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Hacking?
07-02-2021 9:47 AM
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Hi there. To cut a long story short.....before Xmas I became aware that my new neighbours in the flat above had hacked my plusnet router.....during the night all the lights including wifi flashing away when I had no connections and presumably they thought I was asleep.
I turned off wifi and bought a BT Hub 6 and am now using that with wifi disabled to stop them hacking. The other day as I was entering my flat a girl stormed out of the door to the flat above saw me and shouted "watch what you do on your laptop coz they can see everything" and she stormed off looking upset. This has naturally left me really paranoid.
The question is if my phone line is connected to the flat above in some sort of old BT 'party line' is it actually possible for them to receive my internet connection and so through any old router, see what I'm doing on my laptop and scarily be able to hack my router through the connected phone line?
Re: Hacking?
07-02-2021 10:31 AM - edited 07-02-2021 10:39 AM
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Can your router be seen through a window? There is/was a password set?
Were you using a brand of router with a known admin (router managment) password?
You've done all you can router wise.
Change your wifi password and your router managment password regularly.
Edit -- just a thought.. are you using Powerline Adapters for your ethernet connection? If so change the default password. They might (big might) be using them to latch onto your router.
Re: Hacking?
07-02-2021 11:03 AM
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@Alan54 I don't think the phone line is the issue here, as I see it if they've hacked your wireless network, which is in itself a trivial task, they may, and I repeat may have been able to install spyware on your Laptop. I'm basing this on what the girl in the hallway said.
If you are in any doubt factory reset your laptop with a full format and reinstall your OS.
Re: Hacking?
07-02-2021 11:45 AM
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Installing mallware is a distinct possibility.
I see a reformat and reinstall of your laptop/pc/whatever in your future.
Re: Hacking?
07-02-2021 12:08 PM
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The OP have said they've disabled the WiFi and believe hacking is happening via their landline being corded?
My usual advice would be to test your landline for any noise, and a 17070 option 2 quiet line test and raise a fault. If you hear any noise on option 2 then there is a problem, also 17070 will read out your landline number so of course check that is correct.
Re: Hacking?
07-02-2021 3:04 PM
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The alleged hack occurred prior to the wireless being turned off @Alex and is indeed the reason why it was turned off. As I said I doubt very much if the phone line is an issue here and if the activity is ongoing it adds weight to the planting of malware.
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08-02-2021 4:54 PM
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Thanks for your reply. I was using the Hub 1 that's sent through the post and as far as I could tell has a static admin p/w. I assume that's how they got in and the reason why I bought a BT hub 6 off ebay because I can change both p/w now. Even so my wifi is off permanently which is a bit of a faff with lan cables but hey safer.
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08-02-2021 4:57 PM
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I use Peppermint OS not Windows but after searching online even Linux can get malware it seems.Thanks for your reply.
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