bogleheads.org attacked - some accounts hijacked
- blacktupelo
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Re: bogleheads.org attacked - some accounts hijacked
Last time the attacker struck I used 1Password to generate a random 25 character password. That should occupy a bit of time to crack. What a jerk he is.
Larry
Re: bogleheads.org attacked - some accounts hijacked
You can preach all you want here and tell people to use strong passwords but unfortunately, the hijackings are occurring with folks with the weak passwords who are infrequent posters -and are not reading our advice/pleas.
Cosmo
Cosmo
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Re: bogleheads.org attacked - some accounts hijacked
I use LastPass and am extremely happy with it. I can't believe I ever lived without it.blacktupelo wrote:Last time the attacker struck I used 1Password to generate a random 25 character password.
https://lastpass.com/
Re: bogleheads.org attacked - some accounts hijacked
What a horrible way to start Valentine's Day for our forum admins. Something about this day seems to bring out both the lovers and the haters. I'd send some electronic chocolate to the forum admins if there were such an emoticon, but there isn't, so imagine this emoticon is a cup of cocoa to soothe another forum headache caused by this spammer:
Re: bogleheads.org attacked - some accounts hijacked
Old joke:
Use "invalid" as your password. That way, when you misstype it, you will be prompted: "Your password is invalid"
Use "invalid" as your password. That way, when you misstype it, you will be prompted: "Your password is invalid"
Re: bogleheads.org attacked - some accounts hijacked
Just another reason to always change passwords frequently, no matter the account.
Re: bogleheads.org attacked - some accounts hijacked
I think strong passwords are more important than frequently changing them. Frequently changing multiple passwords usually leads people to keep the latest and greatest as a post-it note on their desk.crowd79 wrote:Just another reason to always change passwords frequently, no matter the account.
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