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Liam_e's avatar
Liam_e
Tuning in
2 years ago

Blueyonder email hacked, no access

Family members blueyonder looks to be hacked, no access via original password and no way to reset it. Virgin media email says the email is not recognised.

 

Any advice?

  • I wonder if this is connected with the 3 weeks of "missing, but not hacked honest guv" email issues people have been having? I was wondering why it was taking so long and questioned if accounts had been compromised....

  • Hackers have now used this hacked Blueyonder email account to gain access to Virgin Packaged Netflix account. Call into Virgin on Tuesday say they were going to look into it. However hackers have replaced all the users in Netflix account and changed it to Spanish. However as account is linked to the Virgin account blueyonder email there is nothing we can do to stop it.

  • Ryan_N's avatar
    Ryan_N
    Forum Team (Retired)

    Hi Liam_e, 

     

    Thank you for your post and welcome to the forums. 

     

    Sorry to hear about what has happened here! Just to check - is the email account in question attached to an active account? As when it normally advises that the email is not recognised it's because the email has been deleted which happens up to 90 days after the account it was attached to was cancelled. 

     

    Alternatively - if you're family member has access to these forums, we would be more than happy to take a look into this for them. 

     

    Pop back and let me know. 

     

    Cheers, 

    Ryan. 

    • Liam_e's avatar
      Liam_e
      Tuning in

      Hey Ryan,

      They have an active account with Virgin yes, and they emails are attached to the virgin media contract and their My Virgin Media.

      Unfortunately they cannot post here as their email is hacked so they cannot create an account as it requires them to verify their email...

      Regards,

      Liam

      • Ryan_N's avatar
        Ryan_N
        Forum Team (Retired)

        Would it be possible they use an alternative email address to register for the forums? 

         

        We would need to speak with the family members this account relates to - as when it comes to password resetting, we would only be able to share that with them. 

         

        Cheers, 

        Ryan. 

  • Ryan,

    When they called they were told by your colleague on the phone their email was shut down a few years ago when they moved providers and they cannot do anything. This is wrong information and makes no sense. The email on their contract is the blueyonder email. And they were using their blueyonder email right up until the hack a week ago. They have now used that active email address to takeover their Virgin Media netflix account, their facebook account, and several other accounts. The email account is not disabled.

    Can you direct me to who can actually resolve this.

    Regards,

    Liam

    • Ryan_N's avatar
      Ryan_N
      Forum Team (Retired)

      As mentioned above if the family members in question are able to sign up to the forums using an alternative email - we would be more than happy to look into this. 

       

      Cheers,

      Ryan. 

  • Hi the same thing has happened to me. I have a closed account but my secondary email continues to work but has  low been hacked and all my accounts linked to it are being my hacked

    • Robert_P's avatar
      Robert_P
      Forum Team

      Hello HafzStaaRr

       

      We can see this has been dealt with via Private Message, we ask to not raise multiple threads for the same issue as this can cause confusion and delays in supporting you and other members of the forums.

       

      We will arrange for this thread to be closed.