Obvious and not so obvious ways to find out if your Gmail account has been hacked.

1. Telltale Signs Your Gmail is Hacked

2. Two Basic Signs Your Account is
Hacked
1. You can’t log in, even with a password you know is
valid
1. Your account is sending e-mails that you never
wrote

3. Obvious vs. Not-so-Obvious
• Those two signs are
obvious, but a savvy
hacker don’t use clues,
they leave clues
• They’d rather hijack
your account and use it
without you ever
knowing it

4. Savvy Internet Hackers
• Serious hackers:
– Rarely change your password
– Don’t often send e-mail to others from your address book
• Modern hackers will hang out in your account until
you get a bank statement or other sensitive data
– Will use that data to steal money or information from you

5. Gmail Protects You
• Gmail is familiar with these hackers
• They have added a third method for sniffing out e-
mail hackers: the account activity log
– Located at bottom of Gmail inbox below “You’re currently
using XXXX MB (XX%) of your XXXX MB”
– Bottom line displays “your last account activity”
• This reader displays the last time someone logged into your Gmail
account
• If the time and data don’t match to when you last logged in, that
should be a red flag for you

6. Take Advantage of Gmail Security
• It’s a good idea to regularly click the ‘details’ link that
follows the last account activity timestamp
– This prompts a chart of your last dozen Gmail logins
• Organized by login method i.e. web browser, mobile phone,
POP3/IMAP
– Each login is time stamped and associated with an IP
address

7. Finding the Hacker
• If you find a suspicious login date/time and IP
address:
– Copy the IP number and past it into the lookup service at
Domain Tools
– You’ll then learn who owns the IP address that logged into
your account
– If you find a sketchy IP address on the activity list, then it’s
a good time to change your Gmail

8. Always Plan for Security
• Regardless of what a hacker does on your site, you
can begin protecting yourself today with both a
social media backup plan and a Google Apps backup
plan
• Backups prevent against any type of data loss
• Whether from Backupify or not, take control of your
online life with an online backup