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18 Sep 2013 | #1 |
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Somebody has tried to access my account on another forum
Hi there you security Guru types!
I have received notice that a rarely used account on another forum has been locked due to 5 failed attempts to login using my details. Is this something I should be concerned about? I have the offenders IP address and thus is there anything I could be doing with these details? As you can see, I would never make it onto a hacking team but am I being worried for no reason? Thank you in advance. Andy |
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18 Sep 2013 | #2 |
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I don't think I have had this problem or am I a security expert.
If it was me I would get in contact with the administrators of the Forum in question. Give them what information you have about this hack attempt. If anybody else has use of your computer I would be asking some questions. I would also change my password on the Forum in question. |
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18 Sep 2013 | #3 |
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I think that everything worked the way it was supposed to, and I agree that you should change your password on a regular basis. Change it now, just to be sure that they weren't successful on that sixth attempt, but otherwise, I think the forum did what was supposed to happen when an errant login attempt was made.
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18 Sep 2013 | #4 |
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Absolutely change your password to that account, using another computer ... don't use the computer you created the account on.
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19 Sep 2013 | #5 |
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Thanks for the advice, it is much appreciated.
Andy |
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19 Sep 2013 | #6 |
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Jacee has a very good point; as always.
Your computer could be infected and reading new passwords as fast as they are created. |
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