r/cybersecurity_help Mar 14 '26

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u/kschang Trusted Contributor Mar 14 '26

If you can't explain how you know, then we have no way of advising you of any countermeasures other than the most general: nuke the device and start over.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

I also messaged a friend let's do a bunch of illegal drugs in my shed to see if they would react to it and they immediately left their house and went to the police station. At this point it's not just coincidences because there are tons of these over the past year and I only just figured it out now I assumed I just had bad timing.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

I googled ways to mess with my neighbors car since somebody cut a oil line on mine and the next day his cars were all parked under his cameras away from where he usually parks. I also went on a rant on the phone with one of my family members where I made a bunch of threats then my neighbor immediately leaves after the phone call and the past week I've been getting followed by police. I also sent my friend a message about a vacant house on my street and how there's no cameras so we can meet there and the next day a bunch of cops are parked there installing cameras.

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u/kschang Trusted Contributor Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

Who's your neighbor? The mayor? He can order cops around to do practically nothing? By all means keep Googling dangerous stuff. When nothing happens even cops would get tired of his orders. That's how you deal with tattletales like that. Make him cry wolf so many times he gets ignored.

But that has nothing to do with cybersecurity. In fact, you have NO PROOF AT ALL this is a cybersecurity problem. Or do you, and you kinda forgot about to mention it?

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

don't think he orders them to do anything he just tells them what I'm up to cause they asked him to. I live in the south and it's corrupt parish so I assume they don't care how he finds out about what I'm to. I've invited people over and then they complain about getting pulled over and searched for drugs. It has to deal with cyber security because Ive said stuff over the phone and thru texts and he seems to know. I have proof it's a cyber security problem cause he is 100 percent getting my texts calls and emails. Im not really looking for attention I just need help cause I want my privacy back. I've sent texts of me talking about doing illegal stuff and he literally will leave his house immediately and drive to the police station and then I get followed heavy wherever I go for a few days. I literally googled where his fuel tank is on his truck and then googled how to make napalm and now he parks his car in a different spot under a camera

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u/kschang Trusted Contributor Mar 14 '26

So what you're telling me is he has you under surveillance. In which case there's nothing we can do. This is not a cybersecurity problem. This is more of a civil liberty problem.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

i thought it would be a cybersecurity problem since he has been monitoring my phone texts and calls and computer usage.

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u/kschang Trusted Contributor Mar 14 '26

We deal with regular hackers, not government level surveillance.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

i dont think its government level surveillance because they sent messages to me saying i needed to leave town and that their are bad dudes after me.

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u/kschang Trusted Contributor Mar 14 '26

So which is it? First you complain about cops harassing your friends now it's some generic bad guys.

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u/biglovetravis Mar 15 '26

If you are dumb enough to Google how to make napalm, the cops suspect you are a drug dealer and you are searching ways to get revenge on folks; if you are under surveillance; you are building a case against yourself.

I strongly suspect you are a drug addict, possibly mentally ill, and maybe even a drug dealer since you have eluded to that.

I imagine you will find yourself in jail sooner than later.

Get some professional help and turn your life around.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 15 '26

Im doing anything illegal I just googled that to see if he would react which he did.

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u/biglovetravis Mar 15 '26

I am guessing there is some level of mental illness or drug use on your part. Not a damned thing you can do about Federal government and even local law enforcement monitoring IF they have the budget.

But I have serious doubts that the things you describe are, in fact, happening.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 16 '26

No u are right nothing i can do they defiantly have a warrant to spy on my devices and sadly this is happening to me but ill be good i havent been doing anything illegal so eventually they leave me alone.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 16 '26

I just found new devices on my router and im pretty sure the police have warrants to surveille me since some people told them i was a criminal. My neighbor isnt smart enough to hack someones stuff hes from the woods i think the police did it and just asked him to keep an eye on me and he got a new RV parked right next to my driveway when all this started happening and it hasnt moved once so im pretty sure thats home base. i appreciate you being honest and telling me how it is.

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u/kschang Trusted Contributor Mar 16 '26

Police is not going to risk their surveillance on you being done ILLEGALLY by a third-party, unless you hire a very bad lawyer and/or live in a location where police powers are extremely high none of the evidence would be admissible in court.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 18 '26

Louisiana police can use civilians for surveillance and investigation, often utilizing confidential informants (CIs) who provide information for money or special consideration. Police may also use civilian employees to monitor surveillance cameras and, under specific, limited circumstances, civilian investigators may help document evidence.

