Has Your Email Been Hacked? Warning Signs and How to Get Your Account Back

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About Course

Friends say they have had strange emails from you, or you suddenly cannot log in. It may mean someone else has got into your email account. This course explains the warning signs, the step-by-step recovery plan from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and how to stop it happening again.

This course gives general guidance on online security. Each email provider’s menus are different; use your provider’s official help pages for exact steps.

© 2026 Tutwoo UK Limited. This course was created in-house by Tutwoo and is our original work. It is for your own learning only: please do not copy, share, record or resell it.

What Will You Learn?

  • Recognise the signs that an email or other online account has been hacked
  • Follow the NCSC’s step-by-step plan to recover a hacked account
  • Check for hidden forwarding rules and log out unknown devices
  • Protect your account for the future with a strong password and two-step verification

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Why email matters and the warning signs
  • Getting your account back: the NCSC plan
  • Keeping your email safe in future

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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