Email account takeover
●●●●○HardYou changed your password. A forwarding rule, however, stayed in place.
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New message · Settings of a fictional email service
Your email settings
Active rules: 1. Forward a copy of all incoming messages to: archive.backup@unknown-mailbox.example-not-real.test — then mark as read You didn't create any rules. Your password was changed yesterday.
This simulation illustrates Email account takeover. The article explains the full mechanism, the warning signs and what to do.