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What does 'hacked account' mean?

'Hacking' is an overused term, often used in place of 'password-guessing'.

When someone says their account has been 'hacked' it generally means that someone else has gained access to their account without their knowledge or permission. The hacker may be doing this as a prank or for more malicious reasons.

How does an account get hacked?

Your account is more likely to be hacked if one or more of the following are true:
  • Your account has a weak password that is easy to guess
  • You share your password with someone else
  • You share a computer and forget to sign out of your account before leaving the computer

What to do

  • DON'T share your password with anyone.
  • Change your password - If you believe your username account has been compromised or "hacked", change your password immediately. If you can't sign in because your password has been changed, use the "forgot your password" feature to email yourself a link to reset the password.
  • Use a secure password - The best way to avoid the frustration and embarrassment of having your account hacked is to use a secure password and never ever tell anyone what it is. A secure password should use a combination of UPPER and lowercase letters, numbers, and non-alphanumeric characters such as %, _, &, $, etc. Also, change your password periodically just to be on the safe side.
  • Sign out of your account before you walk away from the computer. Who knows what your little brother will do when you're not looking.

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Anonymous THE HACKER'S BACK!!!!!! 10 Aug 6 2011, 6:10 PM EDT by bellswebster
 
Thread started: Aug 5 2011, 2:58 PM EDT  Watch
Its -Leopardfur- again. We got kkpaw back after the last incident but the hacker got her new password, they destroyed our home pg and kkpaw's profile!! I want the hacker IP banned, kkpaw doesn't deserve this! Please do something quick!
http://warriorcatsforestofsecrets.wetpaint.com/account/kkpaw

Look what they did to my best friends profile!!!!
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-Leopardfur- My Friend's Account Has Been Hacked! 8 Jul 31 2011, 2:33 PM EDT by Naru2008
Thread started: Jul 30 2011, 11:06 PM EDT  Watch
http://warriorcatsforestofsecrets.wetpaint.com/account/kkpaw

Kkpaw is having problems with a hacker on my site and others, the person guessed her password and is messing up her wetpaint accounts. I've had to demote her from moderator to protect my site but I don't know what else to do for her. She doesn't really come on wetpaint central and I feel terrible because she is so freaked out. What can we do?!?
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Praque Hacked 0 Jul 26 2011, 6:30 PM EDT by Praque
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I'm leaving this here because it doesn't seem like Jeremy has been online.
My account had been hacked, and the hacker cancelled my account on three sites. Those three sites had been worked on for a long time by not just me. However, the hacker also banned all the writers and up from those sites. I was wondering if you could get my account back into those private sites, so we can continue on them. If you are unable to do that, could you get into the sites yourself, and make a user an admin so they can unban everyone?
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