Hacking email

[Fe 26]

well at least I got a CvS2 animated gif out of this.

[Yoshi]

With unprecedented spelled wrong in it...

[Diff-chan]

She had different passwords. They got one, then used it to get the others.

newsflash: "neckhair1" for myspace and "neckhair2" for yahoo isn't exactly different passwords.

So does anyone have any real help, or is this going to be one long thread of people trying to be clever?

What is there to say? I doubt Yahoo and MySpace will tell you the IPs used, so the trail ends there.

BUT, if you are gonna go on a bounty hunting mission for the hacker, please get someone to videotape it.

[Fe 26]

newsflash: "neckhair1" for myspace and "neckhair2" for yahoo isn't exactly different passwords.

You people are going to pester me about this until I lose it and shell out 10 grand to have all my body hair removed with a laser.

What is there to say? I doubt Yahoo and MySpace will tell you the IPs used, so the trail ends there.

BUT, if you are gonna go on a bounty hunting mission for the hacker, please get someone to videotape it.

I wanted to get back into her accounts and fix them for her.

I'm not dumb enough to video tape what I'd do to this kid.

[Razor Ramon]

With unprecedented spelled wrong in it...

It's an ode to IP, get with it.

[Burky]

If they had ways so that any noob could get into email accounts, then the internet would be a disaster.
Maybe contact Yahoo/hotmail and see if you can show enough evidence that the account was really your sister's in the first place.

I had to do this for my Oink account.
They checked my IP against the one on that account, asked me a few questions about what I had downloaded, and within half an hour I had it back.
But then Oink isn't Yahoo, so I'm sure it would be much harder.

[kedawa]

I wonder if they just used a keylogger.

[Tommy Tallarico]

I'm not dumb enough to video tape what I'd do to this kid.

Anal.

[Vasteel]

Just to add, I don't think there's a damn thing you'll be able to do either, unfortunately.
Instead you (or more likely, your sister, and I know most of this goes without saying) needs to first start new email accounts and shit immediately. Especially if any of those accounts are linked to Paypal, bank accounts, or even just buying something online. And call (not email) the bank, credit card company, etc and make certain that every thing is in order, cancel the cards and get new ones if not, and basically let them know what's happened. Finally, hit the PC with a fine-toothed comb looking for malware etc.

What seems most likely to me, however, is she got on the web from a public computer (say, a school computer lab) and didn't log out properly, etc. If she can't remember ever doing this, find out who's houses she's checked her email from and you'll have an idea of who to pull the mask off in this scooby-doo mystery (particularly an ex-boyfriend). Unfortunately, there still won't be much you can prove.

[Advocate]

Just to add, I don't think there's a damn thing you'll be able to do either, unfortunately.
Instead you (or more likely, your sister, and I know most of this goes without saying) needs to first start new email accounts and shit immediately. Especially if any of those accounts are linked to Paypal, bank accounts, or even just buying something online. And call (not email) the bank, credit card company, etc and make certain that every thing is in order, cancel the cards and get new ones if not, and basically let them know what's happened. Finally, hit the PC with a fine-toothed comb looking for malware etc.

What seems most likely to me, however, is she got on the web from a public computer (say, a school computer lab) and didn't log out properly, etc. If she can't remember ever doing this, find out who's houses she's checked her email from and you'll have an idea of who to pull the mask off in this scooby-doo mystery (particularly an ex-boyfriend). Unfortunately, there still won't be much you can prove.

^I agree with that course of action. Yahoo and Myspace are not that helpful. They have so much traffic flowing in one day its impossible to find who did what. They probably used hacking software like a password cracker to gain access in. As long as she does not have any important emails like ones with her cc info or ss, she should be okay ... kinda.

I would definitly tell yahoo and myspace of the situation at least; so they can delete the account and not let the person who hacked her gain any more info on her.