Am I hacked? (received an email from my own emailaddress)

Anonymous
2024-07-03T11:48:35+00:00

Hi,

I received an email presumably send from my own emailaccount, subject 'You've been hacked' starting with

'I want to inform you about a very bad situation for you. However, you can benefit from it, if you will act wisеly. Have you heard of Pegasus? This is a spyware program that installs on computers and smartphones and allows hackers to monitor the activity of device owners. It provides access to your webcam, messengers, emails, call records, etc. It works well on Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. I guess, you already figured out where I’m getting at.'

Etc.

So the content of the email doesn't worry me, but what I can't understand is why the e-mail is send from my account. Or why it looks like it is send from my account. It doesn't show any other address.

When I check Source of the message, the following pops up, but this to me is jibberisch... Can anyone explain to me why it looks like I send this to myself and if I indeed been hacked or not?

Thank you!

Received: from DU2P193MB2049.EURP193.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM (::1) by AM0P193MB0690.EURP193.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM with HTTPS; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 02:16:52 +0000 Received: from DB8P191CA0021.EURP191.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM (2603:10a6:10:130::31) by DU2P193MB2049.EURP193.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM (2603:10a6:10:2fd::10) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.20.7719.32; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 02:16:51 +0000 Received: from DB1PEPF000509F2.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com (2603:10a6:10:130:cafe::3c) by DB8P191CA0021.outlook.office365.com (2603:10a6:10:130::31) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.20.7719.33 via Frontend Transport; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 02:16:51 +0000 Authentication-Results: spf=fail (sender IP is 156.233.162.9) smtp.mailfrom=hotmail.com; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;dmarc=fail action=none header.from=hotmail.com; Received-SPF: Fail (protection.outlook.com: domain of hotmail.com does not designate 156.233.162.9 as permitted sender) receiver=protection.outlook.com; client-ip=156.233.162.9; helo=me38.com; Received: from me38.com (156.233.162.9) by DB1PEPF000509F2.mail.protection.outlook.com (10.167.242.148) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.20.7741.18 via Frontend Transport; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 02:16:51 +0000 X-IncomingTopHeaderMarker: OriginalChecksum:B7E61057C8BBFB70EF50497922FD678074E0F9A31342B2EC67232B534F644AAC;UpperCasedChecksum:73FB0F26A3EF0B4B3D6161FA408F0E9E4FD4F1ADF156DCD03D089677C4C90F7B;SizeAsReceived:290;Count:7 Message-ID: <___@___.___> From: ___@___.___ To: ___@___.___ Subject: You've been hacked Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 19:16:51 -0700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="09a361167eba959ebd170be015f0ce2424" X-IncomingHeaderCount: 7 Return-Path: ___@___.___ X-MS-Exchange-Organization-ExpirationStartTime: 02 Jul 2024 02:16:51.7662 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-Organization-ExpirationStartTimeReason: OriginalSubmit X-MS-Exchange-Organization-ExpirationInterval: 1:00:00:00.0000000 X-MS-Exchange-Organization-ExpirationIntervalReason: OriginalSubmit X-MS-Exchange-Organization-Network-Message-Id: aea22e83-f6b2-44ad-16bc-08dc9a3d0931 X-EOPAttributedMessage: 0 X-EOPTenantAttributedMessage: 84df9e7f-e9f6-40af-b435-aaaaaaaaaaaa:0 X-MS-Exchange-Organization-MessageDirectionality: Incoming X-MS-PublicTrafficType: Email X-MS-TrafficTypeDiagnostic: DB1PEPF000509F2:EE_|DU2P193MB2049:EE_|AM0P193MB0690:EE_ X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthSource: DB1PEPF000509F2.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthAs: Anonymous X-MS-UserLastLogonTime: 7/1/2024 2:19:15 PM X-MS-Office365-Filtering-Correlation-Id: aea22e83-f6b2-44ad-16bc-08dc9a3d0931 X-MS-Exchange-EOPDirect: true X-Sender-IP: 156.233.162.9 X-SID-PRA: ___@___.___ X-SID-Result: FAIL X-MS-Exchange-Organization-PCL: 2 X-MS-Exchange-Organization-SCL: 5 X-Microsoft-Antispam: BCL:0;ARA:1444111002|58200799015|461199028|47200799018|9800799012|1360799030|1290799027|1370799030|440099028|3412199025|7310799015|7112599012|2980499032|7110799015; X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jul 2024 02:16:51.5787 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: aea22e83-f6b2-44ad-16bc-08dc9a3d0931 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Id: 84df9e7f-e9f6-40af-b435-aaaaaaaaaaaa X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: DB1PEPF000509F2.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Anonymous X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-FromEntityHeader: Internet X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-RMS-PersistedConsumerOrg: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: DU2P193MB2049 X-MS-Exchange-Transport-EndToEndLatency: 00:00:01.2088581 X-MS-Exchange-Processed-By-BccFoldering: 15.20.7719.007 X-Microsoft-Antispam-Mailbox-Delivery: ucf:0;jmr:0;ex:1;psp:1;auth:0;dest:J;OFR:SpamFilterAuthJ;ENG:(5062000308)(920221119095)(90000117)(920221120095)(90011020)(91015020)(90015022)(91040095)(9050020)(9080021)(9100341)(1018006)(944500132)(2008001181)(4810010)(4910033)(10005027)(9620004)(9525003)(10150021)(9320005)(9245025)(120001);RF:JunkEmail; 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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-24T07:53:18+00:00

    Well said.

    Thank you for the explanation.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-24T02:10:09+00:00

    If you view the message headers in outlook (like e.g. View ->Message Source on my outlook for desktop), a lot of that will be gibberish but you will also see some strings like this:

    "Authentication-Results: spf=fail (sender IP is xx.yy.zz.aa) smtp.mailfrom=hotmail.com; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none;dmarc=fail action=none header.from=hotmail.com; Received-SPF: Fail (protection.outlook.com: domain of hotmail.com does not designate xx.yy.zz.aa as permitted sender) receiver=protection.outlook.com; client-ip=xx.yy.zz.aa; helo=meX.com; Received: from meX.com (xx.yy.zz.aa) by DB1PEPF000509F2.mail.protection.outlook.com "

    What this means is that someone actually hacked into meX.com (can be any real web server the admins of which probably do not know that they have been hacked) with client IP as xx.yy.zz.aa (some random sequence of digits). Then they sent an email to you with some email headers purporting to be from hotmail.com. This is called email address spoofing What is email spoofing? A complete guide

    Rest assured, your email is not hacked but they are just trying to scare you into thinking that. The actual hotmail servers detected that this originating IP address xx.yy.zz.aa is not a known hotmail IP address, hence it moved this email into the spam folder.

    I hope this helps.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-23T21:59:39+00:00

    Yes, it's scary what they can do. And you're never sure how or why. Always have to be on your guard!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-23T20:55:49+00:00

    If you hacked, you will not access to your Email, the good news is : no you didn't... the bad news is : they will try to hack your account.

    What to do ?

    Tou don't have to do anything, i recommend you change your password to stronger, when you change password use a home internet not public, and delete or save everything important if you have something important in your Email...

    Last thing you need to do is recovery code , I think it's 42 codes you need this in case if you loss your account some time hacker will change all recovery way ... but they can't change that codes... if you have those codes then it's like passport to your account and you can recovery your account... good luck.

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