Dear Steemers,
I can't figure how (edit: I figured it out since), but my account was stolen about one week ago. I figured out something happened because suddenly my password did not worked anymore.
Now, that I managed to recover the account I found my level downgraded from 25 to 5. Also, 2 posts repeated which seems to have shady links in my history. The titles of the posts are:
- The world will witness the fall of some digital currencies
- New Glitch in Steemit
Now, I ask for the advice of advanced users:
- What might have happened since as far as I know my computer is not compromised. How come the hacker got my account?
- Now that my level is 5, how will this affect me on Steemit?
- Is there any way to protect myself from this kind of attacks in the future?
Any advice is welcome!
Advice: Leave This You Have Nothing To Lose Create A New One...Because You Are On Blacklist Of Many People...
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Thank you!
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Ask @patrice to unban you via cheetahbot after you clean out the bad posts' content. You likely did what several people did (including me), which was log in to a false login page with your credentials. The login page looked exactly like Steemit's but was generated by clicking on a malicious link in a post.
From now on, you can monitor all of your account's activity by going to steemd.com/@yourusername. I did this to monitor what the ID thief was doing and respond to admins ahead of the curve.
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Great! Thank you!
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Warning! This user is on my black list, likely as a known plagiarist, spammer or ID thief. Please be cautious with this post!
To get off this list, please chat with us in the #steemitabuse-appeals channel in steemit.chat.
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You did a great job cleaning up the account. I've taken away all the flags that were mine and will resteem to help you get back on your feet.
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Thank you very much!
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Owned. May be easier to start a new account.
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True. But it was more fun to try and get this one back ;)
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