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my account has been hacked

Asked by elizabeth

all my accounts have been hacked, i cannot access my facebook, hotmail and my information i used to register my laptop when i bought it recently, im completely locked out of all security details that i gave when i registerd my account, what can i do as my ubuntu registeration details and passwords have also been changed, so i am locked out of my own computer. please help!

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Ryan Dwyer (ryandwyer) said : 		#1

It's pretty unlikely that someone hacked your Facebook/Hotmail accounts AND your local user account. Are you sure caps lock isn't on?

And why did you link this question to that Python bug? It's completely unrelated.

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Soul-Sing (soulzing) said : 		#2

what do you mean by: ubuntu registeration details

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Iowan (iowan) said : 		#3

I suspect it's the least of your problems, but here is a link to reset (Ubuntu) password: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

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elizabeth (loopyliz) said : 		#4

thank you 4 ur answer iowen i will follow ur advice and hopefully this will solve my problem. thanks again.
i dont mean to sound rude ryan dwyer but please dont insult my intelligence by not believing what i have said, i may be an older lady whos only recently started to use a pc but i am not stupid MY ACCOUNT has been hacked and NO THE CAPS LOCK KEY WAS NOT ON! please do not answ any questions im askin about if its going to be no use to me. thank you

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