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Technical Help / Hackers - more prolific than ever it would appear
« on: Thursday 02 November 17 14:34 GMT (UK) »
Hi All, I am very sad to post this BUT after quite a number of years doing my family Tree - I started by making enquiries on this website I think (and enjoying it) I have found a hacker - I have virtually nothing left on my Tree and the continued existence of my computer is
doubtful. She has erased my memberships in my name. I was thrown off FTF for mentioning her name - she had actually put her name on herself but I put it above where she had entered it, in larger letters and tried to point out that this person was a serial hacker - I was shown the door. However, most of the folk on that website are lovely people and have e-mailed me offering help etc - this is brilliant BUT as soon as anything goes on my computer it is taken. It was a complete blank when I went into it this morning.
A few weeks ago I reported the hounding, stealing of documents (paid for documents) etc to the Police - they would not let me make a statement. They said "we don't investigate that sort of thing". (Red rag to bull I am afraid) - I contacted Action Fraud - they told me to go back and make sure I had their letter heading viewable in my hand - absolute magic. The officer I saw was very pleasant (not like the usual Wisbech Police) he took a complete statement and said he would do this, that and the other - I believed him: Lesson 1 - don't put any faith in the police - they speak with
forked tongue. I may be old but I don't like being patted on the head. I have now been told I have to go and report it in Huntingdonshire - great stuff - I shall report it in the local press instead. It is of course all too little, too late for me. I even knew who she was and where she was currently living in N. Ireland - I also knew that her brother had just gone to prison (not for hacking). Husband is incandescent as he already paid £75 to get computer fixed when she took all E-addresses etc. This time it is the family Trees - devastated ............what a waste of my retirement. I don't think the computer will be repaired again - shall use library computers. What is worrying of course is that all families E-addresses are on computer and that includes our children. I have shed many tears over all of this and, deep down wish I could retaliate - don't know enough about computers, however. I have yet to ask ancestry if they have copies of my Trees (x2 as many as most due to adoption) but don't want to know the answer as yet.
Well, we are moving from here soon, thank goodness - the only thing I wish we could take from here is the house which says it all. Sue - how do I make a computer private - better late than never but probably crackable!
doubtful. She has erased my memberships in my name. I was thrown off FTF for mentioning her name - she had actually put her name on herself but I put it above where she had entered it, in larger letters and tried to point out that this person was a serial hacker - I was shown the door. However, most of the folk on that website are lovely people and have e-mailed me offering help etc - this is brilliant BUT as soon as anything goes on my computer it is taken. It was a complete blank when I went into it this morning.
A few weeks ago I reported the hounding, stealing of documents (paid for documents) etc to the Police - they would not let me make a statement. They said "we don't investigate that sort of thing". (Red rag to bull I am afraid) - I contacted Action Fraud - they told me to go back and make sure I had their letter heading viewable in my hand - absolute magic. The officer I saw was very pleasant (not like the usual Wisbech Police) he took a complete statement and said he would do this, that and the other - I believed him: Lesson 1 - don't put any faith in the police - they speak with
forked tongue. I may be old but I don't like being patted on the head. I have now been told I have to go and report it in Huntingdonshire - great stuff - I shall report it in the local press instead. It is of course all too little, too late for me. I even knew who she was and where she was currently living in N. Ireland - I also knew that her brother had just gone to prison (not for hacking). Husband is incandescent as he already paid £75 to get computer fixed when she took all E-addresses etc. This time it is the family Trees - devastated ............what a waste of my retirement. I don't think the computer will be repaired again - shall use library computers. What is worrying of course is that all families E-addresses are on computer and that includes our children. I have shed many tears over all of this and, deep down wish I could retaliate - don't know enough about computers, however. I have yet to ask ancestry if they have copies of my Trees (x2 as many as most due to adoption) but don't want to know the answer as yet.
Well, we are moving from here soon, thank goodness - the only thing I wish we could take from here is the house which says it all. Sue - how do I make a computer private - better late than never but probably crackable!
