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Was I Hacked?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacShane" data-source="post: 1577376" data-attributes="member: 159792"><p>I was sitting there making an "Archives" file on my 3TB LaCie backup disk to backup documents and other files that had already served their purpose but I didn't what to delete permanently...</p><p></p><p>All of a sudden, the file I had just made along with one or two other files were had just been erased and my iPhoto Library had become a file folder and I couldn't restore. As I was sitting there trying to figure our what happened and pressing Command+z to try and reverse the damage, all my other files started disappearing - all my movies, pictures, TV programs, documents and everything from the last 15 years is just GONE! I'm in complete shock! </p><p></p><p>Was this the work of a hacker? As my folders were disappearing, I also noticed that Terminal was opened and I didn't open it. </p><p></p><p>I entered the command, dscl . list /Users and in the output, were two accounts I didn't recognize - "daemon" and "nobody", but these came up on my MacBook as well. </p><p></p><p>Is there anything more I can do to find out if I've been hacked? </p><p>What about my disc? I know there are utilities out there to restore lost data from discs, but I also know that the best ones are exorbitantly expensive. I would pay good money, but not an insane amount to have that disc restored. Recommendations? Thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacShane, post: 1577376, member: 159792"] I was sitting there making an "Archives" file on my 3TB LaCie backup disk to backup documents and other files that had already served their purpose but I didn't what to delete permanently... All of a sudden, the file I had just made along with one or two other files were had just been erased and my iPhoto Library had become a file folder and I couldn't restore. As I was sitting there trying to figure our what happened and pressing Command+z to try and reverse the damage, all my other files started disappearing - all my movies, pictures, TV programs, documents and everything from the last 15 years is just GONE! I'm in complete shock! Was this the work of a hacker? As my folders were disappearing, I also noticed that Terminal was opened and I didn't open it. I entered the command, dscl . list /Users and in the output, were two accounts I didn't recognize - "daemon" and "nobody", but these came up on my MacBook as well. Is there anything more I can do to find out if I've been hacked? What about my disc? I know there are utilities out there to restore lost data from discs, but I also know that the best ones are exorbitantly expensive. I would pay good money, but not an insane amount to have that disc restored. Recommendations? Thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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