Answered Account name hacked?

corocoro

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• Oct 16, 2017

• #2

I have changed your username back. Make sure to change your passwords here and elsewhere as there are two high profile hacks you could've fallen victim to.

 

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #3

corocoro said:

I have changed your username back. Make sure to change your passwords here and elsewhere as there are two high profile hacks you could've fallen victim to.

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Thanks! I changed my password as soon as I noticed, and is there a way to prevent this sort of thing from happening again?

 

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Checkmate

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #4

Don't use the same password on two site at once.

 

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corocoro

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• Oct 17, 2017

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Also, find a better email provider.

 

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• Oct 21, 2017

• #6

get yourself a password generator and use at least a 12 character password that uses upper/lower case numbers and symbols

hope you guys don't mind me posting my tip since i'm not an admin but thought my idea was relevant

 

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Ignis

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• Oct 21, 2017

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Nope, not at all. While password strength may be a bit irrelevant in this case as there was a high-profile leak that could potentially allow attackers to gain unencrypted passwords—no bruteforcing necessary—using a password manager and generator is always a good suggestion that we also find ourselves recommending it over and over again. I personally like LastPass and KeePass, but there are others, too.

 

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