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    Default Site breach of e mail addresses and paswords.

    Flagged up this afternoon that the site had been hacked and passwords/mail addresses stolen. changed mine suggest you might want to do the same chaps


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    Done.
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    Where was this flag?

    I changed my password, just in case.
    Mike
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    Quote Originally Posted by tikkifriend View Post
    Flagged up this afternoon that the site had been hacked and passwords/mail addresses stolen. changed mine suggest you might want to do the same chaps
    How do you know that, Paul?
    I remember it happened once in the past...
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    For the hard of thinking, how does one change passwords again?
    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

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    Click Settings at the top right. Look for "Edit email and password" in the left sidebar.
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    Thanks for the heads up; where'd you see the notice?

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    Quote Originally Posted by driph View Post
    Thanks for the heads up; where'd you see the notice?
    Probably an identity-theft alert from Lifelock or similar; I get similar from my bank occasionally.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Diamondback View Post
    Click Settings at the top right. Look for "Edit email and password" in the left sidebar.
    Many thanks, DB.
    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

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    Thanks Paul. Changed mine just in case!

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    Thanks for the heads up Paul. Another new password to remember.

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    Likewise mine done, better safe than sorry, although I might not think that tomorrow when I try to log in and can’t remember what I changed my password to ...

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    Eh, getting close to the time I should change passwords anyway. Done.

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    Thank you for the warning, Paul. I have changed my password.

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    ****! i cant keep up with passwords as it is. oh well.

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    Job done. Thanks Paul. Did you let Keith Know?
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Paul, how/who notified you that the site had been breached? I've seen no indications that he site was hacked and none of the site security programs on the servers have detected anything. If it was an email you received, take a very close look at it to make sure it is from a source you trust. This sounds to me more like a phishing attempt against you.

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    Thanks for the reassurance Keith, but does serve as a timely reminder for us to stay cyber safe and keep our passwords updated. I am only delighted I remembered what I changed mine to, lol

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    Yes, changing them on a regular basis is a good thing. Using a pass phrase that is long but easy to remember is really good as well. Something like "MvRflewARedF0kker!" That one is 18 characters, uses upper, lower, numbers, and special characters. It is super strong and super easy to remember. You can actually take that a step further and use it as the base for all of your internet passwords. Just add the site's initials to the end of it. So for this site it could be "MvRflewARedF0kker!WGA" for the Sails site it would be "MvRflewARedF0kker!SGA". That way if you ever forget what password you used for a site, all you have to do is look at the name of the site and there you have it.

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    Thank you for checking, Keith. I am relieved that you found no sign of a breach.

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    Hopefully the site does not store actual passwords but the salted hashes of passwords, which makes it a lot harder to abuse even if the list is compromised.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oberst Hajj View Post
    ..."MvRflewARedF0kker!"...
    I hope you will tell is how many passwords changed to this in one month

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    Just to clarify Avast sent me a heads up that my password for Wings had been compromised So as Kieth said it may not have shown on his system.
    Still its always good to be alert,esp when your counntry needs them.

    As a ps changing my password cocked up my ability to log on for several days, computer kept saying
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOdjCb4LwQY


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    Coming down is the hardest thing

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    Quote Originally Posted by tikkifriend View Post
    Just to clarify Avast sent me a heads up that my password for Wings had been compromised So as Kieth said it may not have shown on his system.
    Still its always good to be alert,esp when your counntry needs them.

    As a ps changing my password cocked up my ability to log on for several days, computer kept saying
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOdjCb4LwQY


    yeah i had the same problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tikkifriend View Post
    Just to clarify Avast sent me a heads up that my password for Wings had been compromised So as Kieth said it may not have shown on his system.
    Still its always good to be alert,esp when your counntry needs them.

    As a ps changing my password cocked up my ability to log on for several days, computer kept saying
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOdjCb4LwQY

    Thanks for the additional info. As Avast runs on your local computer and does not tie into the site, the compromise had to be local to you. Make sure you take steps to clean up and protect your self beyond just changing the password for this site.

    If you (the royal/plural you) use the same password on other sites, it is possible that the compromise was on one of those other sites and Avast knows you use the same PW on here. Always use different passwords for different sites.

    As to the sites causing you grief for changing your password, that should not be happening. If you change your email address, it is possible because it can put you in the Awaiting Email Verification usergroup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ReducedAirFact View Post
    Hopefully the site does not store actual passwords but the salted hashes of passwords, which makes it a lot harder to abuse even if the list is compromised.
    The database does not store plain text passwords.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dan-Sam View Post
    I hope you will tell is how many passwords changed to this in one month
    Why, everyone one of them! LOL



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