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Has anyone had the experience of being hacked lately? In this electronic age, I doubt that many reading this post have been untouched by this nasty issue. It happened to me very recently, and in stages that I later learned were interconnected. It started with my Facebook account being hacked, then progressed a week later to my primary email account getting hit, and finally, my banking account was infiltrated. Each occurrence was time consuming to address, and annoying in the extreme. Thankfully, the majority of people who know me are aware that I wouldn't ever send spamming links (via email), or post similar links on my Facebook page. The banking account hacking was obviously the most concerning episode of this whole experience, as it could have had extremely damaging repercussions. I am fortunate that I bank with a federal credit union, and that my credit/debit card that was tied to this account was 100% protected. This did not, however, keep me from going through protracted clean-up of the whole mess. In fact, not a day has gone by in the two weeks since this happened without me remembering one more company I need to contact about the cancelled credit card.
