If a hacker were to take possession of our Google account we should not despair, there are simple actions that allow us to recover the profile
It may happen sometimes to lose your password for access to your Google account. Recovering the password is a very useful action especially in case some malicious person or some hacker has stolen our profile.
First of all, let’s specify that changing the password on Google is an operation that should be done consistently, regardless of viruses or scams in place on our account. Changing regularly the credentials is in fact one of the best ways to increase the computer security of our profiles on the Net. Moreover, changing or recovering the password on Google does not involve any change in the use of the service. We will not lose, in fact, any data and any message on Google services that we use. Like Gmail, Chrome, Google Plus and so on. To recover and change the password is important to remember that we will need to have an active Google account.
If a hacker as a result of identity theft had blocked our Google profile then we will have to contact the technical support of the Mountain View company directly.
How to recover your Google account
To restore our account the first thing to do is take a smartphone, either Android or iPhone is fine, and go to the security page of our account. Here we check that the site has the security protocol HTTPS (represented by the green padlock icon next to the URL), and therefore protected by encryption. On this page we scroll down to Account Recovery Options. Here we check that all settings are OK. It’s not a problem if the password has been changed or we don’t remember it because Google uses different recognition systems to let us access the profile. At this point we have to enter the various Google services we use, such as Gmail or Google Photos, analyze all the open sessions and then we have to close them. Once we are out of all open sessions we also close the web browser.
Revoke Access
Do this we return to the security page of our account and in the item Revoke Access we remove the ability to enter our account to all devices that are not ours. So let’s just leave our smartphone, our computer and possibly our tablet. At this point we are one step away from securing our Google account. Before finishing, however, we must return to the Google page on the security of our account and under the section Password (located in the part called as Google Login) we must change all passwords used in our Google services and that of our Google account. It is true, it is a hassle, but it is the only way to prevent the hacker who stole our account from accessing our profile again. During this phase, we also recommend enabling two-factor authentication. The option is located exactly under the Password heading in the Google Myaccount page. In order to do so, just provide a phone number and follow the wizard.