Greetings, I’ve always been a pretty computer savvy and have owned different computers and operating systems (including Linux) over the years. I thought I was safe but I wasn’t. Someone was able to steal my Google Chrome passwords. I have over 350 of them over the years but the most important one was my bank which they breached and stole $3000.00 from my account. I eventually got the money back. I’m not sure how they did it but I think they did it by having me unsubscribe from what appeared to be junk mail. That’s all it takes. I know I could have used the Norton Password Manager but I didn’t. Now I’m going to use a special service just for passwords and purchase 3 YubiKeys which I just did.
I’m wondering if I should report this to Norton? Maybe they would just tell me that I should have used their Norton Password Manager. Almost nothing is safe right now when it comes to passwords. And most things can be breached. The hardware security keys are the most secure. Anyway, that’s all I have to say right now.
Are you signed into your Google Account when using Chrome to sync your devices. If this is the case, it may have been your Google Account that was compromised. Just in case it would be wise to change your Google password.
And if you were phished into providing some information, there is not much Norton could do about that.
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Yes I was signed into my Google account at the time. I don’t think that the Google account was compromised because I’ve changed my passwords and no one has gotten into them since. But thanks for mentioning that. I think I will change my login and password. What can it hurt?
As far as phishing goes, I never thought it would be me that got caught up in that. Do you know that websites that you use to change your picture size or to rearrange words etc, are now dangerous and they too can steal your passwords? I’m using keeper password vault now and I will be getting my new YubiKeys soon (USB-C YubiKey 5C Nano). I think that this is the most secure way of protecting my passwords that I know of. And one more thing, I no longer store my banking log-in ID and password. I have them written down and put them in manually when needed. It is without a doubt the most important password of all.
And lately I would like to thank PeterWeb for his insight and suggestions that do help. Cheers!