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Has anyone had a problem with hackers through the rover app?

i received a request last week for Dog walking for 7 days through the app from a Sara T who wanted me to reply to her email address, i responded through the app and stated i do not contact outside of Rover, i did not get a response after that but her request still managed to show up on my app calendar as a U booking that is synched to my home computer and both are apple products...i was hacked , my Apple id and password changed , i spent 2 days with apple support to correct the chaos this caused me...final word from Apple...its the app , linked through Facebook....i contacted Rover last week shared all my info I was told as soon as they pulled up her account it looked suspicious she had contacted others . Rover then blocked her account, i did not communicate outside the rover app but i was still hacked...cost me time , unneeded stress , my Rover app would not let me delete her off my calendar , rover seemed confused and clueless about how this happened , it took a few hours for them to sort it out...took App off my phone as a result

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On the Rover Facebook groups, several sitters have posted they have recently received SCAM booking requests with the same info as you reported, but none indicated their account was hacked?? Sorry for your problem, but it shows how easy it is for hackers to get into a system.

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Doesn't seem like a hack, its just a bug in the way the Rover system works. When you get a booking request and its not archived it will show in your calendar as [U] (unbooked). Sounds like Rover deleted/hid the request when they deactivated the senders profile but it's still a ghost in the system since it was never archived.