And anyone who
gains access to your email account can change the passwords to all your other accounts, which will let them empty your bank accounts (goodbye, client funds!)
Crackers can then use this email / password combination to
gain access to your email account.
If someone else
gains access to your email account, it can be game over for your other accounts.
This isn't as secure as other two - step verification methods, as it can be easy for someone to
gain access to your email account, especially if you aren't using two - step verification on it!
If someone
gains access to your email account in this way, they could use password - reset links to access other websites, like your online banking or PayPal account.
I'll go into more detail further down below, but two - factor authentication requires two things to
gain access to your email account: something you know (your password) and something you have (your mobile phone).
It is nearly impossible for a stranger to
gain access to your email account with two - factor authentication enabled.
First, the criminal
gains access to the email account of one of the parties to a real estate transaction and follows the communications between these parties.
Hackers can
gain access to email accounts through simple schemes.
Not exact matches
If an online
email account provider doesn't come encrypted with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection, then hackers may find it even easier
to gain access to emails.
Hackers are also well aware that people often use the same
email password for other
accounts and online transactions, which gives them an open invitation
to gain access to your private and financial data.
For example, if you post an
email to your spouse with a banking password, anybody who monitors your connection (or gets into your
account) can instantly retrieve it and
gain access to your financial
accounts.
In an
email sent in February
to ZDNET by Yahoo, the company explained that state - sponsored attackers
gained access to users»
accounts, using what it regarded as sophisticated cookie forging...
This extra layer of security means that in order for a hacker
to gain access to an
account, they would need
to get
access to the users»
email and password, as well as compromising their device, and in particular 2FA app.
The FBI found no evidence that anyone penetrated the
email of the former secretary of state herself — although «hostile foreign actors successfully
gained access to the personal e-mail
accounts of individuals with whom Clinton was in regular contact and, in doing so, obtained e-mails sent
to or received by Clinton on her personal
account,» the bureau wrote.
In addition, banking, utilities and other
accounts are often linked
to an
email address;
gaining online
access to those can help administer a person's estate.
Gaining access to a person's Gmail
account, meanwhile, requires the next of kin
to provide a death certificate and proof of an
email conversation between the two.
A romance scam occurs when a stranger pretends romantic intentions,
gains the affection of victims, and then uses that goodwill
to gain access to their victims» money, bank
accounts, credit cards, passports,
email accounts, and / or national identification numbers or by getting the victims
to commit financial fraud on their behalf.
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The
email addresses of many of the website's members have been leaked
to hackers and have been subjected
to subsequent phishing scams
to gain access to player's Aion
accounts.
Requesting password recovery
email allowed attacker
to gain access to gaming
accounts without needing password or
access to email account
After
gaining access to the client's
email account, the hacker surreptitiously monitors
emails going back and forth between the lawyer and the client.
Email and social media
accounts are targeted as they can be used by spammers
to send out spam messages or by crooks intent on stealing your identity
to gain access to your bank
accounts or other personal information.
After reaching the narrow conclusion that, in employment cases, lawyers have an obligation
to warn clients of the risk of discussing the case using employer - owned devices or
accounts, the Committee explained that regardless of the type of case, lawyers must assess whether client consent is required when communicating via
email: «A lawyer sending or receiving substantive communications with a client via e-mail or other electronic means ordinarily must warn the client about the risk of sending or receiving electronic communications using a computer or other device, or e-mail
account,
to which a third party may
gain access.
This at least ensures an attacker would need both your Steam
account password and
access to your
email account to gain access to that
account.
if you use the same password for that website as you do for your
email account, that person could then
access your
email account and use it
to gain access to your other
accounts.
If you
access services like your
email and calendar on the fridge — that's the point, after all — an attacker could
gain access to your
email and use that
to access other
accounts.
This
email should be an extra-secure
email address only you know about — if someone
gains access to your day -
to - day
email account, they won't be able
to access your LastPass vault without
access to your security
email account.
In an
email sent in February
to ZDNET by Yahoo, the company explained that state - sponsored attackers
gained access to users»
accounts, using what it regarded as sophisticated cookie forging...
«It can be as simple as someone
gaining access to someone's
email account because they've learned their password,
to someone hacking into your computer from the other side of the world.»
When the sellers get
to the closing table, give the
email address login information
to the buyer, who can then reset the password and securely
gain access to all the smart - home
accounts at once.
They may also try
to gain access to the client's
email account as well.
They can sometimes
gain access to the network of participants in a real estate transaction, which might be through an
email account of the parties, escrow, other affiliated services such as title or home warranty.