My gmail account was hacked yesterday at 12:22 PM (Atlantic time), and a spam e-mail was sent from my address to every e-mail address ever entered at the account. The e-mail advertised the services of a Chinese company that I’ve never heard of.

I apologise to everyone who received that e-mail.

According to gmail’s activity information register, someone at the IP address 123.11.243.131 accessed my account using a browser. That IP address is located in China. It would appear that the spammer somehow guessed the password to my gmail account, logged on, and sent the e-mail. I have since changed the password and implemented other security measures.

This is the first time something like this has happened to my e-mail account, and it’s creepy.

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