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by vpEfljFL 2266 days ago
Here is what you need to do to prevent such events in the future:

- Use password manager with the master password at least 16 characters long (it makes brute forcing activity economically unreasonable)

- Change passwords on all your accounts and setup 2FA

- If you use cloud providers for enterprises, always setup limits and notifications, also you have to purchase paid support (it costs around 100 to 500 per month) to talk with human when something happens

- Can't afford the paid support? Probably you should reconsider the need for enterprise cloud provider and something like linode/DO will be good enough for your goals

- Consider paying for your email and setting up a custom domain to control your identity

Good luck with your case.

2 comments

Thank you for recommendation. Just to clarify I have not subscribed the Google Cloud Platform. Scammer did it. I was not aware of such a platform. I have never used it in the past. This is not a matter of paid support. I dont need this support cause I had never necessity of usage this platform in the past.
> - Consider paying for your email and setting up a custom domain to control your identity

Worth noting that this can be more dangerous if you do not do it properly. If the hacker can compromise your account at the domain registrar, they can route the mail to their own server. This has happened in the past.

At least if domain is not dissolved you can restore your access later. Nothing is perfect, at least with your own domain you have some rights. Good luck getting your account after google algorithm decided to suspend it or company goes rage.