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Old 01-06-2021, 04:36 PM
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sheeny (Al)
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Hacking Threat

Just a heads up guys.


We recently had a member's account hacked, and the hackers then began spamming from that account. The member hasn't been active for a while, and we weren't able to contact him to change his password before we had to delete the account to stop the hackers from spamming.


I, myself, have just received notification from google security that I had a password breach. On investigation, I found it was my IIS password, so I've now changed my IIS password.


Please be aware, that it appears hackers are attacking the site trying to find a way in. It's not an issue if you have a secure password, but if you have a simple password it might be worth changing it to something harder to crack.


Please keep an eye out for any unusual activity, and spam posts, and report them ASAP.


Al.
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