Well this is weird

"McChiken116 - Patrick H." (mcchiken116)
08/09/2014 at 20:19 • Filed to: None

Someone signed into my google account from Little Rock. My password is different than every other one I use, and I have never shared it with anyone. Was google breached or something?

DISCUSSION (8)

Brian Silvestro > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
08/09/2014 at 20:20

Someone in Mongolia tried to log into mine a couple months back, but they stopped it. Changed my password immediately. It was very strange.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
08/09/2014 at 20:21

I used to get crap like that in my gmail account all the time. Except it was from Saudi Arabia. I just turned on the 3rd party verification, so when I sign in from a strange PC, it texts me a code, I highly recommend it.

Manuél Ferrari > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
08/09/2014 at 20:25

If your password was "Monica69" then it might have been Bill Clinton who accidentally signed into your account because he had the same password. He hangs out in Little Rock sometimes

Vi517, JDX Racing > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
08/09/2014 at 20:27

Some Russians hacked over a billion accounts on lots of websites (they haven't said which ones) a couple days ago, so you might have been affected by them. The usernames and passwords were sold on the black market, so someone from Little Rock might have bought yours!

Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > Manuél Ferrari
08/09/2014 at 20:34

He did not have secure relations with that person's account. Ask him, he'll tell you.

Manuél Ferrari > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
08/09/2014 at 20:36

and he never spilled any, uh, tooth paste on that account

105 HP of fury > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
08/09/2014 at 21:53

Yeah, 2 factor authentication is definitely the way to go. You can generate some "offline" codes to use, so I have those stashed in case I lose my phone.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
08/12/2014 at 11:31

IIRC Google may have been affected by Heartbleed. If that is correct, then yes, Google was breached along with a lot of others. I know Yahoo was because they had me change my password.

As for your Google, change the password and turn on 2 factor authentication if you can. That will send a text to your phone when you log on from an unfamiliar computer. When you log in on a new computer it will ask you if Google should remember that particular computer.