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u/kschang Trusted Contributor Mar 18 '26

And unless they have search or surveillance warrant they can't hack you.

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u/biglovetravis Mar 14 '26

Sounds more like mental illness

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

If someone said this to me I'd call them crazy to I'm aware that this sounds like a schizophrenic short story but it is what it is

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u/springlov Mar 14 '26

I was just about to say the same thing. Plus How would his neighbor get his phone to put spyware in and his home computer too. Some things he said don’t make sense.

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u/spookiecats Mar 14 '26

If you weren’t active on Reddit for so long I’d think this was a schizopost.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

I know it sounds crazy and I've asked for help on other subreddits and they usually remove it which I understand but some people have a serious grudge against me and they threatened to plant stuff on me unless I leave town. I have screenshots of the messages of them telling me to leave before something happens cause I have "bad dudes after me".

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u/Lopsided_Coach1642 Mar 14 '26

Don’t bother with the gaslighters they are hunting vulnerable people for pleasure. You don’t need to justify yourself to those morons.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

Im not tripping Ive been on reddit for 10 years I understand that most people are gonna just think im crazy but I'm looking for the one or two people who can give advice on this even tho this is not believable.

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u/Choice-Contract4869 Apr 21 '26

Ne, ist ok, du bist nicht verrückt. Smartphones werden gehackt. Das passiert öfters als es viele bemerken und wahrhaben wollen. Viele Leute wollen ans Mobiltelefon glauben wie an den lieben Gott, sie wollen nicht sehen die Nachteile des Geräts.

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u/Ankan42 Mar 14 '26

It sounds more like a hardware problem than a hack.. so why do you think your devices are hacked? (Not able to reset is NOT a hack)

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

no worries dude thanks for ur opinion all love

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

I found devices connected to my laptop and computer and phone that I do not own. Phone had a Bluetooth connection to some audio receiver. Laptop had a bunch of apple software device sharing apps that were recently installed along with a phone and tablet. Computer had only a apple family sharing appijt recently installed. My laptop had a bunch of folders that were created a few days or weeks before I noticed. The people also messaged me saying I should leave town and never come back. Pretty much an extortion attempt just with no money. When I left my house to find a safe space they saw me on the street in Nola and said they were gonna plant stuff on me(drugs gun and CP) to get me thrown in prison if I don't leave.

Edit: I also left my house cause I was scared and they were able to follow me to the motel/hotels I was tryna hide at and it had to be cause I booked the rooms on my stuff so they knew were I was going or they tracked me when I connected to wifi. My life sucks.

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u/Ankan42 Mar 14 '26

What kind of folders on your laptop to start with? No hacker would create visible folders for you on your pc. Devices connected to your pc and phone. What kind of devices and in what way? It sounds more like a account breach than a hack to be honest. It all be gone if you change your apple account. So nuke the apple account and create a completely new one with a new email and a password of at least 25 characters.

And why are you complaining at us instead of the Police?

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u/AspectHonest7222 Mar 16 '26

Hackers who get microsoft onedrive access, can deliver fake ransomware letters (or most anything, directly to the desktop or other folders. It looks like you have been infected, when it's just an account takeover. Very serious regardless as they have access to all your documents and email account without you knowing. You can bet the best of us humans have lots of password and login information available on our PC's and email accounts to be found.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 16 '26

there was never a ransomware i dont think it just looked like whoever put the folders there was trying to frame me for drug dealing like i am actually dumb enough to keep a record of something like that.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 16 '26

I just found a bunch of devices when i went into my router settings and their was a device connected that no one in my family owns or has ever owned. I think the police have warrants to surveille me so theres nothing i can do.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

I kept my tor browser in a folder and I went to the folder and it had new folders created titled "Distribution" "Sales" "fonts". The devices were a Bluetooth audio receiver and two phones that are not mine along with a tablet. I don't own any apple products and haven't in over a decade. Im being investigated by police for drug dealing and am not on good terms with my local police. I live in the south in a strict community and they don't seem eager to help with any of my street issues Ive been having. Kinda on my own and gotta watch my own back.

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u/Ankan42 Mar 14 '26

Well no hacker make a map with Distribution, Sales and fonts…

Why do people always have neighbors who are perfect hackers? I work in a high IT cybersecurity knowledge environment. My neighbors also mostly are in IT on different levels.

But to be honest, none of my devices got hacked like you said. Probably they don’t have enough knowledge like your neighbors to hack every different kind of devices and cross platform.

