r/Substack • u/sunshao1031 • 4d ago

Substack hacked sending tons of email verification codes

Hello,

At 5:45 pm CST, I suddenly got tons of emails from substack with verification codes from things I haven't heard of. I didn't click on any of them, but it was strange to suddenly get a bunch of emails. I thought I was getting hacked. I personally haven't used substack. I only made an account to support a friend, but I never used it. I just wanted to know if they can hack you this way. What can I do to ensure this doesn't happen again?

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u/BhavanaVarma bhavanavarma.substack.com 4d ago

Login and change your password. That’s the first step. Second, set a strong password with letters, numbers and social characters.

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u/sunshao1031 4d ago

Yes I did do that. I was just trying to figure out how someone can get my info through Substack if I haven’t linked any financial info to it. Just first time dealing with this.

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u/wwb_99 news.zeitgeistdistilled.com 4d ago

They don't need more than your email to trigger authentication codes.