How to Recover a Hacked Account the Easy Way

It is not easy to recover a hacked account on your own. DoNotPay can take the stress off your shoulders and help you recover your account.

When your account is hacked, you never really know where your personal information might end up. Quite often, someone has stolen your identity and is having a party with your credit line before you even realize that you have been hacked. Most often, the personal information that is recovered from your account is sold to others over the dark web.

Most accounts will have, at the very least, your full name, address, and birth date. Many others will have your payment information or PayPal account. Think of how many different forms of payment information you keep on your Amazon account. What they can pick up from a hacked account is just enough information for them to set up a new account somewhere in your name and ride your good credit into oblivion. The data that they can recover can set you up for far worse violations of your privacy, such as extortion or phishing incidents that can come through your email accounts, such as Yahoo or Hotmail. They can also use your information to do even more damage to the company you work for.

To make matters worse, once they hack their way into one of your accounts, chances are they can get into some of your other accounts. Soon enough, they will have enough information about you to do some real damage, such as emptying your bank account or taking out a mortgage in your name. Many companies will not make it easy for you to recover your account because they suspect that you might not be you. The hacker has taken enough information that they can convincingly pretend to be you. It seems like the more complex computer programs get, the more hackers there are to try to break into them.

Hacking into one of your accounts does not only lead to your other accounts. It can lead to the accounts of your friends and loved ones. For example, if your Facebook account is hacked, they have access to your friends’ and family members' names as well. Since Facebook and Messenger are connected, it is easy for them to send messages to those on your friend list. Since Facebook and Instagram are connected, you have a similar situation, and suddenly you may feel like all of your social media accounts are vulnerable. When it comes to your gaming sites, one gaming site can be a clue to what other gaming sites you may be on. Ultimately, one simple hack can easily snowball out of control.

If you have an account that has been hacked, you can also turn to DoNotPay to help alleviate the stress that a violation that feels this personal can bring you.

How to Tell if Your Account Has Been Hacked

There are some definite tells that your account has been hacked. Keep on the lookout for:

• If your computer slows down or frequently crashes.
• There have been changes made to your home page and you know you didn't make them.
• When popup windows become more frequent or are connected to strange sites.
• You are convinced to download antivirus software or other software.
• You discover that numerous emails have been sent out from your account.
• If you notice unknown programs during the startup stage of your computer.
• When programs automatically connect to the internet without asking permission first.
• If you discover that your password has been changed or other unusual activities such as a change to your username.

What to Do If You Find Your Username or Password Has Been Changed

If you discover that your username or password has been changed, that is usually a sign that your account has been hacked.

If your username or password has been changed without your knowledge, report the incident to the site where the changes occurred. Some sites, like Facebook, will allow you to see all of your previous log-ins so that you can identify those that are not yours. Most log-in data will show the date, time, and location of the log-in attempt.

Steps to Take to Recover a Hacked Account

Although they are rarely able to do much since hacking is a cybercrime, if you have been hacked, you should report it to the police.

1. Go to the website for the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, also known as the IC3.

• Fill out the form describing how you were hacked, where you were hacked, and how you discovered it.
• Submit the form.

2. Open the site where you were hacked and contact their technical support department.

• Report that your account was hacked.
• Give them as many details as possible.
• Change your password on your account with them

3. Go to other accounts.

• Look for signs of hacking.
• Change your password wherever you can.
• Add an extra step of security if offered.

4. Check all of your credit card accounts.

• Look for transactions that are suspicious.
• If you find any transactions that are suspicious, report to the fraud department for that credit card.
• Change your password and add an extra step of security if offered.

5. Check your bank account.

• Look at all bank activity.
• If there are any suspicious transactions, contact your bank's fraud department.
• Change your password.
• Add the extra step of security.

6. Go to social media accounts, change your passwords.

• Check log-in activity to detect unauthorized access.
• Notify friends and relatives of the hack.
• Run antivirus and malware scans on your computer.
• Run antivirus and malware scans on your smartphone.

Despite all of these steps that you have to go through you would still sit and wonder if you have done everything you needed to do. It feels like you are missing something big. Then it is time to decide to get help. Don’t waste any more of your time go to DoNotPay to make sure it gets done right and click on a button.

How to Recover Your Hacked Account Using DoNotPay

DoNotPay can recover your hacked account in a few simple steps. Simply click on a button to see how DoNotPay can help you recover your account.

For example, here is how to recover your gaming account with the help of DoNotPay:

How to recover your gaming account using DoNotPay:

If you want to recover your gaming account but don't know where to start, DoNotPay has you covered in 3 easy steps:

1. Open the Recover Hacked Account product on DoNotPay and tell us the name of the company or platform of your hacked account.
2. Enter the information associated with your account, such as your username.
3. Tell us whether you have paid for the account and would like a refund.
4. And that’s it! We will send a demand letter on your behalf with a two-week deadline for the company’s representatives to help you recover your account.

To recover and cover all of your social media and gaming accounts, DoNotPay has many other tools to help you secure them from hackers.

Why Use DoNotPay to Recover Your Hacked Account

Using DoNotPay to recover your hacked account is:

• Fast. In just a few minutes, DoNotPay will safely and securely gather the information they need from you.
• Easy. It all started with a quick search of the DoNotPay site and the click of a button.
• Successful. Whenever you use DoNotPay, they get things done right. They will get the hacking investigation started which will give you peace of mind.

DoNotPay can help you get back to normal in a fraction of the time it would take for you to do it alone.

DoNotPay Can Help You Solve Problems in All Areas

DoNotPay does more than just help you recover your hacked accounts.

If you are nervous about having been hacked and want to close your bank or credit card account, DoNotPay can help. Do you want to lower the APR on your credit cards? DoNotPay has a solution for that too. Perhaps you want to get out of a lease with your landlord. DoNotPay helps with that as well. Remove erroneous items from your credit report? DoNotPay has a tool for that. Make a DMV appointment? DoNotPay can make that less of a chore for you. If you want to contest a seat belt ticket, get a new dog license for the dog or pay for an out-of-town parking ticket, DoNotPay has tools for all of these things as well. DoNotPay can be your favorite go-to problem-solving tool.

With DoNotPay on your side, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

What Else Can DoNotPay Do For You?

Here is just a sample of the multitude of topics DoNotPay can help you with:

• File an appeal on a banned account.
• Get copyright protection on your trademark or invention.
• Find out how to cancel those subscriptions and memberships you don't use.
• File a complaint against anyone.
• File a small claims court claim.

Do you have other problems you need to solve? Check out DoNotPay today to find out how they can help.