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Friends, I had a scare 
today where all of my network accounts, including FaceBook and three seperate web mail accounts were compromised simultaneously. I damn near stroked out and spent hours locking down my primary accounts. I had to kill an email address I've held since 1996 that served as my primary Internet identity and that will cause much headache and some expense. The remaining accounts for banking and such seem secure, but I went ahead and changed the credentials anyway.
I expect I will go dark on the Internet for a while until I figure out some reasonable way to ensure that no one can represent themselves as me and compromise me again. I use two factor authentication at my office including RSA SecurID keyfob and an ActivIDentity token. I'm wondering if there are similar approaches I can use to better secure my personal and small business email accounts. I willing to spend what it takes to enhance security and would appreciate hearing your experiences and recommendations.
Best,
Woodsman
today where all of my network accounts, including FaceBook and three seperate web mail accounts were compromised simultaneously. I damn near stroked out and spent hours locking down my primary accounts. I had to kill an email address I've held since 1996 that served as my primary Internet identity and that will cause much headache and some expense. The remaining accounts for banking and such seem secure, but I went ahead and changed the credentials anyway.I expect I will go dark on the Internet for a while until I figure out some reasonable way to ensure that no one can represent themselves as me and compromise me again. I use two factor authentication at my office including RSA SecurID keyfob and an ActivIDentity token. I'm wondering if there are similar approaches I can use to better secure my personal and small business email accounts. I willing to spend what it takes to enhance security and would appreciate hearing your experiences and recommendations.
Best,
Woodsman
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