I have a predicament at hand, I have been informed that my ex-wife that she has been accessing my hotmail.com web email account for the passed several months and the only reason she notified me is because I hadnt changed the p/w in some time on there and I did the other day which probably kept her from getting into there. She has gathered some personal emails, and some emails between my mother and I that were of personal nature as well, along with my current wife.

Without going into anymore details here what can I do, I have been informed by a good friend of my moms to close the account out and then create a new one if need be. Being that internet laws are not really there to support such breakins at this time, federal internet laws dont really apply here since its a free email service and not through a ISP.

I really need to know what re-course action I can take, if I could track down her system that she did this from. Like if it was at her work or home or what?

Any suggestions in this case are greatly appreciated.

- Any of you guys in the IT industry wanna help me out with some idea? I work as a Network Admin...but never have had to deal with any of this in my life.

 

I really doubt that there is anything that you can do beyond telling her she is a *** guzzling gutter ****

what do you think she wants to do with the stuff she took

 

r3dn3ck will probably know a dirty trick or two to get back at her.

 

im not sure if MSN keeps logs, but depending upon the way her ISP is set up, and if shes stationary you may be able to figure it out.

My ISP assigns static ip's so my IP address is always XX.XXX.XX.XXX x being variables.

You could contact microsft and see if its possible that they keep logs of the ip addresses that log into your account, and if your IP is static you can tell them that so they will negate and tell you the other IPs that log into it.

But i dont know if MSN keeps logs.

If they did and found the invasive IP's, then you could track her from that, and use that information against her.

However, I suggest you create a new hotmail account. Theres settings that have alternate EMAILs incase you forget your pass and theres also security questions,, so if she wanted she could figure your password out again. IF she was smart enough to trap you that way.

I hope this helps.

 

It is a Felony under federal law to tamper with any electronic account to which you do not have explicit access permission. Regardless of the purpose or how you came to be able to log in. If I guess your password and then USE IT to read your email, then I am guilty and can go to federal prison. Get the admission on tape (DO NOT DO THIS OVER A TELECOM LINE, DO IT IN PERSON, or by email), hand all your evidence to the FBI and local law enforcemetn and request to press charges.

An excerpt to save me the typing:
# The primary laws governing email privacy are the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Stored Communications Act (SCA). These laws were originally designed to limit government intrusion in various forms of electronic communications. The bulk of the language in these pieces of legislation relate specifically to government. Despite this narrow scope, both laws have broadened to encompass invasions of privacy undertaken by private citizens and have stood the test of the courts in their application.
Enforcement
# Enforcing the ECPA and SCA is notoriously difficulty due to the nature of the privacy violation. However, technological advancements are making it easier and easier to track down beyond a reason of doubt people responsible for abusing the privacy of someone else's email. Moreover, absent proof of violating the EPCA or SCA, there are a number of other laws that are violated when one accesses someone else's email.

NOTES:
No matter the circumstances of an email hacking, accessing someone else's email is illegal. Even if you simply guess the password of a third-party's email address, that still constitutes a violation of the law. Hacking does not necessarily entail a highly technical invasion of privacy. As such, it is best to assume that any access of someone's email is a violation of the law and is prohibited.

One of the most high profile cases involved the hacking of 2008 Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email address. According to Wired Magazine's Kim Zetter, the hacker was likely to avoid charges of violating the ECPA and SCA but was still in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for accessing protected information without authorization.

 

and after you do what R3d says don't forget to call her a *** guzzling gutter ****

 

Yes, it's against the law but there's really nothing you can do short of changing your password and recovery questions. If she's really tech savvy, she might have put a keylogger on your computer but she doesn't really sound that smart.

 

Damn dude, sorry to hear it. whata bitch.

After my wife and i started having problems i changed every password i had. I may need to go a few steps further and change the recovery questions as well

 

this.

 

I'm sorry about not getting back to posting something here, but I went in and changed my email address info in the control panel of the forums settings and never got a automated reply until I changed it to something else otherthan my work email instead. And yesterday was a 12hr IT SLAVE work day from hell which didnt help matters and then to drive a hr home after putting in 12hrs here!

But myh wife and I spoke, but she had already been contacted by my-ex by that time, and whats so baffling is the crazy byotch is engaged to some poor bastard. I want to so badly find that poor guy and give him a heads up to what is going on...but of course I am sure that she has him so brain washed anyways.

My wife has asked me to drop things and just try to put it behind me and move on, and thats got to be one of the hardest things I can do right now being my personal space has been invaded, along with my invasion of privacy as well.

But we will see what evil web gets weaved is all I can say! I have a strong belief that what goes around, comes around...and she will get hers if not by me, she will have to answer to the one above and explain herself then of all her actions!

Thanks for all the support and comments!

 

1. Find that bitch.
2. Whip that ***.
3. Problem solved.



P.S. Sorry to be sarcastic. It was just all I could think of and I thought it was funny.

 

What she is doing is illegal as hell....just the same as reading your real mail. In fact, in the US, only your employer is allowed to read your emails (yes...it is completely legal...should not be, but it is).

I only know what you are telling us, but this is what I would do:

1 - Inform her that you know and that she is violating federal law.

2 - Tell her to not do it again.

3 - Change your account and move on.

Or, just change your account and move on.

No sense in giving her too much power over you.

 

Yeah I have changed my account, and plan on closing it out come the end of the week to make sure I have everything forwarded that I needed to the new account.

 

get over is....as much as it pisses you off, there is nothing that will come of it. get a new address, change your passwords and move on.

i don't if you have any kids with this woman, if you do i would bring it up in family court. you can get a retraining order, it it might help with some leverage in future court issues to show how crazy she is....

but this is really small, when you think of all the BS that ex wives can put you thru....

 

Yeah I have done a few of those things you mention, thank gawd we never had any kids, so thats not a issue.

I am sure it is rather small compared to some other issues that could be larger...

 

right on.....my little bro' is dealing with a divorce and child custody right now. His soon to be ex-wife got the kid taken by CPS, because the new boyfriend was beating her.

and the crazy bitch keeps calling his work for child support, even though the kid has been in a foster home for the last 4 months....

 

I am so thankful in another yr I will be done with paying for child support, its been a long road of hell for me thats for sure. I wish your brother much luck with that one and hope the child is in safe hands now and he is able to get the child of his own soon.

some people just wig out, and a divorce really will twist with your emotions that for sure. I dont think I ate so little while I was going through mine and moods and all that come with it.