I have been doing some design work. That’s not all. For the past few days, someone has hacked into many of my e-mail accounts. This has been very trying, because I would be working on something when a window opens announcing that I have logged out. Huh? No, I didn’t, and as I tried to log back in, my password was changed. When I tried to answer my security questions, it worked or it didn’t work, depending on who was accessing my account at the other end at that precise moment. As I tried to change my security questions, my password would suddenly change again and I was locked out. I use about a half dozen e-mail accounts depending on my work or for personal reasons. I don’t need to explain that.
I contacted Yahoo! a number of times to walk me through it. Meanwhile, I updated my IC3 report. This afternoon, I was working on something and that scary window popped up again. Someone had gotten into my rocketmail account, the one I set up to replace marinadedave@yahoo after it was hacked. When I was finally able to access the account - and had successfully changed the security questions - the hacker deleted ALL of my mail, incoming and sent. I still had lots of e-mails I needed to answer, like submissions sent from this Squarespace account located on the lower left sidebar.
This time, I contacted Yahoo! to register a formal complaint, but mostly to find out if my deleted messages could be restored. Yes, they can be! Great news, and I await that. The woman on the other end gave me a a case number and told me to contact my local law enforcement. I did just that. She also said that whoever did it can be found because of the algorithms they utilize, regardless of anonymous proxies. I will meet with a deputy tomorrow and pursue this as far as I can take it. Also, I will not be discussing this issue again, at least not until it is resolved.
Clearly, the baldaintbeautiful crowd continues to elevate the sordid activity against me. Just be careful out there. In essence, this was like walking into my house after being away and finding every piece of furniture stolen. Only this time, it crosses state lines, and that makes it federal.
Until the mess is straightened out, please e-mail me via the submission form located on the bottom of the left sidebar.