E. told me he had problems accessing his Gmail account. According to E., it all started when he received an email asking him to reset his password. E. says that email was legit, even though he didn"t click on the link in it, but rather asked Google via their phishing & abuse support address what happened. The next morning, it was Wednesday, October 24th this year, he wasn"t able to log-in to his account, as the user name and password didn"t match anymore.
Afterwards, E. used Google"s security center form, which is titled "I believe someone has broken in to my account." E. didn"t receive a human response at first and was now wishing he had set up a better, more fail-safe system for these occasions. "Being lock ...
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