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[butterfly]

The forces of good have triumphed over the forces of... not very nice!

My ability to access my livejournal and email was... hindered when I discovered that my passwords had stopped working. I had to go to class, so everything got put on hold for a bit. Luckily, when I got home, I remembered that my original email address that I validated the account with was not the current one and was able to request a password reset from that older email address (which y'all may remember -- butterfly_in_motion@hotmail.com).

Nothing on my journal was appears to have changed except for the new email that the person added. Perhaps they simply didn't have time to make changes. Regardless of the reasons, I'm really happy about that and have deleted their email and their ability to use either that address or butterflydm as ways of getting my new password.

I may or may not be able to recover butterflydm@gmail.com, so I'm also using butterflyforreal@gmail.com for now. I will keep y'all apprised of the situation.

Edit: And now gmail has finished investigating my report of my email being snagged and returned access to me so that I can reset the password and such things on butterflydm. Sweet.

Comments

[vampireborg.livejournal.com]

Good, that could have been made of epic FAIL.

*patpat*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I'm so relieved! Still not thrilled about maybe not having my email, but losing my livejournal would have been such a sad thing. All my friends are here!

*hugs*

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Yikes. Cyber identity theft = VERY SCARY!

Glad you've been able to resolve it so swiftly.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I was very scared! Luckily, I think being forced to go to class and thus not think about it for a while helped me actually think and not panic.

[rathanylakan.livejournal.com]

Glad that is mostly sorted out.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Me, too. I mean, I still need to figure out the email thing and possibly who the hell 'violentmarv' is, but I'm much more emotionally attached to my LJ than my email.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Have you reported it to LJ?

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Not yet. I'm not entirely certain where the right place to do that is.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Wow, someone actually broke into your accounts? O_O You obviously can handle this however you want, but I'd definitely report this to LJ abuse and also to the provider of the new email they used. They've probably got their own fraud division.

Really happy you got your journal back. *hugs*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I know! It was so stressful and the complete opposite of fun.

I hadn't thought of also reporting the person to the email provider. That's a good idea, thank you.

[millylicious.livejournal.com]

I'm just...trying to figure out what someone would have to gain in doing that?

'I'm gonna hack the LJ of a *really* talented vidder and take all their glory for me, me, me!' ??

[millylicious.livejournal.com]

Or maybe they were annoyed that the name butterfly was taken and wanted it for themselves? O_o

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Jesus; that's weird. I actually second your thought that someone wanted the account "butterfly," which is indeed one cool nick.

But...brr. Crazy people out there.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

It is a very cool name, plus... permanent account. I'm really glad that I got it fixed so quickly.

[lasultrix.livejournal.com]

God, that's scary. So glad you got it fixed so quickly!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was totally scary. I was really relieved that livejournal and gmail had such effective recovery procedures in place.

[seacrystal.livejournal.com]

Whew. Glad you got the account back again!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I'm so relieved about it!

[crossoverman.livejournal.com]

Well this little problem of yours has prompted me to update my LJ password, just in case! Glad everything has been sorted.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Probably a good idea! And thanks. I'm really glad that it's been worked out.

[pluckyyounggirl.livejournal.com]

That is so weird. And scary. There seem to be some crazy, crazy people out there. I'm very glad you could re-conquer, though!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was very odd and scary. I'm glad that the procedures for recovery worked so well.

[teskafuture.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you were able to get everything reset again! Must be very annoying to try to get your identity back. Glad you were able to without losing anything!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm really happy about it. It was scary and very annoying.

[beck-liz.livejournal.com]

Eeep. I'm glad you were able to get back in. That was scary. *hugs*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

*hugs back*

Thank you! It was such a relief when I realized that I could go find my earlier email to get my lj account back and then when gmail responded so quickly to my report of hostile takeover.

[shaela]

Yikes. That’s terrifying. I’m glad you’ve got it (mostly) sorted out.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Me too. It was very scary.

[dettiot.livejournal.com]

Eeeeks. So sorry you went through something like this, but I'm so glad that it seems to have been resolved all right. [keeps fingers crossed for you]

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it seems to be okay so far.

*pokes internet*

Whoever 'violentmarv' is, I gave LJ their email, so if they try to pull something again, there's already a record in place. I'm still awash in a sea of bafflement, though.

[(Anonymous)]

That's weird and more than a little scary. Glad you're back in the driver's seat.

[thehornedgod.livejournal.com]

Er, that was me. Not sure why it was anonymous.

[ivydoor.livejournal.com]

That is just super creepy. What on earth would be the motivation for that? I can sort of see the screen name thing, but even then it seems like a lot of trouble just for that.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

It really, really was! And I still have no idea why this person did it. I mean, what was the point? 'butterfly' is a cool name, granted, but stealing is not the way to ultimate coolness.

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEEEK! I'm so glad it looks like things are going to be okay. Still scary, though! *hugs*

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Very scary!

*hugs back*

I'm very relieved to have my accounts back.

[jesidres.livejournal.com]

Oooh, how dare they! That's just mean! But I'm glad you were able to get it back....

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Me too. It was a scary night. I'm glad that it appears to be dealt with (and very pleased by the swift and able systems that LJ and gmail had in place to deal with the situation).

[fodian.livejournal.com]

Octavian will cut a bitch, man.

I'm so glad that things worked out.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

It was a very tense night.

[principia-coh.livejournal.com]

*shakes fist at asshat who busted into your account*

I'm glad Gmail got right on it, though. Tip o' the hat to them!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm quite pleased by gmail's swift response to my report to them. It knocks them up a notch in my books.

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you got that all sorted out before anything worse could happen.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Me too! Anything could have happened! I'll be going through my stuff to see if anything I'm unaware of now did happen, but everything appears to be the same.

[freeze883.livejournal.com]

Very happy to hear everything is all right again, what would we all do without your sane view on most fandoms

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Heh, thanks.

I'd have been so frustrated if I'd lost my ability to go over my old posts and had to find all of my friends all over again.

[solielle.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness everything turned out okay, and that gmail worked so fast!

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

It was very scary there for that one night! I was really thrilled with how quickly gmail responded.

[blacksquirrel.livejournal.com]

Hey - I got your phone message - thanks for that! Glad that you have your account squared away :)