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saint:
Someone has been attempting to hack user accounts here today using an automated process with multiple IP addresses. Dozens of regular posters are being targeted. If your password isn't a good, secure, hard to randomly crack/guess password, you are strongly encouraged to change it to one that is.



UPDATE 02-18-2011

The password hacking attack does not appear to be related to any other issue at BYOAC. There is a mass-attack against SMF forums (and others, such as PHPboard) in general. More info here: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=421603.msg2949285#msg2949285. The attacks against BYOAC match this pattern exactly. I do not believe Driver-Man is related to this at all.

I am taking various measures against the attacks. There have not been any successful attacks that I am aware of anywhere. I now consider this a low threat level. Make sure you have a good, non-dictionary based password and beyond that I would not worry about it.

I will note if anything changes in this arena.

--- saint
yotsuya:
Man, I wish there was something we could do about it/him.
SavannahLion:
All it does is prove just how wrong the punk is. If he was right there would be no reason to act like an
---uvula---.
trevski:
ooh, I wonder.

Man, what a dips**t   ::)



Hoopz:

--- Quote from: trevski on February 16, 2011, 07:59:35 am ---
Man, what a dips**t   ::)





--- End quote ---
You can call him a dipshit or anything else.  The site has an auto censor.  I call him a ---P&R denizen--- amongst other things.
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