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Cyberattacked: what should I do to be safe again?
Thread poster: María C Turri
Angie Garbarino
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Info that can be useful Feb 9, 2021

My paypal account never let me enter without a code sent to my phone, (after entering the correct password). I think this will prevent hackers to enter.
Perhaps this can be useful for you for the future, you can ask paypal to set that feature for your account.

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María C Turri
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Argentina
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done :) Feb 9, 2021

Angie Garbarino wrote:


My paypal account never let me enter without a code sent to my phone, (after entering the correct password). I think this will prevent hackers to enter.
Perhaps this can be useful for you for the future, you can ask paypal to set that feature for your account.


Yes, Angie, I realized I could do that with mine as well a little too late, but it's done now, so I think I'm safe there. I also set up 2nd factor authentication in my Google account and updated the one I had with my local bank. It was a busy day, but totally worth it. I just got robbed of 180USD, which in Argentina is equivalent to one whole minimum wage salary due to devaluation, but I'm determined to take this as a learning opportunity.

Angie Garbarino
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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Email settings Feb 10, 2021

Somewhere in the settings for your email accounts you will find a list of email addresses to which your emails are forwarded.
Check from time to time to make sure that any such accounts listed are your own and not of some intruder.
 
María C Turri
María C Turri  Identity Verified
Argentina
Local time: 18:11
Member (2019)
English to Spanish
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Is this a thing? Feb 10, 2021

Nikki Scott-Despaigne wrote:

Somewhere in the settings for your email accounts you will find a list of email addresses to which your emails are forwarded.
Check from time to time to make sure that any such accounts listed are your own and not of some intruder.


OMG, Nikki. I had absolutely no idea this could happen. Of course I'll check, thank you so much for the heads up!
 
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