honestly terrifying how easily it happened. I opened my Coinbase app…”
“I’ll just come out and say it: I’m an idiot. I downloaded a file I knew was dodgy, and the internet gods punished me for it almost immediately. The…”
“last night, i woke up to my friend spam calling me, and when i answered, i immediately heard sobs from the other side. i asked her what happened, and…”
“Last week I tried to download a pirated game. Shortly after, my Discord account got hacked but I caught it immediately. Then my PC started opening…”
“Honestly, I still feel like a total muppet over this. I was the restaurant manager of a massive buffet in Sydney CBD. Friday night, absolute chaos, …”
“I was just informed by our cyber team that my data is part of the Qantas breach. I honestly have no idea what to do or what to think. I was too…”
“My uncle just retired from customs and this still hurts to think about because he’s not even someone who uses the internet much, he just got a…”
“This one still messes with me because it started with something that felt harmless. I joined a random Discord server about a game I play and people…”
“I'm writing this to explain an incident that happened today morning. I live in India. I had my 2FA enabled on my insta account, with a strong…”
“I am a doctor for a non-profit clinic. I remember sitting in my office at 3AM in the morning not knowing what to do because every single terminal in…”
“I’m posting this here because I don’t know where else to go. I just got denied for a mortgage because of a "delinquent car loan" in a state I’ve never…”
“i’m literally shaking right now. i met this girl on bumble and we moved to snapchat and things got... heated. we did a video call and it was fine but…”