The first indication that something was wrong was when I found myself unable to login to my account. My password was apparently incorrect suddenly.
I had my blog page on screen from the previous session but noticed to the top right of the screen, instead of my icon, just the log in sign. As I hit refresh on the page I suddenly saw all the posts on my blog not made by me but with my name as author to them. Every few minutes another was appearing.
The instant realization that someone had stolen my account and was now plastering their viral messages all over it hit me with a sickening blow.
I could not think what I had done to allow this to happen. How had my password been stolen to give someone access like this?
The post they were repeatedly reposting on my blog was the first clue of course. I realized it was a post I had briefly visited whilst cruising through the new posts section earlier that morning. Nonetheless at this point I still couldn't see how they had got me.
I set recovery in progress by going to the steemit menu - the three lines in the top right of the screen
