I was hacked by Somalians a few weeks ago (at least they appear to have made calls to Mogadishu). They ran up GBP400 on my account overnight (even though my top-up limit was set at GBP85 a month).
As soon as I woke up I saw the changed email notification, and Skype restored control of my account to me pretty quickly, but said as with other people here, that I would have to ask my bank to deal with any refund which I am still wrangling with the bank about.
My password was non-guessable, and I am super-aware of phishing emails and other scams. Since no other services I subscribe to were compromised, and since loads of other people seem to have suffered the same fate, I am confident it is a weakness in Skype's security, not mine.
When I pressed Skype on how someone could do GBP400 when the 3 calls made from my account showed 0.00 minutes and $0.00 cost, they said it had been done through my Business Control Panel, but I have no idea how, and they wont restore access to me there, so I can't find out.
I am also restricted from recharging my account, which is getting seriously low (and I rely on the account and the skype phone number for my business), and no-one at Skype is answering any of my emails requesting that I might add credit.
Seriously frustrating and awful service. Skype are officially rubbish.
Desperately looking for alternative VOIP provider
But seriously, my account was hacked and the thieves made several calls to Egyptian and Indonisian mobiles all on 2nd Dec. between 13:05 & 13:28 (don't know who's time zone though, GMT I suppose). I have a new install of Linux Mint 11 on my system so it is unlikely that my machine has any malware on it, I am also aware of phishing emails and scam 'phone calls, though I've received none from 'Skype'. Is it possible that the Skype servers or user accounts database has been hacked? We ought to be told!
