GoogleMail Hacked By Chinese?
Hello!
I just read a post in the Guardian (UK newspaper) technology blog about a case of them finding out that a Gmail account had been entered by a Chinese hacker. That’s kind of scary for me, I don’t know whether it strikes you that way or not. I have about 15 Gmail accounts. In any case, being thoroughly British and complete, they also recommend a way to check to discover if your account has been hacked, and if so, what to do.
Here’s their conclusion:
Even so, it’s clearly a good idea to check your Gmail status from time to time.
To do that, log in, go to Settings on the top right, and scroll down to the bottom. There you’ll find some text in green telling you how much of your allowance you’re using; and below that a line saying “Last account activity: … minutes ago at this IP..” and a hyperlink to Details. Click that for a view of your account access history. And make sure that your Alert Preference is set for “Show an alert for unusual activity.”
And the source is http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/mar/25/gmail-china-hacking. I followed up and happily discovered that none of my accounts have been compromised by some Chinese or any other person or “bot”. Whew! I did discover that my ISP’s IP address range has expanded since I started with them, so I modified my account in StatCounter.com (free advert for a free service) to reflect that – it keeps me from counting my own hits on our websites’ statistics.
Thought you might like to know – and you can spread the word by telling people that you saw it first on Practical-Greenology-dot-com! 
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