MFA etc - I do have Authy and google Authenticator too for every site that allows that (most critical ones i suppose). I have had nothing since the time of my original post. No payment details or anything on there etc but that particular company doesnt even use 2FA at all, i rang them up and that accounts been closed. The only thing they got into was an old online store account. I guess they were attempting to gain access at some point while spamming my inbox. all they seemed to do was spam my inbox with a load of emails every minute for around 6-7 hours or so which then seized. Anyway, they were unable to get into my email account or anything like that. Nothing was linked (outlook with proton mail) so unsure how they got hold of the proton mail email address, thats the most unknown part at the minute. Hello both of you and thank you for such detailed responses! :) If someone is monitoring your accounts they’ll get copies of all your PW reset notifications and service emails.īut the above are good starting points to investigate why this may be happening
Check for email forwards to unknown email addresses on all of your email accounts. The first thing anyone will do once they compromise your account is try that same password on any other account of yours they have on file - this is called credential stuffing and it’s highly effective especially to get in on social media sites.Ĥ. never password recycle - this is a security no no. Enable MFA on your email accounts to help mitigate against unauthorised web logins (this will also inform you of people trying to log in to your accounts) - this should now be a common place practice in this modern day of online threats.ģ. Some malware / viruses leave additional damage and vulnerabilities AVs can’t rectifyĢ.
If you detect any threats take a note of the name and seek help for guidance on remediation and removal. You can then use a second “passive” av /anti malware solution for extra coverage/ detection. You should have active 1 av present always. Scanning your devices with antivirus software your PC as potential point of breach or if you have a password manager account where all these accounts are listed you need to look at that too.įirstly Check your not on any spam list / data breaches here:ġ. Outlook and ProtonMail are two separate systems - if your proton mail account is new and not tied to any of your old outlook emails (for recovery emails or what not) you need to be looking at common factors that link the two - e.g.
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