deray mckesson
I was hacked today: my Twitter account, two email addresses, & my phone. It was not due to passwords, they hacked my phone account itself.
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Today I learned that it is rather easy for someone to call the provider & change your SIM. The hacker got the account verification texts.
I'd realized that my phone had been hacked & separated from the actual phone number when the web only routed here:pic.twitter.com/zwYygVfbYy
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The staff from
@twitter were incredibly helpful once alerted and helped to both delete some of the hacked tweets and give me back access. - View other replies
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Verizon recorded the call made this morning by the imposter and we are working with lawyers to get the recording. It's been a long day.
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No, I do not endorse Trump as the next President. He cannot be the President of the United States. He is racist & a bigot, unfit to lead.
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The hacker got access by changing my SIM which redirected texts, then resetting my passwords to trigger two-factor authentication. Intense.
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@deray They physically changed your SIM? Damn! -
@cc_chapman@deray They changed the SIM that the telco tied to the account and number, not the sim card in the phone -
@danielnaruta@deray Ahhh.....thanks for sharing. I was curious.
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@deray that is ass. i'm so sorry you went through that.
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@deray how is it even possible to defend against this.. -
@jaredgaut@deray My phone company has a "password phrase" that only I know that has to be given before any changes to my account are made -
@Shippygem@deray Never remember my pswrd phrases when I call companies. I’m *always* able to provide something else to get around it -
@jaredgaut@deray I forgot it once they wouldn't talk to me, told me to go into a store, I eventually remembered though -
@shippygem@deray good! I wish all phone agents were that stingy with access.
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@deray did Verizon not confirm your social? If so how does anyone know that info & if not they should be asking for that for verification - View other replies
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@deray hmmm, makes sense. The whole incident was so fully thought about it, so crazy.
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@deray You didn't just publish your real zip code? -
@deray wow. So sorry u had to go thru this bs. -
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@deray Thank you for taking the time to show us how this happened. It is incredible to see the extent someone will go to to hack an account. -
@Uptown_Girl@deray The way people would know DeRay's account had been hacked was nobody was being blocked!
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