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CaliforniaPeggy

(154,195 posts)
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 09:31 PM Jun 5

Hi everyone!

Just a brief note to tell you that I won’t be able to post over the next few days.

I was hacked and my bank recommends that I stay off till things get resolved.

Love you all. ❤️

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Hi everyone! (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Jun 5 OP
Sorry to hear, Peggy! SheltieLover Jun 5 #1
Oh no! I'm so sorry! Diamond_Dog Jun 5 #2
We'll be waitin' for you! Permanut Jun 5 #3
Ohhh Nooooohhhh. usonian Jun 5 #4
How awful! I hope everything works out!! 58Sunliner Jun 5 #5
OMG. I hope the damage is not great and you recover everything. Scary times we live in. LoisB Jun 5 #6
Oh, that's terrible wendyb-NC Jun 5 #7
Oh no! ShazzieB Jun 6 #8
So sorry! Take care and be wary Easterncedar Jun 6 #9
Yikes!!! Hope it all resolves quickly and smoothly. niyad Jun 6 #10

usonian

(18,394 posts)
4. Ohhh Nooooohhhh.
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 09:55 PM
Jun 5

Sounds like an opportunity to buy a new computer!

And change all your passwords. Use long ones, and save them in a password manager app, so you don't have to remember them (which means you choose shorter ones instead)

If you can't change a password at some site or institution, contact them by phone. Someone has taken over the account and password.

Every once in a while, dump the passwords to a file and encrypt it, or print it out and store it with your precious documents or evacuation kit. If someone gets your birth certificate, Social Security card, passport, and so on, a few passwords won't matter.

Just don't store it in a ziplock bag inside a frozen peas and corn box in your freezer.
EVERYONE DOES THAT.


🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀GOOD LUCK 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

wendyb-NC

(4,324 posts)
7. Oh, that's terrible
Thu Jun 5, 2025, 11:45 PM
Jun 5

Thanks for letting us know. I hope you can get this resolved, my heart goes out to you. Take care, hopefully you'll be back, before long. You certainly don't need or deserve hacker aggravation. I hope they are caught and shut down.

ShazzieB

(20,907 posts)
8. Oh no!
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 01:11 AM
Jun 6

We will miss you, Peggy! I hope that you get everything sorted out as fast as possible and don't have to stay away too long!

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