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One question. Whenever you try to change something in Gmail. They will ask you to verify via phone? Isn't that mandatory today. I don't believe you can simply c
by holoduke 5y ago
One question. Whenever you try to change something in Gmail. They will ask you to verify via phone? Isn't that mandatory today. I don't believe you can simply change passwords without a phone. But I might be wrong.
Also can't you call your bank and request new access? They need to verify you, but that should be possible.
Last question. How did they wipe your phone?
- bragr 5y agoIt's possible but not super easy to not associate a phone with it. You have to very careful not to opt in because once you do you can't opt out. As for wiping the phone, that's a standard feature of both "Find My iPhone" and the android equivalent "Find My Phone" so presumably they used that to wipe them.
- ohashi 5y agoGuessing that is the case on the wipe and probably standard MO for these types of attacks.
- tehlike 5y agoIf the account is set up long ago, that may not be a requirement
- RulerOf 5y ago>They will ask you to verify via phone? Isn't that mandatory today. A suggestion I would make to anyone who is uncertain of how this works, and since it's a moving target: once a year, test what it takes to compromise your own account. Ensure that you're comfortable with a recovery scenario of "I can demonstrate control over X to the automated recovery service." I did it a few years ago with my personal GMail account, which I had thought was well-secured, and it caused me to make significant changes to my security settings.