My googlemail was hacked. I have got ISP address of hacker but I don't understand it

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My googlemail account was hacked and the sender sent malicious emails to friends, family and associates.

It has been very upsetting for all concerned.

Google couldn't care less and but I have sent the header details to them anyway. I doubt if I will hear back.

I have got the ISP details of the sender but I don't understand it.

I searched it on Google and it came back with some information about a 'honeypot' but it might as well have been written in outer mongolian...I didn't understand a word.

I am not sure if I can post the IP address here but can anybody advise me how I can identify the hacker?

Thank you

Gary
  • Profile picture of the author Gary And Billy
    Just a quick update.

    The information was useless. I managed to track the IP address and because it was sent using my Google account, the IP address in the header is actually Googles.

    I have hit a brick wall and am not sure what to do. I really would like to find out who did this.

    Hope somebody can help.

    Thank you

    Gary
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    In the meantime two things.

    Set your Gmail settings to use https:// so that you don't get hacked again.

    Go to settings

    Under the general tab, click the radio button at the bottom 'connections' to always use https://

    Also you should go ahead and contact abuse@gmail.com and tell them what happened.

    When you have the hackers email open go to the down arrow on the little 'Reply' box on the top right. Click on 'show original'. Copy and paste that* into your email to abuse.

    *Note: this might look real tiny and gray - in that case highlight it and click the font button to make it large and then bold. Send the whole thing to Google.

    IP address - while you can see what city or state it is located as far as I know it would take law enforcement to tell you who the person is or his exact street address.

    This is one site that has some resources if you want to try. http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/
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    • Profile picture of the author marketopoly
      Originally Posted by Patrician View Post

      In the meantime two things.

      Set your Gmail settings to use https:// so that you don't get hacked again.

      Go to settings

      Under the general tab, click the radio button at the bottom 'connections' to always use https://

      Also you should go ahead and contact abuse@gmail.com and tell them what happened.

      When you have the hackers email open go to the down arrow on the little 'Reply' box on the top right. Click own 'show original'. Copy and paste that* into your email to abuse.

      *Note: this might look real tiny and gray - in that case highlight it and click the font button to make it large and then bold. Send the whole thing to Google.

      IP address - while you can see what city or state it is located as far as I know it would take law enforcement to tell you who the person is or his exact street address.

      This is one site that has some resources if you want to try. IP Tracer, IP Tracker, IP Locator and other DNS tools
      Thanks Patrician.

      I have over 7gb of work-related material stored on Gmail. Hate to think what the results would be if my account was hacked.
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      • Profile picture of the author Gary And Billy
        Thanks for taking the time to reply and especially to Patrician for giving such a comprehensive reply.

        The tip about switching to https only was excellent as I did not know about that at all.

        Regards

        Gary
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    • Profile picture of the author Ken Strong
      Originally Posted by Patrician View Post

      Set your Gmail settings to use https:// so that you don't get hacked again.

      Go to settings

      Under the general tab, click the radio button at the bottom 'connections' to always use https://

      Also you should go ahead and contact abuse@gmail.com and tell them what happened.
      Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I think this subject bears repeating. I woke up this morning unable to log into my gmail -- apparently the password has been changed overnight.

      Since I've been using gmail for 90% of my email correspondence for the last several years, it's a bit disconcerting to be unable to access it (and to wonder what someone else may be doing with that access).

      So just a reminder to do the https:// thing that Pat outlines above... and to change your passwords often.
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  • Profile picture of the author Matrick
    I don;t think you'll get that hacker, but write to google, they usually answer pretty quick since they take this stuff seriously.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    From what I gather it was an 'after-thought' to add https: - after people started getting hacked several months back they threw that up. I saw the announcement somewhere within days of the first time I heard about the hacks.

    It doesn't affect you at all as far as any difficulty with email to use the secure server.

    Take care!

    Pat
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    Ken, What did they do with your acount? Did they sent trash emails?
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  • Profile picture of the author Thomas Wilkinson
    I remember this thread from before. I locked up the gmail accounts
    but was surprised to learn there is no way to lock up my main email
    account at Brighthouse. As a result, I have almost stopped using it.
    They didn't seem to have the least concern about it either. Long
    passwords people, and change them often.

    Tom
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    When you hear someone telling you what YOU can't do, they are usually talking about what THEY can't do.
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