Upwork is logging me into someone else's account

[anthony4916]

Twice in a row, I entered my normal  login and password and I was logged into another individual's account. I went ahead and changed my password and after I did, the problem stopped.

I am about to send a support request to Upwork but my past experience is that they take about three days to reply so I would like to post here to find out if anyone has had similar issues or any additional advice.

Thank you

[PradeepH]

Hello Anthony,

Thank you for your message. Could you send us a screenshot of the page that you see after you login to your Upwork account and go to this page? You can share the screenshot via a private message by clicking on my name next to this post. 

Thank you.

Pradeep

[anthony4916]

Thank you for your reply. I have just sent you the requested screenshot

[a_lipsey]

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Anthony S wrote:

Twice in a row, I entered my normal  login and password and I was logged into another individual's account. I went ahead and changed my password and after I did, the problem stopped.

I am about to send a support request to Upwork but my past experience is that they take about three days to reply so I would like to post here to find out if anyone has had similar issues or any additional advice.

Thank you

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Well, that's not concerning at all. 

I hope Upwork will come back and explain what was happening and notify and of us that had our personal information breached in this. 

[anthony4916]

To be fair, is it possible that this user has a very similar login and password to myself---maybe the difference being a single character---and I mistyped.  My hope is that Upwork will advise them to edit their password as I have

[petra_r]

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Anthony S wrote:

To be fair, is it possible that this user has a very similar login and password to myself---maybe the difference being a single character---and I mistyped.  

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You think you may have mistyped both your login and your password twice in a row with the exact same typo that just happened to be exactly the same as someone else's login and password?

[anthony4916]

Not likely, I agree but sometimes I've caught myself---not so much with passwords---but entering a different username. It's like a type of dyslexia where I'll transpose my username slightly and then re-enter it more than once.

Something like my username being "JohnSmith1234" and entering "JonSmith1234"

...So if that were indeed the scenario, the user would  have the same password and a slightly different user name.  Again, unlikely but possible.