I realized the other night that the Internet is one hell of a scary world, when my Sponsored Reviews account was hacked.

4/25/2008 8:56:45 AM - Staff Reply
Joanna,

The email address we sent out your PayPal payment to is: noval_te@yahoo.com

Sponsored Reviews have always been prompt on payments. I’ve been with them for over a year now and I don’t normally check my account’s payment details page of the programs im involved with.. except when checking when the next payment date would be.

But that experience.. really freaked the shit out of me!

Some hacker changed my paypal email address to noval_te@yahoo.com in time for the payout.. and prolly changed it back again after the payment was already sent to her account.

I don’t know if my account was the only one successfully hacked, coz Sasha’s friend also had a similar case. Her friend’s (Ate Thess) SR account was hacked too, but luckily.. she found out 1 day before payout. that her paypal account was changed.

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Anyhoo.. SR sent me the payment already, and they’re still tracking down who the hell that fukcin hacker is and how he possibly got into the system.

The only clue we have so far, is that.. he’s from the Philippines.

Kababayan ko pa.

Tsk..

Hackers are everywhere. And the only best way for us, internet users to avoid having our accounts hacked is to be careful and always alert about our security.

  • Use strong passwords on your accounts. Not only on SR, but on all programs you’re with, and on all accounts you have.
  • Check your account and payment details from time to time.
  • When using public computers, make sure that you are completely logged out. - Delete the browser’s cookies/private data.
  • You should Install add-ons like Google Toolbar, or Netcraft Anti-Phishing Toolbar as these help identify phishing websites and prevent your computer from being hacked.

PS:

Shout out to James and Ado of Sponsored Reviews:

Biggie Thanks again for the help! Greatly appreciated. :)