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2. Recognize a hacked AOL Mail account

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   If your account has been compromised. If you think your account has been compromised, follow the steps listed below to secure it. 1. Change your password immediately. 2. Delete app passwords you don’t recognize. 3. Revert your mail settings if they were changed. 4. Ensure you have antivirus software installed and updated. 5.

3. Follow These Steps if You’ve Been Hacked

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   Make your contact list aware of the situation – While it may not be the easiest conversation, people in your circle should know your information has been hacked. If you have their information on ...

4. Find and remove unusual activity on your AOL account

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   Depending on how you access your account, there can be up to 3 sections. If you see something you don't recognize, click Sign out or Remove next to it, then immediately change your password. • Recent activity - Devices or browsers that recently signed in. • Apps connected to your account - Apps you've given permission to access your info.

5. Protecting your AOL Account

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   • It's always a good idea to update your password regularly and to make sure it's unique from other passwords you use. Read our password help article to learn how to change your password. Secure your AOL Account • Create a secure password. • Clear the cache in your web browser. • Never share your password over email or third-party sites.

6. Someone hacked your account. Now what? How to navigate the ...

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   Personal data for 470,000 people may have been leaked onto the dark web by a ransomware group that breached the city of Columbus. Hackers may have released the Social Security numbers of every ...

7. Credential stuffing - Wikipedia

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   Credential stuffing is a type of cyberattack in which the attacker collects stolen account credentials, typically consisting of lists of usernames or email addresses and the corresponding passwords (often from a data breach), and then uses the credentials to gain unauthorized access to user accounts on other systems through large-scale automated login requests directed against a web ...

8. 8 Things To Do When You Get a Notice About a Data Breach - AOL

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   “Changing your passwords is crucial because compromised passwords can lead to further unauthorized access if not addressed promptly, especially if you use the same password for different ...

9. Scareware - Wikipedia

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   [10] [11] Research by Google discovered that scareware was using some of its servers to check for internet connectivity. The data suggested that up to a million machines were infected with scareware. [12] The company has placed a warning in the search results for users whose computers appear to be infected. Another example of scareware is Smart ...