Maybe somebody can explain what has happened to my Yahoo! account because I don’t know what’s going on.
Some months ago, Russian hackers “hijacked” my Yahoo! mail account and used it to send spam to I don’t know how many other people. When I was alerted, I tried to lock them out but was unsuccessful. The result was that I had to close my old account and start a new one. I lost all my bookmarks and tons of other information, but at least I had secured things, or so I thought.
This morning, I start up the computer and discover that I can’t access my Yahoo! mail and that my password isn’t being accepted. So I go through the steps to regain access only to get another surprise. I answered the “secret questions” Yahoo! had set up for me, and regained account access. Here was where the big surprise came: the account that I accessed was the old one I had closed back in April! All my old settings reappeared as did my lost bookmarks. I had more than 1800 unread messages as well in addition to the most recent ones that had arrived in the last day or so. To say I was bewildered is putting it mildly.
I spent the morning deleting the unread messages except for the most recent ones. A new and much better password is now in place and I’m back in business. But I don’t understand what, how and why this has happened. And how do I make the old/new account secure from hackers? I hope the new password is sophisticated enough, but I don’t know what else to do. What is going on with Yahoo!? Maybe they sent out some notice of this action that I overlooked. That is entirely possible, but if they didn’t then who did and what should I do about account security? I’d appreciate any suggestions, counsel and/or recommendations.
Quendi