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DanaLove1
Explorer | Level 3
7 months ago

My Dropbox was hacked. All my files are gone. I tried to retrieve them but it says there no files de

My Dropbox was hacked somehow. Even with the security and passwords. However, that wouldn’t be a problem with a software engineer. This person has remained anonymous but has been into my phone more th...
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Mark
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7 months ago

If they were permanently deleted they are not recoverable. Unless you have another device which has not yet sync'd the deletion? Have you checked those - make sure they arent connected to the internet though when you boot up. 

 

In terms of how long this has been going on - did you not change your passwords etc.?

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