The story
A couple of years ago, I made a purchase online. It was a company I trusted and an https secured website, so I felt completely safe entering my credit card number to complete my purchase. I bought my item, got a confirmation email and then got my item. Everything had happened just as expected.
However, I was awakened in the middle of the night by my phone beeping a couple of weeks later. I had two-factor authentication on my email address, and it was asking me to confirm my login attempts. I was obviously sleeping and hadn’t attempted to log in. Someone was entering my correct email password and triggering the two-factor authentication.
I rush to my computer and check my credit card account. There were unauthorized charges there as well. I had to contact the credit card company and get them to shut off my credit card. This left me without any money until my paycheck came. I was forced to borrow money from my family.
I ran a virus scan and got hits. I felt sick. I had just given criminals my credit card number, my passwords, my bank account info… probably every piece of information about me.
