How I got hacked and got my accounts back

[mrpin355]

Welcome back! It was so scary reading the account of the situation. I remember my debit card having fraudulent purchases slip under my watch and it wasn't nice realizing it until I got my money back, but to have all of your accounts compromised and one nuked forever is another story.

I'm actually surprised the reason was that you got conned. Usually, the practice of phishing links seem outdated as victims can now get hacked out of the blue by a hacker ring purchasing their compromised info from a black market without them knowing anything, probably because they were oblivious enough to download anything without double checking, though you did mention that VirusTotal didn't even work and it's scary how that slipped by. 

That was my first assumption when your compromised account sent me a message and I don't blame you about falling for it, it seemed convincing at first but the moment they mentioned something about "minecraft builder has been designing a city" along the lines, I instantly let my guard up which is ironic considering your situation. Hope this sets a precedent to be even more ruthless and keep asking out of the person and their motives when they request you, this has been established principle for a while now; https://nohello.club/. A real friend would never start a conversation like that!

Also, yeah, Google isn't the best to be trusted with longevity. Usually, I use it for throwaways and use a different email domain for my main accounts.

Bonus: a doodle I made on the day you got hacked as a jab to the hacker because I wasn't having any of it.