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Amazon Prime account hacked

Posted on 11/19/18 at 11:34 pm
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
48771 posts
Posted on 11/19/18 at 11:34 pm
I went to login, and couldn't. It wouldn't take my password, the password that's been stored and operational in my computer for at least two years. Instead, it was some russian email (ended in .ru).

I received no notice of any change of email from Amazon. This greatly worries me, and Amazon, too. They started an investigation on their end to try to determine how my email address would have been changed without me qualifying it. Turns out, the hacker has able to to spoof my email and confirmed it. frick.

Had any orders been placed? No. When did it happen? Two days ago, so they had ample time to order items and ship to an address.

So, I spent the afternoon going into everything, every account, every financial institution, changing passwords and logins, setting up required double authentications, freezing my credit reports, etc. Fun, fun, fun.

Then I realized, after doing all that, that I was using the same computer and that probably everything I've done was logged using a keylogger and that Russian dude is just sitting there smirking, having already captured my data from the resets. Double frick.

So, now I'm working from another computer, and going in and changing everything AGAIN! This shite is tiring and I'm pissed at myself for not considering that before starting.

Fortunately, I've got plenty of backups to choose from, so will strip and restore it, but I'm going to scan it first and see if I can detect a keylogger.
Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
12300 posts
Posted on 11/19/18 at 11:49 pm to
quote:

Turns out, the hacker has able to to spoof my email and confirmed it.
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Then I realized, after doing all that, that I was using the same computer and that probably everything I've done was logged using a keylogger


Would it be correct to say that it was incidental that it was your Amazon account? I mean, if there's a keylogger, you could have discovered the issue while trying to log into any account.
Posted by GrammarKnotsi
Member since Feb 2013
9841 posts
Posted on 11/20/18 at 8:11 am to
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everything I've done was logged using a keylogger and that Russian dude is just sitting there smirking


you guys watch too many movies/CNN
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
48771 posts
Posted on 11/20/18 at 8:44 am to
Dramatic license, dude.
Posted by JasonMason
Memphis
Member since Jun 2009
4855 posts
Posted on 11/20/18 at 4:12 pm to
I've noticed a lot of phony emails in my box from "amazon" with surveys and free gift cards the last few weeks. It's been getting around my spam detector.
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
55452 posts
Posted on 11/20/18 at 4:23 pm to
The wife's got hacked last week as well. Whoever did it was apparently interested in an Echo Dot replacement power cable and some children's movie. She changed her password then 30 minutes later got a (legit) notification that someone was trying to access her account.

She set up two-factor authentication immediately after that and has had no problems since.

I've had no problems so it was either due to getting something on her phone (which she has had to reset due to a corrupted SD card) or she used something like her mom's laptop to check her Amazon.
This post was edited on 11/20/18 at 4:26 pm
Posted by stat19
Member since Feb 2011
29350 posts
Posted on 11/21/18 at 8:40 am to
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This shite is tiring and I'm pissed


Now you know how all the sky screamers and snowflakes felt about the 2016 election.

Damn Russians!
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