Discussion topic: Hacked email - 36 hours.
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Message posted on ‎29 Jan 2025 04:47 PM - last edited: ‎30 Jan 2025 08:35 AM by Samraj
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Hacked email - 36 hours.
My sky.com email address has been hacked and taken over by someone.
I've had to login to these forums with my wife's details as mine do not work.
I don't know how they did it but my password, security questions have all been changed.
Had this email since 2012, it contains important saved emails and personal data.
Called sky on (removed), spoke with a very nice customer service lady.
My email is from an inactive sky account and is linked to sky stream, as a result she cannot reset my security.
She had to fill in a form and email another dept that would be able to unlink the email from sky Stream, then she can reset the security.
Today she called me back, said that it was still pending and had not been actioned by this other dept.
Athe time of writing this, the criminals have had access to all my emails for approx 36 hours, 36 hours is a huge amount of time, I have no idea what they could be doing but I'm quite certain it will not be good.
The Sky representative understands my concerns and the stress it is causing but until her email is actioned I'm stuck.
So, to whomever this concerns, can this be actioned as a matter of urgency please.
MODERATOR NOTE: Sensitive information removed.
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Message posted on ‎29 Jan 2025 04:53 PM
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Re: Hacked email - 36 hours.
I'm afraid as we're customers here, there's nothing we can do expedite this.
Message posted on ‎29 Jan 2025 04:55 PM
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Re: Hacked email - 36 hours.
Yes, but you never know who actually reads these, so thought it's worth a try.
Message posted on ‎29 Jan 2025 05:30 PM
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Re: Hacked email - 36 hours.
@Brad6271 wrote:
Yes, but you never know who actually reads these, so thought it's worth a try.
How would they know who you are?
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Message posted on ‎31 Jan 2025 07:39 AM
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Re: Hacked email - 36 hours.
My issue was rectified thanks to one of the most helpful customer service agents I have ever encountered, Jodi.
If I could buy her some flowers, I would.
Message posted on ‎31 Jan 2025 10:10 AM
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Re: Hacked email - 36 hours.
You can leave feedback for her here:
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Send-Thanks-to-Sky/idb-p/sendthanks
If someone has helped you then please click on the LIKES button in their post.
If you need help please provide as much information as you can
Message posted on ‎02 Feb 2025 02:38 PM
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Re: Hacked email - 36 hours.
I had to sign in with my wife's account as I've had similar issue. Last week I had a text informing me that my security questions had been modified.
I logged straight onto my sky account via Safari to change my questions and password.
Today I have been informed that my account has been blocked for suspicious activity and they will call me back in 24 hours with answers.
I am very concerned as I have no access to my account at all.
Message posted on ‎02 Feb 2025 02:51 PM
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Re: Hacked email - 36 hours.
@MrsAbattoir I would say that a change to your security questions not made by you would certainly be suspicious activity. From previous posts, it seems that the account blocking is applied automatically by Yahoo (not Sky) and only Yahoo can unblock it. There has therefore to be some behind the scenes dialogue between Sky and Yahoo to deal with it.
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