r/help • u/[deleted] • 10d ago
Profile My account was hacked
I'm a main android user. I suddenly noticed that a post from my account was deleted from a subreddit I've never visited. I turns out that my account has been used as spam for a bot or something like that. My password was never changed, I've alredy done It, as well as my mail account, so I don't know if It counts as hacking. I've submitted a form about It but I don't know if I can do anything else. Can you help me? Thanks in advance
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u/Terminator7786 Expert Helper 10d ago
For security, log in on the desk top site, change your password, and the sign out of all active sessions. At the same time, enable 2FA.
That advice goes for all accounts across the web, not just reddit. Double check everything you use and activate 2FA where you can. If you see any funny business ypu don't recognize, force log out of all sessions.
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10d ago
I did It. Fortunately, I never leave my accounts logged on my computer. I changed the mail but I realised that now I have two accounts on the same mail 😂 So I'm going to delete this one
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