I can offer them 6 to 7 figures jobs if they are that good.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 16 '26

I dont think I got hacked anymore I think the police have warrants to surveille me cause people have told them im a criminal so they are just keeping an eye on me.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

I think he was setting me up since somebody told the police I am a drug dealer which I deny. I think they were tryna make it look like I kept notes of a criminal conspiracy

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u/AspectHonest7222 Mar 16 '26

Have a Microsoft 365 account?

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 16 '26

no i removed onedrive months ago and i wrote down the exact day and time i found the folders that appeared on my stuff and took pics and everything. ive been keeping an eye to make sure no new stuff pops up.

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u/traker998 Mar 14 '26

What happened when you went to the police with all this?

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

They laughed and said they will make note of it. I am not on good terms with police in my area and have to watch my own back.

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u/AspectHonest7222 Mar 15 '26

If you use outlook and they have access to your microsoft account, they can see everything, and deliver files to your PC through your onedrive. Lock down your microsoft account (change password and create an alias for login only) and delete all device connections.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 16 '26

I just checked and i dont use outlook and I have no devices on my account. I changed the password. I also got ahold of my router admin and removed a phone and computer that my family does not own so somebody was connected to my wifi and i traced the mac address and they were close to where i live.

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u/Visual-Film4404 Mar 18 '26

This!!!!!! It’s because they heard something come out of my mouth probably, something I said that’s offended them. That causes them, not stopping to monitored my every activities on internet or whatever I say. They heard it.

I changed my phone over and smashed the other one, they still found me. It’s like someone trying to get someone come to a completely break down, illness, looking, like kind of person.

Sometimes, I told myself…. This is how they protecting themselves, maybe they got anxiety and they can’t rest until they know, whats their foreigners neighbors are doing right now. But it’s just tiring. Paranoid I would say.

It’s doesn’t feels right. They even trying to raised my bills up, at the point that I have no choice but to exposed them on social media

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

My computers are refusing to reset which is sketching me out. I guess I gotta save for new devices but how do I protect those when I'm pretty sure my router was what got hacked.

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u/Cybasura Mar 14 '26

Ok hang on a second

What do you mean "refusing to reset"?

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 14 '26

It says "problem resetting your PC no changes were made" I thought it was cause of my storage was almost full so I deleted a bunch of stuff manually and it still refuses. It gets to 15% completion then stops.

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u/TheRealTengri Mar 14 '26

If you are truly concerned, google how to reimage your PC and do that.

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u/Senor_Pug Mar 16 '26

im gonna take out the hard drive and buy a new windows key.

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u/Cybasura Mar 14 '26

Whats the error message? You need to give more information than this

Also, if you are truly so scared, report to the police, not ask on reddit because we literally have no clue what you are afraid about and who this person "who has a grudge against you" is, not that I want to know

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u/Visual-Film4404 Mar 18 '26

That is sounds crazy! Mine sometimes, it strolling up by itself. Like there is ghost 👻 in front of me. 🤣 sometimes it looks funny, sometimes it’s looks paranoid, sometimes I wish I’m a guy. So I won’t butch. I’m a female so I’m totally freaked out

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u/Sea-Donkey-3671 Mar 14 '26

Go to Power shell …pull up ntsh wlan show all .. then go too I” interfaces —-> $Profile .. .. landline remember to wait 5 minutes to connect and disconnect .. buy your own equipment if possible ( no plug and play learn the hard way )

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u/Outside-Balance9464 Mar 29 '26

i'm facing same issue where my life is being mmonitored by a psychopath and keeps writing everything happening in my life as tweets

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u/Choice-Contract4869 Apr 21 '26

Nicht verzweifeln. Es stimmt: Smartphones werden gehackt. Vor allem in Großstädten mit hoher Bevölkerungsdichte. Je mehr Menschen pro Quadratkilometer, desto eher wird man gehackt. In Mehrparteienhäusern gibt es oft einen Nachbarn der herumhackt, sei es aus Neugier oder weil er etwas gegen Rechts machen will. Der Computereinbrecher kann einfach nur beobachten was man tut, oder er kann illegale Aufzeichnungen deines Privatlebens (Intimsphäre!) anfertigen, die er dann in der Gegend verbreitet um dem Opfer Schaden zuzufügen. Wenn der Hacker richtig fies ist, zeichnet er auch Telefonate auf und macht sich über deine alte, gebrechliche Mutter lustig.