The experience of having your email account hacked

On a seemingly more regular basis inboxes are being peppered with viral mails from the most unlikely senders. Why would your sweet old auntie want to send you a link to make your biceps bigger with a miracle pill (and that is one of the more tame ones). The reality is that our personal email accounts are under a constant attack from computer nasties that are trying to get access to your contacts and spread their evil further through the connectivity of the web. As ever this is a strong reminder that anti-virus software is a must and keeping our online profiles secure ever more difficult. When your account has been hacked unless someone lets you know you may well be ignorant to the fact you are firing off naughty messages to everyone you ever knew. Finding out is irritating and frustrating as you have to unpick the mess and heighten your security with a password so ransom there is a good chance you will get it wrong on a daily basis. Email hacking spells pain for the foreseeable future. 

The experience of having your email account hacked

With email now not only a communication tool but an essential element in authentication for most web sites it is a prized possession that we hold dear permitting us to message home that we will be late for tea and also get logged into our favourite online retailer.  This personalised ID is under constant attack as our email accounts are threatened from continuous hacking attempts to get access to our contacts list and to distribute viral nasties to our unsuspecting address book. Email hacking is booming with hackers getting access through weak security, corrupt emails or dodgy downloads.  These hacked legitimate accounts are then hijacked to send spam to all and sundry using your previously clean account that is now being tarnished with every form of spam from porn to money scams. The customer experience of having your mail hacked is terrible and leaves a strong feeling of having your own private space invaded by a foreign entity. It is far from epic and best avoided through strong security and complex passwords with crazy combinations of letters, numbers and random symbols you are most likely to forget.