Reporting hacker IPs

[SamHughe]

My steam account and yahoo e-mail account haven been hijacked couple of days ago. Gotta admit I deserved it using the same password for the both accounts. Big, stupid mistake, I know.:shakes: .

Anyway I got both of the accounts back no problem (couple of e-mails and phone calls). I was expecting much worse.

So I checked my yahoo account and found two emails sent to steam and yahoo in order to change the passwords and from them I was able to get the hacker's IP address.

What's the steps from now? How can I effectively report this IP? What kind of outcome I should expect?

Any input will greatly be appreciated.

[G H Z]

First step is alerting your ISP, unfortunately in most cases whoever that is won't take any action. The IP you have may be a dead end anyway, if the person on the other end knew what they we're doing, it's a spoofed or proxied address.

[SamHughe]

I found their ISP and reported the incident there. Yes it's a long shot but even if they ban these IPs and give teh hackers a slight annoyance, it's better than nothing. I wish there was a step by step guide on how to pinpoint IPs and report abuse cases.

[rogard]

The IPs people often retieve are often not of the "hacker" but of a proxied machine.
Your response should depend on the crime.
More often than not an email should go to abuse@isp.com
Even if the machine is proxying the isp will fire of a warning email/letter and if the machine keeps misbehaving they will disconnect it.

If you or a company have suffered a financial loss then you should report it to your local law enforcement who will give you a crime reference number for insurance purposes and they will most probably pass it on.

Keep in mind though that most special branches are so over streached at the moment a crime of this nature will probably never be solved.