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A day of hacking notices

9 years ago

Received a notice from Twitter saying my account might be compromised. I rarely use Twitter and mostly read some of the people I follow. I was advised to change my password which I did.

Now I receive a notice from Evernote (which I never heard of) that they were hacked and I should change my password.

I Googled Evernote to find out what it is and how I would have a account with them. Apparently it is a note taking app. I do not have it nor ever did.

I was trying to figure out whether this was legitimate.

I have a Iphone and a Windows computer. I do not see anything listed on my program list on computer as, Evernote.

Is it possible this app or program is on my computer and doesn't show up as a single entity. Maybe part of Office or something else?

My phone is Apple and there is nothing listed on the phone by that name.

I'm thinking I shouldn't change my password, since I do not have one. Never heard of this program.

Anyone else get this notice?

Jane

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mike_kaiser_gw

9 years ago

This is the third time Twitter has locked my account over the past year.

That seems very odd. When you reset your password, are you using a "hard" password? I don't know if Twitter has them but if they do, have you changed any account recovery questions?

I might suggest contacting Twitter and asking them why this is happening.

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mike_kaiser_gw
9 years ago
I'm wondering if these notices aren't phishing schemes. I'm hoping that when you go to change you password, that you are not following any links in the email but rather entering the site's address directly into your browser.
jane__ny
Original Author
9 years ago
Twitter, I tried to open the app and got the message. I changed it there. Evernote, since I don't know what it is, I'm doing nothing.
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Elmer J Fudd
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mikie_gw
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Evernote partners with Twitter... evernote is sort of built into parts of twitters functionality.

You might want to see if you can sign into Evernote with your Twitter login/password.
jane__ny
Original Author
9 years ago
I'm going to leave Evernote alone. I know I never had a account there. Why bother. I have no trouble getting on twitter.

There are many posts on Twitter with recipes and I do save some to my Iphone (notes). Wondering if that is risky? Never thought about it before and have been doing that on both Twitter and Facebook.

Thinking that saving links from those two places, on my phone could carry risk. I'm sort of at a loss how the phone works as I don't have any protection on it. Not sure if there is anything available for phones.

Thanks,

Jane
kudzu9
9 years ago
I'm 99% certain these are phishing schemes. Never click on a link in a message that says your account has been compromised. If you want to be on the safe side, you can go to the web site as you normally do, log in, and change your password. But never click on an email link involving hacked accounts. And, did I mention?: never click on one of those hot links... ;-)
jane__ny
Original Author
9 years ago
Twitter wasn't. I went to their website and got the message that my account was locked until I changed my password.

The other one, Evernote, I didn't do anything with. I know I never had an account with them. I never heard of it.

This is the third time Twitter has locked my account over the past year. If it happens again, I will no longer use it. Not sure what the problem is but its making me nervous.

Jane
jane__ny
Original Author
9 years ago
What do you mean by a 'hard password?'

Also, not sure how to contact Twitter:

Thanks,

Jane
mike_kaiser_gw
9 years ago
A password that isn't "password" or "12345" and is sufficiently long, uses a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters. Steve Gibson has an excellent article on passwords and how to make ones that are difficult to crack but easy to remember here.

Twitter has a page on what to do if you suspect your account has been hacked here. And apparently there isn't always a good way to contact Twitter but you can start here.

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