eezeebee@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoI started to get these daily at random hours, even when I'm sleeping. Someone's trying to hack me?lemmy.caimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1267file-text
arrow-up1267imageI started to get these daily at random hours, even when I'm sleeping. Someone's trying to hack me?lemmy.caeezeebee@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88·edit-22 months agoIt’s common for people to get these when their email address is similar to my dad’s and he forgets his password again.
minus-squareeezeebee@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoPart of my concern is the email has part of an uncommon spelling of name + some numbers. And that it started all of a sudden, every day. The email is several years old and only now it’s begun happening every day.
minus-squarexantoxis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 months agoI hope you’ve turned on 2FA.
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months agoFYI, the emails the OP are getting are the 2FA Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP). So OP in fact does have 2FA enabled. 😊 Ps. I’m not being sarcastic. Never mind. I misunderstood what the email was being sent for. My apologies.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoCreate an email alias and use it as the account address.
minus-squareit's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoHave you been pwned? https://haveibeenpwned.com/ There’s been some new and ginormous data dumps recently. Maybe it is your time.
It’s common for people to get these when their email address is similar to my dad’s and he forgets his password again.
Part of my concern is the email has part of an uncommon spelling of name + some numbers. And that it started all of a sudden, every day. The email is several years old and only now it’s begun happening every day.
I hope you’ve turned on 2FA.
FYI, the emails the OP are getting are the 2FA Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP). So OP in fact does have 2FA enabled. 😊Ps. I’m not being sarcastic.Never mind. I misunderstood what the email was being sent for. My apologies.
Create an email alias and use it as the account address.
Have you been pwned?
https://haveibeenpwned.com/
There’s been some new and ginormous data dumps recently.
Maybe it is your time.