Unauthorised Login Attempts

Question

Good morning!

First time posting here. I recently received an email sent to myself from "my own email" in the email it said that I had been hacked and they request bitcoin as a payment, bla bla bla.

I installed Norton 360 on my phone, I have changed all my passwords to every single account I have, I have two-face authorisation set for my email account. I had a look this morning at the unauthorised sign in attempts - These have been happening since 9th January 2024, from a whole range of countries including America, Colombia, United Kingdom, India, China, Germany and the list continues.

I want to know, if my account is safe with the Norton 360, the change of password for all my accounts, my two-face authorisation? I also would like to know, if anyone knows - how can I check if somehow these hackers have gained access to my phone? if that is even possible for them to do?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Hi Ron,

Thank you for your response. I did originally think it could be a scam and I did just delete the email - However part of the email included "I know you had applied for a recent WFH job" and provided a little bit of detail on that so I was a little worried.

I have made my passwords all different and all secured so hopefully that is enough for them not to be able to access my account, should they attempt again.

Answer 2

>> First time posting here. I recently received an email sent to myself from "my own email" in the email it said that I had been hacked and they request bitcoin as a payment, bla bla bla.

I got one too. It's spam. Delete was all I did. I didn't change my password at all.

>> I had a look this morning at the unauthorised sign in attempts - These have been happening since 9th January 2024

That will never stop. Your job is to make sure your password is strong to prevent lucky guess (hackers got lucky by guessing your easy/short password correctly). The rest of your post is paranoia.