If you notice unfamiliar activity on your Google Account, Gmail, or any other email product, there are chances that someone else might be using it without your permission. If you think your Google Account or Gmail or any other email ID has been hacked, follow these steps.
- Check which all devices recently connected to your account. Make sure you check across form factors, meaning smartphone, laptop and PC.
- Reset your password and make sure that it is strong and hard to guess. Make sure you change it at all the places in case you use it for more than one account.
- Report the incident to the company whose email product you are using
- Notify everyone on your contact list that your email has been hacked
- If you don’t mind losing the email address, the best thing to do is to close it down and open another one.
- Enable 2-step verification to protect your account from unauthorised access due to a compromised password. The 2-step verification helps keep hackers out of your account. With 2-Step Verification, you sign in with: Something you know (your password);n something you have (your phone, a security key, or a printed code). This way, if your password is stolen, your account is still secure.
- Scan your computer for malware and check if anything else has been hacked. Give your device a thorough virus scan with comprehensive online protection software to ensure that it is free from malware. Set up a regular scan to run automatically if you haven’t already. This will help keep things clean in the long run.
- Remember the security questions with answers you used at the time of registration. This may help you regain your account.
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