[Utilizer]

At least Carbonite is taking preventative measures. I think they should be commended for that.

[Sequoyah101]

I got the note. I dont know who or what to believe or trust anymore.

How can you know someone has not hacked mail and built a dummy site to capture passwords?

[dayglored]

Online backup company hacked ... OOPS! ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

Thanks to Utilizer for posting the thread.

[ifinnegan]

Eschew Carbonite.

They are the ones who dumped Rush dud go PC concerns.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Two Factor Authentication. Extremely tough passwords with LastPass. YubiKey USB key for second factor. Great peace of mind.

https://www.grahamcluley.com/2016/03/factor-authentication-2fa-versus-step-verification-2sv/

[zeestephen]

I got junk mail yesterday that was sent from my own account.

From my address, to my address!

I hit “Block Sender” and my own address popped up, so this was not a clever Trojan Horse concealing the real source.

I use Outlook for everything, so I presume they hacked my free Hotmail account, which I never use.

I have no idea how they did this since I do a security scan on every email and have never used my Outlook/Hotmail password for any other login.

[r_barton]

Many of these companies have farmed out support to overseas. I believe the hackers are on the inside of these companies in many cases as foreign based contract employees.

[CovenBuster]

I got a notice from Avast (the free version) that I needed to change my passwords. I assumed it was a gimmick to get me to upgrade to their paid version. Now I’m rethinking. I wonder if something really is going on.

[JimRed]

I had Carbonite on a prior PC and had a subsequent crash. They were unable to retrieve anything because I could not find some kind of code they supposedly issued when I bought it. Lost all files and photos.