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Hacked account - email address changed
Please help!
Someone accessed my Dropbox account somehow and after they reset the password, they changed the email address so I can no longer reset the password. How do I access my files before...
Originalwarby wrote:
Someone accessed my Dropbox account somehow and after they reset the password, they changed the email address so I can no longer reset the password.
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We've recently had several company dropbox accounts hacked. They login change the email to the account and we can no longer access the accounts. I'm wondering how to stop this and if it's possible for the hacker to upload a malicious file and all the computers syncing with our dropbox now have that file downloaded onto their synced machine.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey Xxxggghhh917, I'm really sorry to hear about this.
What you mentioned is a possible scenario, I'm afraid, if these people now have access to the accounts.
Are these accounts members of a Dropbox Business team?
If so, have you reached out to our support team for further assistance?
No they are individual accounts sharing one folder with all of our content.
- Megan
Hi Xxxggghhh917, since the accounts are all individual ones, then you'd need to submit a ticket from the email address linked to each individual account that was compromised.
You can do this, using this page.
To stop hacks of your Dropbox account, two-factor verification should be enabled. That makes it as good as impossible to hack you account.
Click on you Account profile > Settings > Security
