Hacked Hotmail
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My hotmail has been hacked. I know so because my password doesn't work and my secret question is full of chinese characters. Since I'm from Belgium and I don't have a special keyboard, this is not my doing. Since I have a couple of important emails in there, can any of you give me any ideas on how to get my address back?
Firstly, if you set up a second e-mail try submitting a reset request. Or try contacting MS directly, but I guess it'll be an age to get anything.
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Firstly, if you set up a second e-mail try submitting a reset request. Or try contacting MS directly, but I guess it'll be an age to get anything.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H
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Thanks, both of you. I've done the steps dave suggested and am waiting on a reply. I hope to hear something soon. If not, I'll contact MS directly from a different mail account. Do any of you know if gmail is more secure than hotmail?
they are only as secure as your password! i have never had a hotmail, and always hear more issues about hotmail that you do of gmail. I do have 2 gmail accounts, never had a problem with them, and also good for integrating with everything, e.g. my android sync to google contacts, the mail, calendars etc. etc. also googlewave is developing nicely. So, i'll be sticking with googles services.
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My hotmail has been hacked. I know so because my password doesn't work and my secret question is full of chinese characters. Since I'm from Belgium and I don't have a special keyboard, this is not my doing. Since I have a couple of important emails in there, can any of you give me any ideas on how to get my address back?
So what was your password? :laugh: I assume you're not going to use the same one again........are you?
Todd Smith
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So what was your password? :laugh: I assume you're not going to use the same one again........are you?
Todd Smith
It's really easy to remember. It's the same as my email address.
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It's really easy to remember. It's the same as my email address.
That is the issue. It would be better to have a tool to generate random strong passwords.
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That is the issue. It would be better to have a tool to generate random strong passwords.
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I *think* you missed the joke icon. :)
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It isn't a joke. Having passwords like 'password1', '123' is not going to serve anything. A simple console application can generate passwords and give us. Of course I admit these passwords be remembered by storing elsewhere like an encrypted XML file.
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It isn't a joke. Having passwords like 'password1', '123' is not going to serve anything. A simple console application can generate passwords and give us. Of course I admit these passwords be remembered by storing elsewhere like an encrypted XML file.
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!I wasn't referring to your post, because you are absolutely right in what you said. It was the post you replied to I was talking about. :) But yes, I think we can all agree how important it is to have strong/random passwords. Unfortunately, there will always be some fools out there who think their birthday, phone no. and so on are good enough.
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I wasn't referring to your post, because you are absolutely right in what you said. It was the post you replied to I was talking about. :) But yes, I think we can all agree how important it is to have strong/random passwords. Unfortunately, there will always be some fools out there who think their birthday, phone no. and so on are good enough.
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Have you seen Big Bang Theory? VDK is a bit like Sheldon, sarcasm-impaired and irony-impaired. :)
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My hotmail has been hacked. I know so because my password doesn't work and my secret question is full of chinese characters. Since I'm from Belgium and I don't have a special keyboard, this is not my doing. Since I have a couple of important emails in there, can any of you give me any ideas on how to get my address back?
you could use TrueCrypt to store your passwords, and generate a password using SHA256/8 = 32 (Digest Size) * 2 = 64 Characters in HEX string. because TrueCrypt max password string is 64 length, but you can also use a Keyfile this generates a pretty strong password, and if anything you could replace a few characters with symbols it SHA256 ^ MD5 +=2 Stepping
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "sha2.h"
#include "md5.h"void Password_Create(char *pPass)
{
sha256_ctx sha256;
MD5_CTX md5;
unsigned char bzDigest[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE];
int iSize = strlen(pPass);MD5Init(&md5);
sha256_init(&sha256);MD5Update(&md5, (unsigned char*)pPass, iSize);
sha256_update(&sha256, (unsigned char*)pPass, iSize);MD5Final(&md5);
sha256_final(&sha256, bzDigest);for (int i = 0; i < 64; i += 2)
bzDigest[i/2] ^= md5.digest[i/4];printf("\nSHA256^MD5 : ");
for (int i = 0; i < 32; i ++)
printf("%02.2X", bzDigest[i]);
}int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
if (argc > 1)
Password_Create(argv[1]);
}There is also a program called KeePass which is pretty good as well, it can help generate pretty strong passwords Im not sure what the maximum length for Hotmail passwords are, if anything you can copy/splice the results hope that helps
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It's really easy to remember. It's the same as my email address.
I took two random letters from my name and 4 numbers. I'm currently busy changing all my passwords to other passwords that have at least 10 or 11 letters and numbers in it. Just saw that my WoW account has been taken over as well. I haven't played in over a year, but still. It's mine and I want it in tact.
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I took two random letters from my name and 4 numbers. I'm currently busy changing all my passwords to other passwords that have at least 10 or 11 letters and numbers in it. Just saw that my WoW account has been taken over as well. I haven't played in over a year, but still. It's mine and I want it in tact.
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you could use TrueCrypt to store your passwords, and generate a password using SHA256/8 = 32 (Digest Size) * 2 = 64 Characters in HEX string. because TrueCrypt max password string is 64 length, but you can also use a Keyfile this generates a pretty strong password, and if anything you could replace a few characters with symbols it SHA256 ^ MD5 +=2 Stepping
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "sha2.h"
#include "md5.h"void Password_Create(char *pPass)
{
sha256_ctx sha256;
MD5_CTX md5;
unsigned char bzDigest[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE];
int iSize = strlen(pPass);MD5Init(&md5);
sha256_init(&sha256);MD5Update(&md5, (unsigned char*)pPass, iSize);
sha256_update(&sha256, (unsigned char*)pPass, iSize);MD5Final(&md5);
sha256_final(&sha256, bzDigest);for (int i = 0; i < 64; i += 2)
bzDigest[i/2] ^= md5.digest[i/4];printf("\nSHA256^MD5 : ");
for (int i = 0; i < 32; i ++)
printf("%02.2X", bzDigest[i]);
}int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
if (argc > 1)
Password_Create(argv[1]);
}There is also a program called KeePass which is pretty good as well, it can help generate pretty strong passwords Im not sure what the maximum length for Hotmail passwords are, if anything you can copy/splice the results hope that helps
I tried KeePass and then forgot the password to it.
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My hotmail has been hacked. I know so because my password doesn't work and my secret question is full of chinese characters. Since I'm from Belgium and I don't have a special keyboard, this is not my doing. Since I have a couple of important emails in there, can any of you give me any ideas on how to get my address back?
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Password Safe http://pwsafe.org/[^] is what I use to generate and keep all of mine.
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I used to do exactly that (and I still keep all my sensitive files in Truecrypt volumes) but Password Safe is a tool designed for a specific task, and I find its special features (copy User ID or password to clipboard, password subset - i.e. extracts 3rd, 4th & 7th character or whatever, and random password generation) really quite handy. I doubt if it's any more or less secure than Truecrypt using AES-twofish, because it also uses twofish and was originally written by Bruce Schneier, who invented twofish (with others).
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I took two random letters from my name and 4 numbers. I'm currently busy changing all my passwords to other passwords that have at least 10 or 11 letters and numbers in it. Just saw that my WoW account has been taken over as well. I haven't played in over a year, but still. It's mine and I want it in tact.
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I tried KeePass and then forgot the password to it.
well KeePass allows you to use external Key Files, it gives you several options how you want to protect it, just like True Crypt difference between KeePass and TruCrypt is, keepass is just a password database, and TruCrypt allows you to create mini or hdd images, or convert a partition into a protected hdd etc..