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I would say RATs or keyloggers of some sort. A person tried to get a hold of my account through that.
While the Heartbleed OpenSSL exploit existed, weren't passwords compromised? We were told to change passwords. I imagine a lot of the less active or inactive people did not bother.
I believe we were told to change our passwords as a precaution. I don't necessarily think sensitive user info was compromised to be honest.
While the Heartbleed OpenSSL exploit existed, weren't passwords compromised? We were told to change passwords. I imagine a lot of the less active or inactive people did not bother.
It seems to usually be people with very weak secret questions/answers. Like "What kind of pet do you have?", which has only very few possible answers.
Since it appears to be mainly end user error, people should be glad there is a mechanism in the first place to recover accounts.
It's almost as if I am seeing people claim it is just to darn difficult to read any one of the 20+ instructional threads on PGP Bitcoin Signatures or too lazy to Google it.
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Wouldn't it just be smartest to include a PGP signed thread, like mine? https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/devthedevs-reputation-thread-340642
Guys I've been trying to let people know all day, including alerting the admins here, Honorcoin is the culprit. They send people to their website to register for 'free' coins and as part of the registration process they ask for the Bitcointalk forum name, a password and an email address.
Honorcoin? The irony. I'll never understand why people clamour for all these free yet always worthless crapcoins, especially when this is what you end up getting.
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Guys I've been trying to let people know all day, including alerting the admins here, Honorcoin is the culprit. They send people to their website to register for 'free' coins and as part of the registration process they ask for the Bitcointalk forum name, a password and an email address.
Honorcoin? The irony. I'll never understand why people clamour for all these free yet always worthless crapcoins, especially when this is what you end up getting.
It seems to usually be people with very weak secret questions/answers. Like "What kind of pet do you have?", which has only very few possible answers.
Since it appears to be mainly end user error, people should be glad there is a mechanism in the first place to recover accounts.
It's almost as if I am seeing people claim it is just to darn difficult to read any one of the 20+ instructional threads on PGP Bitcoin Signatures or too lazy to Google it.
~BCX~
Guys I've been trying to let people know all day, including alerting the admins here, Honorcoin is the culprit. They send people to their website to register for 'free' coins and as part of the registration process they ask for the Bitcointalk forum name, a password and an email address.
Some people have used the same password there as for their accounts here. Bitcoin_Mafia for one admitted to me after opening a thread to say her account had been compromised, that she had used the same password on the Honorcoin website as here and a number of users in the Honorcoin thread have registered accounts today to say their proper accounts have been compromised, only to be screamed at by the idiots in the Honorcoin thread!
Bitcoin_Mafia's thread about it: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7199245
My first post in the Honorcoin thread to warn them: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7195985
If you check Honorcoins website and go through to the section listing the premine registrants forums names you will see Bitcoin_Mafia listed there: http://honorcoin.co/2-free-distribution/
I registered my forum name but used a random password and shortly afterwards received a pm here from a zero-post account with an attached file related to something called RPG-Coin to download and 'test for them. It clearly was part of the Honorcoin attempt to compromise everything they could.
http://honorcoin.co/2-free-distribution/
The useraccount that pm'd me a file https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/shirojimetsu-337252
Some people have used the same password there as for their accounts here. Bitcoin_Mafia for one admitted to me after opening a thread to say her account had been compromised, that she had used the same password on the Honorcoin website as here and a number of users in the Honorcoin thread have registered accounts today to say their proper accounts have been compromised, only to be screamed at by the idiots in the Honorcoin thread!
Bitcoin_Mafia's thread about it: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7199245
My first post in the Honorcoin thread to warn them: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7195985
If you check Honorcoins website and go through to the section listing the premine registrants forums names you will see Bitcoin_Mafia listed there: http://honorcoin.co/2-free-distribution/
I registered my forum name but used a random password and shortly afterwards received a pm here from a zero-post account with an attached file related to something called RPG-Coin to download and 'test for them. It clearly was part of the Honorcoin attempt to compromise everything they could.
http://honorcoin.co/2-free-distribution/
The useraccount that pm'd me a file https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/shirojimetsu-337252
It seems to usually be people with very weak secret questions/answers. Like "What kind of pet do you have?", which has only very few possible answers.
When doing those questions, I tend to make the answer unrelated to the question.
But then there's a good chance you'll forget what it was. If you make it something very personal that only you could know then you should be ok... Or just don't use a secret question.
It's good to have a secret question 'password'. That is something which follows the basics for a good password. It doesn't necessarily have to be something really strong, but something that is out of the ordinary, but password like so you commit it to memory.
That's what I do anyway.
Just a good passphrase will do, I see no need for random symbol there. Okay, maybe one
Yeah, it needs to be memorable that's for sure, else you're screwed - well not always. People who actually answer their secret question with the appropriate answer make me weep.
It seems to usually be people with very weak secret questions/answers. Like "What kind of pet do you have?", which has only very few possible answers.
When doing those questions, I tend to make the answer unrelated to the question.
But then there's a good chance you'll forget what it was. If you make it something very personal that only you could know then you should be ok... Or just don't use a secret question.
It's good to have a secret question 'password'. That is something which follows the basics for a good password. It doesn't necessarily have to be something really strong, but something that is out of the ordinary, but password like so you commit it to memory.
That's what I do anyway.
Just a good passphrase will do, I see no need for random symbol there. Okay, maybe one
It seems to usually be people with very weak secret questions/answers. Like "What kind of pet do you have?", which has only very few possible answers.
When doing those questions, I tend to make the answer unrelated to the question.
But then there's a good chance you'll forget what it was. If you make it something very personal that only you could know then you should be ok... Or just don't use a secret question.
It's good to have a secret question 'password'. That is something which follows the basics for a good password. It doesn't necessarily have to be something really strong, but something that is out of the ordinary, but password like so you commit it to memory.
That's what I do anyway.
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It seems to usually be people with very weak secret questions/answers. Like "What kind of pet do you have?", which has only very few possible answers.
When doing those questions, I tend to make the answer unrelated to the question.
But then there's a good chance you'll forget what it was. If you make it something very personal that only you could know then you should be ok... Or just don't use a secret question.
It seems to usually be people with very weak secret questions/answers. Like "What kind of pet do you have?", which has only very few possible answers.
Why not change the questions then?
The question box is blank. It is created by the user.
It seems to usually be people with very weak secret questions/answers. Like "What kind of pet do you have?", which has only very few possible answers.
Why not change the questions then?
It seems to usually be people with very weak secret questions/answers. Like "What kind of pet do you have?", which has only very few possible answers.
When doing those questions, I tend to make the answer unrelated to the question.
It seems to usually be people with very weak secret questions/answers. Like "What kind of pet do you have?", which has only very few possible answers.
Using the same user/password combination on multiple websites is the primary reason, in my opinion.
Phishing would be the number two reason I guess.
Phishing would be the number two reason I guess.
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It seems to me that people are either using weak PW or reusing PW on other sites.
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It seems to me that people are either using weak PW or reusing PW on other sites.
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That would be my guess
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I was wondering this too. Maybe they're downloading crapcoin wallets with keyloggers in or something or logging into fishing sites?
There's three hacked account requests on the first page of Meta alone:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/theymos-please-help-644198
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/i-can-not-access-my-original-account-643713
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/cannot-reset-password-help-please-623415
What accounts got hacked? I haven't heard of any.
There's three hacked account requests on the first page of Meta alone:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/theymos-please-help-644198
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/i-can-not-access-my-original-account-643713
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/cannot-reset-password-help-please-623415
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