It seems every day I get emails (some I know, some I don't) with an attachment of a Google Doc. This obviously shows their email was hacked. Are you changing your passwords often enough?

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Joan Cox, Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time (House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373)

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Jun 10, 2015 02:18 AM

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Even when we change passwords, the hackers have programs that can break through in seconds. It has come time to re-evaluate if you can trust your sensitive information on the net, let alone the cloud.

Jun 10, 2015 01:40 AM

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Yeah, it is a pain and even if you do all the time sometimes hackers will still find a way to steal your info, if a website you are on is not secure for the example.

Woke up once to 1000's of dollars in charges on my bank account from amazon.cn went to the site and its the chinese amazon in all chinese. Hadn't been drinking the night before so I knew I was hacked.

Jun 10, 2015 01:33 AM

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This is a good reminder for all of us to change passwords on a regular basis.

Jun 10, 2015 12:45 AM

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So far so good

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Sam Shueh

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Google is not very good discriminating good docs from spam.....

Jun 10, 2015 11:40 AM

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Joan- probably not, although, I do change mine a lot.

Jun 10, 2015 06:18 AM

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I do chamge my password but ceratinly not often enough to meet current set standards for making sure you do not get hacked.

Jun 10, 2015 05:53 AM

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Not necessarily a sign of a hacked email account, but it could be. But, definitely trying to get you to download some bad stuff.

Jun 10, 2015 02:57 AM

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Joan Cox I do change passwords and have been using very strong passwords. Minimum 8 characters with symbols, upper/lower case letter and numbers.

Jun 10, 2015 02:19 AM

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Gita Bantwal

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Thank you for the reminder.

Jun 10, 2015 02:12 AM

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Ron and Alexandra Seigel

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This is often an attempt to spread some malaware I just delete stuff like that. A

Jun 10, 2015 01:51 AM

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Even when we change passwords, the hackers have programs that can break through in seconds. It has come time to re-evaluate if you can trust your sensitive information on the net, let alone the cloud.
Yeah, it is a pain and even if you do all the time sometimes hackers will still find a way to steal your info, if a website you are on is not secure for the example.

Woke up once to 1000's of dollars in charges on my bank account from amazon.cn went to the site and its the chinese amazon in all chinese. Hadn't been drinking the night before so I knew I was hacked.
This is a good reminder for all of us to change passwords on a regular basis.
Google is not very good discriminating good docs from spam.....
I do chamge my password but ceratinly not often enough to meet current set standards for making sure you do not get hacked.
Not necessarily a sign of a hacked email account, but it could be. But, definitely trying to get you to download some bad stuff.
Joan Cox I do change passwords and have been using very strong passwords. Minimum 8 characters with symbols, upper/lower case letter and numbers.
This is often an attempt to spread some malaware I just delete stuff like that. A