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GKg's avatar
GKg
Explorer | Level 3
2 months ago

My account was hacked, I have no access to it

Hello. Please help! I've tried multiple ways of getting this sorted the past week and keep getting the bot run around.

My account was hacked and they somehow created a new account with a basic plan. I have a paid plus plan and when I log in now, it takes me to an empty account. All the files are gone and it's a different user name (same email though). Since it still shows the correct email, there is no way to get to my original account. What do I do??

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

    GKg wrote:

    My account was hacked and they somehow created a new account with a basic plan. I have a paid plus plan and when I log in now, it takes me to an empty account.


    You'll need to contact Dropbox Support directly. Visit the Support page while you're NOT signed in to a Dropbox account, including these forums, and you'll see an option for sign in issues. It's best to use an Incognito or Private browsing session to make sure you're not signed in.

     

    • GKg's avatar
      GKg
      Explorer | Level 3

      I've tried to contact support repeatedly and they are not helping. Any other tips?

      • Jay's avatar
        Jay
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        Hi GKg, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

         

        Could you provide the ticket ID from when you contacted the support team in order to look into this in more detail?

         

        This will help me to assist further.

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