Well the password cracker used the IP <b>124.13.180.168</b> which is stated to be in <b>Malaysia</b>. <br>I changed the password within minuted after it was cracked but the harm was already done. But the cracker did not change the password neither sent any requests for new password. <br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Ramnarayan.K <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ramnarayan.k@gmail.com">ramnarayan.k@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Manish Sinha <<a href="mailto:mail@manishsinha.net">mail@manishsinha.net</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> </div><div class="im">> You can use Google accounts SMS password recovery.<br> > This is something nice since I find mobile to be more secure than<br> > password. Someone can install a key logger and steal your password and<br> > even the secondary email address.<br> > For account recovery via sms, the cracker has to get hold of your mobile<br> > physically which makes this SMS recovery more reliable.<br> > <a href="http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=152124" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=152124</a><br> <br> </div><div class="im">One learns something new every day<br> <br> Thanks Manish, this is really useful to know. Makes life a bit less<br> scary , esp if one is on vulnerable systems<br> <br> </div>ram<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> --<br> ubuntu-in mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>