My account was hacked

[pavel915]

today somebody has hacked my boatdesign account and chaned my password. I am really afraid of loosing my account. I regained the password by "forgot my password " option, and a new password was given to me.

Can any one of you suggest me how can i resist this kind of hacking?

[fasteddy106]

change your password to a letter and number combination

[Frosty]

Why would someone do that? I mean what is the benefit.

You probably did forget the password.

[pavel915]

no i didnt forget the password. There are many sick people who get some fake pleasure doing that,,,,
i draw the attention of the admin of the site for this kind of problems,,,,

[masalai]

Ahhhhh, the famous Mr Al-Amin Pavel, the multi billionaire? user of the free tokelau domain... - who would be bothered, refrain from over-dramatising a free subscription website, and ensure your own system is secure - do not use microsoft...

[Frosty]

Ok I admit it --it was me!!!

[Frosty]

No it was me, It was easy,-- his password is "boat"

[rasorinc]

Frosty, when I told you how easy that could be done to anyones password, I never expected you would use it. Montiring is OK changing is not. If others do it I'll tell the moniter how to prevent it. Stan

[masalai]

Mob of "fibs"? I think it was changed because he was banned? is he the one with that super boat fin thing? or am I mistaken? again.......

[Jeff]

Please make sure your passwords are not too easy. The 5-try timeout should help prevent brute forcing, but passwords should be reasonably secure in length, alphanumeric, etc.

Also please make sure there are no keyloggers on your local machine(s).

[masalai]

Thanks Jeff - a very booring day this side....

[gonzo]

What? We can't use boat as a password any more?

[masalai]

Just do not log out:D:D:D