Hacked...

So my google and blog and a few emails got hacked last week! Luckily I have security controls in place (like my phone gets notified if passwords or emails changed) and so forth that I caught them before any damage or charges to my accounts were made, but still - Ugh!  I had a fun week of trying to figure everything out and as the hacker created new email addresses in my name and changed many accounts I had to their false email accounts that I still don't have switched back --- it has been such a pain and time comsuming to figure out!

So this is weird as I am blogging from my google account but it is still linked to my hacker's email address which I now have access to (and changed the password so hopefully they cannot access it either) but cannot remove from my blogger account as it is the primary gmail account and if I delete it it will delete my blog!  But I don't want them to be able to get into my account again so not sure what will happen! Argh, so until I figure that out I will try to blog and hope that they can no longer have access to my stuff!

So hopefully someone learns from my errors and pain: 
Moral of the story:  Be alert, have security measures in place (back up email and phone notifications) and change your passwords regularly and NEVER have the same password for multiple accounts (and if the account allows you be sure to add symbol and cap letters to your passwords as I got hacked because it was an old account and simple password that I used on more than one account!)