my Skype account has been compromised
Category security
I got home from Lotusphere last night, and could no longer log in to Skype. My password has apparently been changed. Except that I haven't recently changed the password (which, admittedly, is probably why the account was compromised), so someone else must have changed it. I followed Skype's password reset procedure, twice, and both times after receiving an email containing a reset token, and immediately attempting to use said token, was told the token was invalid.
Skype provides no way to contact support unless you're already logged in, so their recommendation for contacting them if you can't log in is to create a new Skype account, then contact them from that account. So I did. I received an automated response, but have not yet received a personalized response. In the meantime, if you receive any odd communication from my Skype account (or my Skype phone number, which concerns me even more), it's not just me being my usual eccentric self... it's some bastard who hacked my account. I apologize in advance for any such annoyance.
Both my wife and I have used Skype for many years with no problems of this sort... about six weeks ago, her account was hacked. Now mine has been. So, Microsoft buys Skype and suddenly there's an indication of security vulnerabilities with their service... who could have possibly predicted that? </sarcasm>
I got home from Lotusphere last night, and could no longer log in to Skype. My password has apparently been changed. Except that I haven't recently changed the password (which, admittedly, is probably why the account was compromised), so someone else must have changed it. I followed Skype's password reset procedure, twice, and both times after receiving an email containing a reset token, and immediately attempting to use said token, was told the token was invalid.
Skype provides no way to contact support unless you're already logged in, so their recommendation for contacting them if you can't log in is to create a new Skype account, then contact them from that account. So I did. I received an automated response, but have not yet received a personalized response. In the meantime, if you receive any odd communication from my Skype account (or my Skype phone number, which concerns me even more), it's not just me being my usual eccentric self... it's some bastard who hacked my account. I apologize in advance for any such annoyance.
Both my wife and I have used Skype for many years with no problems of this sort... about six weeks ago, her account was hacked. Now mine has been. So, Microsoft buys Skype and suddenly there's an indication of security vulnerabilities with their service... who could have possibly predicted that? </sarcasm>
