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I find it strange what services attract hacking attempts. If anyone has attempted to break into my bank accounts or my Google account, I never noticed. (My Gma
by wtracy 8y ago
I find it strange what services attract hacking attempts.
If anyone has attempted to break into my bank accounts or my Google account, I never noticed. (My Gmail account is used for TFA for most of my other accounts, so I would expect it to be a target.)
You know what accounts I have had attacked? There have been dozens and dozens of attempts to access my Steam account by someone who figured out my password, but didn't have access to my email to receive a confirmation code. (Mostly, but not always, from Chinese IP addresses.) Someone else successfully compromised my OkCupid account and apparently used it to advertise escort services. Apparently someone else got into my Snapchat account and sent spam to all my contacts.
Go figure.
- bspammer 8y agoIt may be that hacking those kind of services is very unlikely to cause any sort of legal response. As soon as you start going after bank accounts, you risk the government kicking down your door.
- venantius 8y agoSomeone tries to take over my Google account at least once a quarter. They haven't succeeded yet, but woof - it would really, really suck if they did.