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Yeah, I'm seeing an empty space with a small red cross next to the, ''IMPORTANT - Your Password has been compromised. You need to act.'' message at the top. Looks similar to other websites where theres a broken link to an image
It will synchronise your passwords across whatever computers you might use, and allows you to create and save long, random passwords to use for every site. And because it saves them automatically, you need never forget them!
Just seen the email address I used to sign up to TSR The hackers can take that email address if they want because it has absolutely nothing useful. I use different email addresses for unimportant websites
"IMPORTANT - Your Password has been compromised. You need to act. Unfortunately it has come to our attention that TSR has been compromised in a similar way to the recently publicised Linked In attack. At a minimum, username, hashed password and email addresses have been taken. Although the passwords were hashed/salted, they were unfortunately not secured to a level which would prevent them being cracked with modern approaches. You therefore need to act as if your actual password has been compromised. We therefore recommend that everyone changes their password immediately not only on TSR, but anywhere else they have used the same password. We will be reviewing our security measures over the coming days and communicating in a range of ways with all members to ensure that everyone receives this message. We are really sorry for the nuisance that this will cause."
All I got was this to change my password.
But seriously, what would a bunch people want to do with our user accounts.....seriously
They are either very dumb "hackers" or the trolls are back for revenge
I'd say it's more so they can get a hold of peoples' email addresses along with their password for this site, since a lot of people use the same password for multiple things: Facebook, email, Twitter etc...
Edit: Just realised that I pretty much echoed what people were saying earlier in the thread; apologies! I really need to read these things in their entirety before contributing...
But that article doesn't explain the vulnerability here, it discusses the problem with storing passwords in the way that TSR does. The whole article could probably be reduced to "Use bcrypt" anyway.
Just seen the email address I used to sign up to TSR The hackers can take that email address if they want because it has absolutely nothing useful. I use different email addresses for unimportant websites
Changed my TSR password. Changed my e-mail password. Installed noscript. Ran a virus scan. Turned off laptop. Turned off router. Fled the country. Renounced citizenship. Joined a monastery.
Guess I had the last laugh--shows you, hackers.
Yeah I changed my e-mail address as well. I changed it to a random one I set up to give to strangers on omegle use for internet forums and messageboards.
Just seen the email address I used to sign up to TSR The hackers can take that email address if they want because it has absolutely nothing useful. I use different email addresses for unimportant websites
I'd say it's more so they can get a hold of peoples' email addresses along with their password for this site, since a lot of people use the same password for multiple things: Facebook, email, Twitter etc...
I use different passwords and emails..........but even then what would you do apart from spamming
A huge percentage of people use their same account details for their email and forums such as TSR. Given access to someone's email account it's usually quite possible to find most of their other passwords, and quite likely access their Paypal / other bank details, or give a wealth of information that would allow the hacker to steal your identity.
I changed my password and email (probably too late anyways, did it out of fear).
I use a different password for everything so JOKES ON THEM, HA!
Also, when can we expect the prompt to enter our username and password unencrypted to disappear? I sense this is another hacker plot to steal more useless info from me...
I changed my password and email (probably too late anyways, did it out of fear).
I use a different password for everything so JOKES ON THEM, HA!
Also, when can we expect the prompt to enter our username and password unencrypted to disappear? I sense this is another hacker plot to steal more useless info from me...