On Sep 18, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Guilherme Roschke wrote:
> Cyberians,
>
> 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?
Haven't read the replies yet - but don't those accounts have a button
that says "Forgot password?"
Clicking those links will, I presume, send a "reset password" link
the the email address which the account holder used to register the
accounts originally.
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