Account been Hacked?!?

Whether it's your email, social media or some other type of online service, there are many things that can alert you to the fact that someone else is accessing your account.

Being locked out of the account is an obvious indication that something has gone wrong, but the signs can be more subtle. Things to look out for include logins or attempted logins from strange locations or at unusual times. Changes to your security settings and messages sent from your account that you don't recognise are also give aways.

However you discover the problem, once you know your account has been hacked, this is what you should do:

1. Update your devices

2. Contact your provider

3. If your email account was hacked

4. Change passwords

5. Set up 2-factor authentication

6. Notify your contacts

7. If you can't recover your account

8. Contact Action Fraud