WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR EMAIL KEEPS GETTING HACKED?
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
What email provider are you using? Are you using a strong password? Does your email provider offer 2-factor or 2-step verification? Most (including Gmail, iCloud mail, Microsoft whatever they call it this week mail, Yahoo mail, and many others) do.
Am using Roadrunner, not sure about 2-factor or 2 step verification (don't know what it is)
someone is using my email address to send out a phishing scam using my email address to some people in my address book, is this dangerous for me
and my computer? I have notified them not to open - that it is not from me.
Thanks for your help
From what I can find it doesn't look like Roadrunner supports 2 factor verification. Here is a link to information about what it is: http://lifehacker.com/5938565/heres-everywhere-you-should-enable-two-factor-auth entication-right-now
Have you changed your email password after the problem started?
The usual scenario is that someone goes directly to the email provider site, hacks your password (frequently a very weak one) and gains access to your contacts via the Roadrunner site and did not gain access to your computer. Once they have your list of contacts they can send mail to them forever from anywhere spoofing your email to make it look like it is being sent from you.
Thank you for the information I will definitely look into this and act on it
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR EMAIL GETS HACKED?
