[ubuntu-in] OT: gmail sms recovery (was leina yar)

[chaitanya ambaselkar]

2010/4/25 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com>

> Sorry for top post, since this query not related to any specific comment.
>
> I would like to ask a question to original sender.
>
> Why do you think your account was hacked? No compulsion in answering the
> question
> Was it a common problem "Week  password" or "Recovery mechanism"???
>
> 2010/4/25 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com>
>
>> On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:43 AM, chaitanya ambaselkar <
>> chai.tanya19 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> @Ram,
>>>
>>> I know IP can be spoofed and the cracker may have done that but it seems
>>> it is a dynamically assigned IP which is owned by Telekom Malaysia Berhad.
>>> And a mobile device was used. And it was around 4:30 pm IST on 23rd April
>>> that account was cracked and within minutes I had changed the password as
>>> well since then I have not seen any spams being sent again.
>>> I wanted to contact the ISP on their abuse address but have no idea if
>>> this has any legality with it. Have avoided but will take some advises from
>>> some others who have knowledge about cyber laws as well.
>>>
>>> As Manish Sinha said, ISP will keep track of the IP address allocations
>> despite being dynamic IP. I don't think there is any harm in contacting ISP,
>> but try to keep your calm through out your conversation with them, as we all
>> know they are innocent...
>>
>> Sure some cyber law expert can help in this regard, but Cyber laws vary by
>> the country.
>>
>>
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@Mallikarjun,

Why do I think account was hacked? Now I understand forum rules, not
specific to email forums like this but web forums. And I am not one of those
who would spam serious discussion communities. And being a system
administrator since more than 3 years and after spending time working in one
of the biggest IT MNC in the world, I understand password complexities and
policies. I implement those in the networks I handle. So I guess I know it
was cracked. And it was not only me who suffered the attack. There were some
more people. Hence.
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