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Norrrm

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5. Someone hacked into my Yahoo email and I caught it while it was happening.

Reply to mahina (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2025, 10:18 PM

4 hrs ago

Someone hacked into my Yahoo email and I caught it while it was happening. A bad
email address in my address book got a kick back. That's how I caught it. They were
sending to 10 email addresses at a time and deleting the sent file as soon as it came
back. I shut down quickly. I don't know if it was a human doing it or a program. They
were deleting their trail as soon as it popped up in the sent folder.

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I just opened a PDF attachment then learned that their email had been hacked. I didn't click the link. [View all] mahina 6 hrs ago OP

First, let your colleague know canetoad 6 hrs ago #1

Thank you canetoad!!! mahina 6 hrs ago #2

odds are that you are safe. Tetrachloride 6 hrs ago #3

Here's hope. mahina 3 hrs ago #8

Do you have an anti-virus program on your phone? waterwatcher123 5 hrs ago #4

Thank you! mahina 3 hrs ago #7

Someone hacked into my Yahoo email and I caught it while it was happening. Norrrm 4 hrs ago #5

Yikes! mahina 3 hrs ago #6