Re: Accessing Hijacked email accounts

In message <0BC0157B-AD57-4A47-B7C8-9FAC4CE32AD0@...>, at
02:40:58 on Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Randall <rvh40@...> writes
>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.

I would expect it to send the email to a currently associated email
account, otherwise it could easily be sending to an email address that
has itself been cancelled. And the hijacker may have changed the
associated email address to one he has access to.
--
Roland Perry


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