Reddit account compromised: a lesson in passwords • Hacker News Board

Re: Reddit account compromised: a lesson in passwords

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Post by romeo88 » Sat, Feb 01, 2014, 9:28 PM UTC

Dont install software from untrusted sources at least, especially when you are too stupid to keep your passwords safe enough.

Re: Reddit account compromised: a lesson in passwords

#12

Post by freakball » Sat, Feb 01, 2014, 9:29 PM UTC

samstave wrote: post #5

http://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Freddit.com Report your account hijacked to the admins ASAP.

I did. I even limped into google+ with the compromised account and posted them there.

Re: Reddit account compromised: a lesson in passwords

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Post by freakball » Sat, Feb 01, 2014, 10:19 PM UTC

evanmoran wrote: post #8

If they have key logging on your machine Google 2-factor authentication is the only thing that would save you. This to me is the most important security precaution you can take, the next being auto generated passwords with PasswordSafe or something similar. Good luck=).

I did, however because I deleted and then recovered it, it is now locked. I get a "temporary error 500 numeric code 59" when I try to log in. I still have access to all other google services though.