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Unauthorized Access, Telus Profile Locked
Hi All, I received an email from Telus to notify me that somebody tried unsuccessfully 5 times in a row to use my email address to log into My Telus (my account), resulting in temporary lockout. I wo...
- Did you change your password recently just before this happened?
While the lockbox is annoying and inconvenient your account should be safe if you used a strong password (8 characters min, mix of symbols, numbers and casing)
I appear to have the same problem. several attempts today, about 90 minutes apart. My password is 32 characters long with both upper and lower characters and some numbers, randomly generated by a password generator, then further randomized by me. I changed the password today too. Not so much worried about someone getting in as I am about the nuisance of an email every 90 minutes. Is there a way to stop this.
A search of "haveibeenpwned.com" shows a breach at Verifications.io, with my login e-mail as part of the data stolen. I've never be to this site.
Ray
NFtoBC
Community Power User
Community Power UserIt seems Telus.com is the new darling of the hackers.
I received a message at 2:45 this morning.
