Original Post
Password expirations and compromised accounts
Hello,
Users are now required to change their passwords every 365 days (I believe the technical term for this is a "year"). This is for your own protection; good account security involves regularly changing your password. If you receive a notice that your password has expired, please change it to something new.
On a related note, if you received a notice saying your account was logged into from Germany and you got banned, your account was compromised and banned for its own security (The related breach has since been neutralized). Please follow the instructions and contact [email protected] to recover your account (And again, please change to a different password). See this thread for additional information.
Thanks,
The Management
ADDENDUM:
Chozo says,
Any further posts that appear to be flaunting how they have shit password security and how they're awesome for not getting hacked even with such idiotic practices will get their accounts suspended because there's a high probability that your accounts will end up getting hacked and generate extra work for us anyways.
Seriously, it's not a positive thing to be retarded at keeping your account safe.
ADDENDUM:
suomynona says,
Read the entire thread before posting.
I will ban anyone who obviously didn't. Thank you.
Users are now required to change their passwords every 365 days (I believe the technical term for this is a "year"). This is for your own protection; good account security involves regularly changing your password. If you receive a notice that your password has expired, please change it to something new.
On a related note, if you received a notice saying your account was logged into from Germany and you got banned, your account was compromised and banned for its own security (The related breach has since been neutralized). Please follow the instructions and contact [email protected] to recover your account (And again, please change to a different password). See this thread for additional information.
Thanks,
The Management
ADDENDUM:
Chozo says,
Any further posts that appear to be flaunting how they have shit password security and how they're awesome for not getting hacked even with such idiotic practices will get their accounts suspended because there's a high probability that your accounts will end up getting hacked and generate extra work for us anyways.
Seriously, it's not a positive thing to be retarded at keeping your account safe.
ADDENDUM:
suomynona says,
Read the entire thread before posting.
I will ban anyone who obviously didn't. Thank you.
Last edited by suomynona; Jul 30, 2011 at 06:25 PM.
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Originally Posted by suomynona
Request denied. Now you get a new one.
Fucking upgrade.
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How are the passwords getting hacked? Are the toribash forums, somehow getting compromised and passwords being given out for free, or is it the more likely idiots are signing into phishing scams?
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Originally Posted by isaac
How are the passwords getting hacked? Are the toribash forums, somehow getting compromised and passwords being given out for free, or is it the more likely idiots are signing into phishing scams?
Exactly, No one's getting hacked.
All hail the staff and the good job they do keeping us safe.
The staff can't release information about this but I'd guess that it is someone who managed to hack it (there are ways if you try hard enough) or it was people being caught by the login_tb.dat or general phishing.
Originally Posted by isaac
How are the passwords getting hacked? Are the toribash forums, somehow getting compromised and passwords being given out for free, or is it the more likely idiots are signing into phishing scams?
The staff can't release information about this but I'd guess that it is someone who managed to hack it (there are ways if you try hard enough) or it was people being caught by the login_tb.dat or general phishing.
