Account takeover
Someone got into an account that belongs to you.
4 people have shared their stories about this.
What to do
Practical steps, in plain language.
Urgent Action
Someone has taken over my account
What to do in the first hour when someone else is inside your email, social or bank account, and how to work out how they got in.
Read →Prevention
Turn on two-factor authentication
The single change that prevents most account takeovers, which accounts to do first, and why not all methods are equal.
Read →It happened to them too
Written by people who went through it, in their own words.
A fake alert inside my crypto app cost me $28,000
“I'm still reeling from this, but I need to get the story out there because it’s honestly terrifying how easily it…”
One dodgy download and someone was in my accounts by morning
“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…”
I pirated a game and my PC started opening PowerShell on its own
“Last week I tried to download a pirated game. Shortly after, my Discord account got hacked but I caught it immediately.…”
Someone posted to my Instagram even though I had 2FA on
“I'm writing this to explain an incident that happened today morning. I live in India. I had my 2FA enabled on my insta…”
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