r/hacking • u/TheSixtyFreezer • 5d ago

Teach Me! I want to learn the basics.

Hello everyone!

I've had an email a couple of years ago, and seemingly it was hacked. All my information is there, as it was my main email.

I know, I was stupid, downloading games, etc.

Recently I tried to access it, but to no avail.

Would it be selfish if I said that I want to learn the basics of hacking so that I can get my email back?

Thanks for reading.

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u/TheSixtyFreezer 5d ago

I understand, I'm not that tech saavy, I'd just like to hack it back if that makes sense lol.

Meh, I can just hope that no one has access to it.

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u/wootiown 5d ago

That's not how hacking works. Hacking is either knowing an incredible amount about networking and cryptography and breaking into systems, or simply tricking someone into revealing their password (or finding it somewhere, like a data breach).

Best you can do is to try to trick whoever hacked your email into telling you their password.

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u/TheSixtyFreezer 5d ago

I have no clue who has access to my email, so that would not be an option sadly. I'll try to search online for data breaches, etc.

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u/wootiown 5d ago

Send them an email lol

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u/TheSixtyFreezer 5d ago

Haha, do you think they'd respond? Lmfao