#How to close skype account if is hacked password#
The hacker would search for an account with weak password, then break the password and start sending messages to all contacts of this account. The anatomy of the hacking activity was well described in 2015. And after changing their password, some of them got hacked again. The resulting research showed that other users had password of 15 chars and above, plus special chars, and still got hacked. My password was a strong one (as usual), same with my secret question. There are several ways how the hackers could have guessed my password – brute force attack, getting the answer to my secret question, Microsoft leaking my password (Skype was acquired by MS). Not surprisingly also changed my password, but I promised to myself to do some research. It took me about 2 days to ping all my friends, colleagues, business contacts not to click these links (the screenshot above is real, unfortunately). That kinda hurt my feelings as I tend to have decent security in place and until then used to LOL on all skype accounts that sent me these messages. Few weeks ago I woke up late on a Sunday morning to find out that my Skype account has been sending spam messages to my contact list. But I do believe this will happen in the next 2 weeks. Once I finally get the time to condense all the info I have collected into the planned brief blog posts, you will hear from me. Overview of Blockchain projects, startups and ideas.Application of Blockchain with financial services in focus.The history of Blockchain and brief description of the technology.The series of posts that I prepare will follow a simple pattern: This is why I want to write about it in dedicated posts, not mixed with the rest of my areas of interest.