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Dealing With A Disaster (Your Account Has Been

Compromised - But Don't Panic!)...

So the unthinkable has happened: your (email) account has been compromised.

You're probably already in panic mode when you first realize it's happened. But

that can just make the situation far worse than it has to be.

Yes, your personal information may be in jeopardy but that doesn't mean you

can't remedy the situation with a clear mind and a quick actionable plan.

Let's say that you've taken all of the precautions explained in this course, and you
receive a notification on your phone (you did set up mobile notifications, right?)

that some foreign address has logged into your G-Mail account? (Side note: you

ARE using Google Mail at this point, aren't you?)

- The first thing you need to do is remain calm. Get to a computer or a secure

Internet connection as soon as possible.

- If you have access to any sort of financial or important accounts on your phone,
check them to make sure they haven't also been compromised.

- Next, you want to be certain that the email account has actually been broken
into. If it hasn't been, then you just need to make sure you update a few

credentials when you can get to a computer (this will be covered later in this

section).

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