My Account got hacked!!!!!! Please be super cautious!!!

[Escmanaze]

Hi Guys,
I haven't been on the forum for about a month. I just logged in again to find tons of DMs of my account out there scamming people. It looks like he may have actually gotten one of the guys. I have now changed my password to a ridiculously hard password.

@christopher please let me/us know if there is anything else we ought to be doing to protect ourselves.

thanks and sorry

 

[christopher]

Hi Guys,
I haven't been on the forum for about a month. I just logged in again to find tons of DMs of my account out there scamming people. It looks like he may have actually gotten one of the guys. I have now changed my password to a ridiculously hard password.

@christopher please let me/us know if there is anything else we ought to be doing to protect ourselves.

thanks and sorry

I think regular use of the account and a SOLID password are pretty much your only real protections.
I suppose I could look into TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, but most people would HATE being forced through that every time they log in.

 

[kanedog]

And What did we learn here?-ya better attend snowest forum more often! Haha

 

[Trashy]

Schooled with Kanedog is in session, pay attention all you kids at home!!!!

 

[christopher]

And What did we learn here?-ya better attend snowest forum more often! Haha

that was exactly what I told him.
Best thing you can do is to LOG IN on a regular basis.

 

[couch]

I looked at one of the ads but felt something was off .... getting harder to trust people online...too many scams...

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[Escmanaze]

Yes indeed, 2 factor authentication would be the worst.

For what it's worth, also, he pretty much did all his damage in one night. So even a "regular" login of every few days would likely have proved insufficient here.

 

[Escmanaze]

also, for what it is worth, the guys who asked him for a phone number so they could talk over the phone and stuff got him to quickly give up. Even that isn't fool-proof of course in our modern days of easily obtainable google virtual numbers. Nevertheless, it is what worked for them in this particular instance.

 

[christopher]

Yes indeed, 2 factor authentication would be the worst.

For what it's worth, also, he pretty much did all his damage in one night. So even a "regular" login of every few days would likely have proved insufficient here.

Trying to see if there is a way to allow it to be OPT-IN.