I've Got Troubles -- Accounts Hacked
Urgh, this has been a TERRIBLE start to the weekday for me! :( On New Years morning my computer got a registry error crash and I lost all my data (that was my fault though--I did something stupid, pfft!). Then my swollen hands and feet returned (it's going down a little now, so I walk with little pain -- don't ask how old I am to have such problems; you'll be just as baffled as I am!). And THEN, on the 17th, I woke up at around 6 to get the brat ready for school, checked my emails, and learned at at 3 or 4 that morning my Sims 3 account was HACKED!! Yes: HACKED! O.O Some complete @#$%^&*! went and somehow found my password, and used it to not only get into my EA/Origin account (and spend all my simpoints Gifting people), but then used it to get into my Google account and delete it. As such, all my related accounts like Youtube & Mediafire were deleted, and and my Photobucket account was hacked, my pictures either deleted or replaced with porn. *SIGH* I flagged the photos and reported them to Photobucket. We'll see if they can remove my old account, so I can start afresh under a new one. Yeah. Good times. EA contacted me straightaway when they saw a change in my account, which saved my tooshie--thanks EA/Origin! They managed to get my Sims 3 accounts back in order, change my password, and reimbursed me for my simpoints, so I am fortunate that that was far as the hacker got. And I learned a valuable lesson: strengthen your frikkin password, especially Google, since they like to automatically Connect you to every daggone thing!! I had that Youtube account before I even joined TS3 OR Gmail!! That was my baby! *sobbing* Just letting y'all in on the woe that is me! ^-^