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by jessica1979 on March 29th, 2010

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my email account was recently hacked. Can they get my IP Address from hacking my account?

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  • by GeorgeGee left Answerbag (What's this?) on March 29th, 2010

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    Your IP address is easy to get. Virtually every website you visit "reads" your IP address.

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  • by nimby on March 30th, 2010

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    "Hacking" of an email address usually comes about because your address has been made public, by sharing it on a public forum etc, and you have used a weak password, or shared the password.
    A "hacker" having your IP can do no real harm if you have a firewall correctly configured. The harm they can do has already been done by them having access to your email account. That account should be closed immediately.

    It's a good idea to have 3 internet addys, one that you don't release to many folk, only close friends, one for registering at sites like this, and a throwaway one, that when it starts getting spammed, you can just walk away from. This throwaway one doesn't have an address book, nor used for anything important.

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  • by ZiggyStardust on March 30th, 2010

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    What would they need your IP address for? They already have access to all your passwords and stuff, hopefully you don't have any emails from your bank in your inbox...

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  • by MrCj on March 29th, 2010

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    Yes, but all you have to do is call your internet provider and ask for a change of ip, they will change it free of charge (usualy free).

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  • by anonymous on March 29th, 2010

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    Mmm possibly... Actually yes I think they can if they look at the messages you sent, I don't remember exactly but I used to do it a long time ago to find out where certain emails were coming from when I was looking for jobs on craigslist just to make sure they weren't scams. Google it.

    Seriously though what would they do with your IP address? Unless they get a trojan on your computer that information is almost useless. And if they had a trojan on your comp then they wouldn't need to get your IP from your email. Basically all you'd need to worry about with that is they will know what county you live in.

    I used to hack emails myself. Once in I'd get their myspace / facebook passwords + whatever else interesting I could find just to fuck with people. Go on their myspace and put up nasty pics and what not. If your email was hacked odds are 9/10 that's what they are doing, so change your email password, CHANGE THE SECRET QUESTION AND ANSWER, and change the passwords for all of your other accounts (myspace + etc) and you should be fine.

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