Hello,
my ex bosses cousin has a degree in computer networking and cybersecurity. I have reason to believe he got access to my MAC and as I had my passwords on my work computer he had my password. How much harm can he do if I change my passwords? My ex boss was a creep and had already admin rights to my work computer.
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Could he have put any malware on it.
Yes.
I believe you are laboring under a number of misconceptions. If you have reason to believe your Mac was physically accessed and used by someone with malicious intent, the only correct way to recover from that intrusion is to completely erase the Mac.
Erase your Mac and reset it to factory settings - Apple Support
Follow those instructions. Change all passwords you may have been using with that Mac. You should also assume the criminal (so emphasized because unauthorized use of a computer is considered a criminal act in most jurisdictions) committed other nefarious acts such as modifying your network equipment, assuming it was also within physical reach of such tampering. Installing monitoring devices i.e. "bugs" or covert listening or viewing equipment is also not out of the question for someone you characterized as a "creep" skilled in such matters.
Installing non-Apple "anti-virus" garbage and putting the firewall back on are utterly ineffective and meaningless gestures that will accomplish exactly nothing and / or increase your Mac's exposure to threats.
MariaGF25 wrote:
So as a female reporting to the police towards a charming higher manager. It will just fall on deaf ears or I will be labelled as crazy. All I can do is clear my computer.
I have to assume from this quote that you are somewhere other than North America, the UK, Australia and similar jurisdictions? Unfortunately I can't even make suggestions that would account for local cultural biases like that .
Yes I was not expecting this to happen. We had the back door open for our dog. Just checking if someone can download software on a MAC as malware.
So.... not really great watch dogs? ;-)
No a small little friendly dog.
FYI: There is no such thing as unauthorized access by your employer to anything on a computer that is owned by your employer. They own it and everything on it.
How can I tell if my Mac has been hacked?
