All Email accounts were hacked at the same time

Gas Sucks · #1 (**permalink**) 08-30-2010, 07:26 PM

I got an email from yahoo tonight saying my password had been changed, come to find out all 3 of my email address have been hacked and i am locked out. Yahoo, gmail, and Hotmail. WTF I was finally able to regain control of my Hotmail account but my yahoo and gmail say it will be 24 hours before i can attempt to get back in. How can someone hack all 3, have 2 different passwords. Think it was my iphone. I recently got on an exchange server so i would have my gmail pushed to me and downloaded a google application. Have gmail and yahoo on my iphone and my gmail and yahoo have different passwords. Had to be the iphone, i dont see any other way. Any ideas?

Gas Sucks · #2 (**permalink**) 08-30-2010, 07:54 PM

Everything in my hotmail account has been erased Grrrrrrr.....

**colonyofdrones** · #3 (**permalink**) 08-30-2010, 08:52 PM

Man, sorry to hear that. What a total bumout. I know exchange is fairly easy to get into and then theres also tons of stories on the net like this:

iPhone Hacked Fast at Pwn2Own 2010

You've got the hottest target out there from what I've been hearing lately. Black hats are having a field day it seems...

Gas Sucks · #4 (**permalink**) 08-31-2010, 10:45 AM

Finally got access back to my accounts after calling yahoo, all data from each account was erased, lost everything.

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