yikes!

[edenfalling]

I just noticed that someone seems to have hacked my lj account.

Fortunately, all that they did was change one of my userpics -- my circle of multicolored question marks turned into a little animated Stephen Colbert icon saying 'FAIL.' I think it may have been meant as a comment on my account security. :-(

Anyway, I deleted the icon, changed my lj password and question, reset my email address a couple times, and changed all my email passwords as well -- a new and different one for each account. (I should have done that a while ago, but I got lazy and figured I had nothing worth hacking. Clearly I do not understand hacker mentality.)

*crosses fingers and hopes that works*


ETA: I am informed that this is simply one iteration of a site-wide icon glitch thing that's been going on for a while. While that's much less creepy than a hacker, it's still not terribly reassuring for my account security status. *sigh*

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[annearchy.livejournal.com]

That completely sucks. Yeeep!!

[edenfalling]

I have been informed that it's actually just some sort of site-wide icon glitch -- which is creepy enough as it is, since it implies that LJ can just come in and do whatever they want to my account, by accident -- but fortunately much less creepy than a hacker.

Still, it kicked me into upgrading my security, which is something I should have done a long time ago, so I guess all's well that ends well. :-)