Gmail Suspicious Activity

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

I logged into Gmail earlier and found an e-mail waiting from myself. Which is odd.

Turns out I'd spammed everyone with a shitty link to something. Google immediately said "aargh, suspicious activity" and locked my account until I changed the password.

I duly did so, and a few hours later I've been met with another "aargh, suspicious activity" message. Fortunately no e-mail this time.

So I've had to change my password twice today

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

Will you please stop changing your password, it's making it very difficult for me to advertise my Viagra business

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

Access Type [ ? ]
(Browser, mobile, POP3, etc.) Location (IP address) [ ? ] Date/Time
(Displayed in your time zone)
Browser * United Kingdom (94.175.246.98) 15:15 (0 minutes ago)
Browser United Kingdom (94.175.246.98) 14:28 (47 minutes ago)
Browser China (123.11.70.100) 13:40 (1.5 hours ago)

Joans · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8655

Have they mistaken you for someone in the US government?

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

Maybe it's nPower.

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 15:20

Moral: don't store top secret documents in the cloud

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 15:26

Or in Mr Russell.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38654

It was that American woman you hacked a few months ago. Turns out it *was* her address!

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 15:29

Out of interest, has Beex been blocked by the communists' firewall yet? I'd be very disappointed in our counter-revolutionary credentials if we haven't.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 17:08

Same e-mail address and password that you used for a PS3 account?

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

GazChap wrote:

Same e-mail address and password that you used for a PS3 account?

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

Please, I don't own a PS3.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 19:52

I had this happen a while back. I can't remember the country, but Google cottoned on to it pretty quickly and let me know. It has, so far, been a one-off and I've little idea how it happened.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 23:53

Mr Russell wrote:

GazChap wrote:

Same e-mail address and password that you used for a PS3 account?

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

Please, I don't own a PS3.

Crappy password?

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

Grim... wrote:

Mr Russell wrote:

GazChap wrote:

Same e-mail address and password that you used for a PS3 account?

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

Please, I don't own a PS3.

Crappy password?

They all are, given enough time.

Alarm · **Posted:** Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:42

Shared computer?

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12334

Alarm wrote:

Shared computer?

Actually no, but it is a work's machine.

I should point out I'm not particularly worried by this.

I did log on this morning to find another message from Google saying "we think your account has been accessed from a browser in China" which shows that the alerts work.

Just weird after all that terrorism I carried out that they would take this long to get to me.

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