# What to do when account has been hacked **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 11, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630 "2013-03-11T13:44:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/21 "2013-03-13T01:44:24Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > I’ve traced the hacker… AND HE’S IN YOUR HOUSE!! [Bravo.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcz617rSy01r38j04o1_500.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/22 "2013-03-13T03:04:08Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Papa names us. If we don’t go along with our namesakes he takes us to the dungeon and does unspeakable things to us. :eek: \<---- That is the literal face I make when he is doing the unspeakable things. And that’s a right purdy mouth you got there. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/23 "2013-03-13T06:21:19Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > I’ve traced the hacker… AND HE’S IN YOUR HOUSE!! [Golf clap.](http://assets0.ordienetworks.com/images/GifGuide/clapping/golf-clap.gif) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/24 "2013-03-13T19:22:26Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And that’s a right purdy mouth you got there. You’re on a role, Sam. > [@moriah](#): > > I’ve traced the hacker… AND HE’S IN YOUR HOUSE!! [Heeee](http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma5lefdOnG1qjl9un.gif)! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/25 "2013-03-13T19:30:25Z")
So what’s the update with this alleged “account hack?” No need for personal details but a generic update would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/26 "2013-03-13T20:11:13Z")
There’s nothing to update- no evidence of a hack based on what I can see. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/27 "2013-03-13T20:27:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > There’s nothing to update- no evidence of a hack based on what I can see. Shocking. Meanwhile, back in the pit thread that started this, lone cashew seems to be blaming **PlainJane** for…something. It’s a little hard to follow. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/28 "2013-03-13T20:42:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > There’s nothing to update- no evidence of a hack based on what I can see. > [@TroutMan](#): > > Shocking. Yeah, really. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/29 "2013-03-13T20:44:05Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Shocking. Meanwhile, back in the pit thread that started this, lone cashew seems to be blaming **PlainJane** for…something. It’s a little hard to follow. He’s blaming her for using someone else’s picture (a semi-famous person) in the picture gallery, even after being called on it. If it’s true, it’s a legitimate pit. What it has to do with the topic of the thread is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/30 "2013-03-13T20:47:36Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > He’s blaming her for using someone else’s picture (a semi-famous person) in the picture gallery, even after being called on it. If it’s true, it’s a legitimate pit. What it has to do with the topic of the thread is beyond me. Isn’t it cold tea, though? I mean, isn’t it old news? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/31 "2013-03-13T20:49:38Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Isn’t it cold tea, though? I mean, isn’t it old news? Yes. It might possibly be older than **Anonymous User** , it’s that old. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/32 "2013-03-13T20:57:03Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > He’s blaming her for using someone else’s picture (a semi-famous person) in the picture gallery, even after being called on it. If it’s true, it’s a legitimate pit. Oh, I got that. > [@Anaamika](#): > > What it has to do with the topic of the thread is beyond me. That’s where I got lost. That thread overall is like five different threads randomly thrown together. Better to forgo understanding and enjoy the ride. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/33 "2013-03-13T21:15:08Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > :eek: I see you’ve been to Papas’ dungeon too. FYI getting drunk helps to forget. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/34 "2013-03-13T21:27:11Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > That’s where I got lost. > > That thread overall is like five different threads randomly thrown together. Better to forgo understanding and enjoy the ride. Because a picture that isn’t you is totally worse than slut-shaming and maybe socking and maybe drunk/drugged posting and making “omg I totally got hacked for that one post in the middle of a ton of other posts” assertions that he never follows up on. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/35 "2013-03-13T23:23:24Z")
My experience is that when someone posts something they didn’t mean to, one of a few things has happened: they left their computer unattended while they were logged in and someone made a post under their name; they had a little too much to drink and forgot what they’d said or went too far; or they tried to copy and paste something and did it wrong. I’m not aware of anyone getting hacked, although maybe it’s happened. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/36 "2013-03-14T03:02:18Z")
I vote for he was drunk. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/37 "2013-03-14T03:55:19Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Shocking. Meanwhile, back in the pit thread that started this, lone cashew seems to be blaming **PlainJane** for…something. It’s a little hard to follow. [Here’s a link to my reply in the pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16096266&postcount=325) for those interested. Basically, the lone cashew dislikes me as a poster me and he is trying to continue punishing me for an honest mistake I made. It’s all a bit of a tempest in a teapot, really. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630/38 "2013-03-14T04:09:15Z")
Since Pit matters are being dragged into ATMB, I’m going to close this. If **the lone cashew** wishes to pursue his inquiry of hacking with the administration he can do so by PM or e-mail, as he should have done in the first place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-account-has-been-hacked/652630.md?page=1)