Comments added on my name, while I was not even logged in to Smartsheet
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There is a comment added on my smartsheet. Looks as if entered by me and it shows my name as the user and my name as the commenter. I checked the logs, and the comments.
There is no way I entered that message, and there is no way I logged into system at the time at which I was even sleeping.
How can this happen, what might have happened? Can someone impersonate my as user and add comments on my behalf?
Thanks,
Nazire
Answers
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One possible cause is that someone got access to your API token.😅
Then, the person can add comments as you.
https://smartsheet.redoc.ly/tag/comments#operation/comments-create
{
- "message": "SUCCESS",
- "resultCode": 0,
- "result": {
- "attachments": [],
- "createdAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
- "createdBy": {
- "email": "jane.doe@smartsheet.com", <-- If someone creates a comment with your token, this becomes you.
- "name": "Jane Doe"
- },
- "discussionId": 0,
- "id": 0,
- "modifiedAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
- "text": "string"
- }
}
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Hey @Nazire
Other than the API, if someone has your email and password they would be able to login as you and enter a comment.
Another potential explanation could be timezone set in your Account settings is different than your current timezone. This may show a different date/time in your sheets.
Let us know if any of this helped!
Cheers,
Genevieve
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