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Old 08-21-2009, 04:17 AM
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My account was hacked

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?
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Old 08-21-2009, 05:59 AM
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change your password to a letter and number combination
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Old 08-21-2009, 06:19 AM
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Why would someone do that? I mean what is the benefit.

You probably did forget the password.
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Old 08-21-2009, 09:31 AM
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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,,,,
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Old 08-21-2009, 10:35 PM
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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...
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Old 08-21-2009, 10:47 PM
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Ok I admit it --it was me!!!
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Old 08-21-2009, 11:32 PM
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No it was me, It was easy,-- his password is "boat"
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Old 08-22-2009, 12:26 AM
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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
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Old 08-22-2009, 01:00 AM
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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.......
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Old 08-22-2009, 03:07 AM
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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).
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Old 08-22-2009, 03:09 AM
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Thanks Jeff - a very booring day this side....
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Old 10-25-2009, 06:17 PM
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What? We can't use boat as a password any more?
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Old 10-25-2009, 06:27 PM
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Just do not log out
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