What does it mean when your account has been compromised?

does this mean it was hacked or sumthing? Thanks

When I went to open up my email today, it said my email account had been compromised. Does that mean that someone hacked into my email or is there another problem?

I have a yahoo account that apparently got a worm or something. I dont know how because I have not opened any suspicious emails or clicked any links. I go on this email account daily and check my emails, but since it is the one I give out to everyone...

My "throw-away" password is in the list of those compromised by the Adobe hack. It's a common dictionary word that I use for sites that I really don't care about security on: things that I don't even understand why they should be password protected...

So yesterday around 2PM while I was skipping school and shopping, someone used my email account to spam my friends, they sent messages about APPLE giving out free macbooks or something with a link to a website call YAHOOINKD.COM or something like that...

That's what they say to me when open my account and don't know what the hell they mean "Suspicious activity has been detected on your Facebook account and it has been temporarily suspended as a security precaution. It is likely that your account...

Hello! I received a letter today from my bacnk saying, "some credit card information on your credit card account may have been compromised at an undisclosed third-party location." What does this mean? Even though the card is in my possession...

The reason I ask is that my bank account was compromised via an electronic check. The name on the address heading was my first name, but a different last name. The address listed was an address I have never lived at. Where you would normally sign a check...