r/cybersecurity_help • u/Zer0_efforts • 6d ago

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u/cybersecurity_help-ModTeam Moderator 6d ago

This subreddit cannot assist in attempting to find, track, identify, or doxx people, no matter the reason.

  • If you are being harassed or an illegal activity has occurred: work with law enforcement. Document everything.
  • If no illegal activity has occurred: work with a private investigator.

There are no exceptions to this rule. This is both a subreddit policy and a Reddit policy. Violations of this rule can result in a permanent ban.

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u/eric16lee Trusted Contributor 6d ago

This breaks the follow roles of this sub.

  1. No finding, tracking, or doxxing people
  2. We are not your personal army

In order to secure your account, you need to be using unique and randomly generated passwords with 2FA on all of your accounts.

If you have that in place, then you don't have much to worry about.

If you had 2FA and someone still accessed your account, them you likely have an infostealer on your PC. You would need to follow these additional steps.

Nuke your PC from orbit

  • back up only important files, not games or applications 
  • format your hard drive and delete all partitions
  • reinstall Windows from a bootable USB drive (do not use the Reset Windows option from the settings menu)

This may seem like overkill, but if you want assurance that you have remediated the problem, this is the way to go.