On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Guilherme Roschke wrote:
> I've been contacted by someone seeking help with the following
> situation. She has email accounts at yahoo and hotmail that have been
> hijacked by someone who has obtained the passwords, possibly via spyware
> on her computer.
>
> This looks like an obvious case for unathorized access under 18 USC
> 2701. But more pragmatically, how would one gain control back of these
> accounts short of litigation? Anyone have practical experience?
Oh, and I forgot. She should probably first make sure her computer is
clean, otherwise going through the recovery process on an infected
computer will compromise the account again.
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