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Sandy
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
Unauthorized access to my account on 11/4/22
A device in Colorado accessed my Dropbox. I changed my password.
Is it related to the phishing attack? Can the IP address listed be used to identify the person, or report them?
Thanks
- 4 years ago
Thank you for the help, and the very quick reply.
In troubleshooting, I learned that it was my own phone using a remote IP. I had no idea that was possible.
When I changed my password and unlinked the "suspicious" device, Dropbox then required a fresh login on my phone.
Now the same device is listed as linked, but with a local IP. Weird.
Thanks again.
Sandy
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
Thank you for the help, and the very quick reply.
In troubleshooting, I learned that it was my own phone using a remote IP. I had no idea that was possible.
When I changed my password and unlinked the "suspicious" device, Dropbox then required a fresh login on my phone.
Now the same device is listed as linked, but with a local IP. Weird.
Thanks again.
Rich
Super User II
4 years ago
Sandy wrote:
In troubleshooting, I learned that it was my own phone using a remote IP. I had no idea that was possible.
Just goes to show how IP information is (mostly) useless. As another example, my phone's IP currently shows its location as New York City, and I'm about 4 hours away from New York.
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