Message History,Multiple Devices and Hacking

I have a skype account in which I sign in only from my laptop and not any other device. I have selected not to keep history.
I have noticed that the following thing has happened two or three times over the past month: Previous messages randomly popped up while I was logged in from my laptop.
After a bit of google search, I saw that this can happen, if you log in from another device. However, I NEVER have logged from another device on this account.
Could this be that a hacker, who uses a device different from mine, logs on my account while I am logged on myself, and that's why old messages pop up? Or is it just a random skype bug?

See my answer to your other post: https://discussions.apple.com/message/19839969#19839969.

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