URGENT! CF had a security loophole, so all members must change their passwords!

[Snowy]

wow....ty Erwin for fixing this

 

[Suzannah]

Does this situation have anything to do with the fact that I've gotten emails from people I don't know which are carrying viruses (thanks to Yahoo for having virus detection software!)? Just wondering?

I doubt that this has anything to do with that...if you post on other forums where your email has appeared then your email addy is sort of "up for grabs" and if it is stored on a web page in someone's cache, who is then infected, this is probably how you are getting these emails.

For anyone interested, you can get free, (yeah! FREE!) anti-virus software. It is not a trial version, but fully functional and pretty user friendly. I've never had a problem with it in four years.
www.grisoft.com
AVG is an awesome product. And YEAH! IT'S FREE!!!! YIPPEE!

 

[nyj]

I have to wonder though: the initial message I got said that my password was over 16000 days old. I know how time flies by - but I did not realize I had been om this forum for over 40 years.

Wow... you got me beat. My password was only 12611 days old.

 

[allieisme]

My apologies for the inconvenience. I am still in shock, and still in a phase of recovering from this.

Thank you for understanding.

No apologies needed, Erwin!

 

[allieisme]

Wow... you got me beat. My password was only 12611 days old.

Yep mine too

 

[Snowy]

so will the members who were hacked be told that they were?

 

[Mϋzikdϋde]

From my understanding (which is limited) this wasn't a malicious act directed at random members so the majority can rest easy. I'm sure if anyone should be worried Erwin would contact them directly.

Newlamb, I'm sure that the hacking and the viruses are unrelated. Just coincidence.

This happens all the time on the internet. People gain entry into places by exploiting someone's information but they are ususally NOT after the person whose info they are using. The information is just a conduit to reach a different goal.

 

[Miss Shelby]

Erwin said some may have to change passwords twice. It is normal. I had to change mine 2 times but that will probably be the end of it.

I've already forgotten what I have changed mine to. <sigh>

 

[cyberwing]

As usual, WELL DONE ERWIN!!! Thank you for all your hard work and sacrifice!
's ~Cyberwing

 

[krstlros]

Yup, had to do the double change myself.

Once last night and again this morning. Thank goodness it wasn't anymore serious than it was. I guess.

 

[Manna]

Thanks Erwin!

 

[Victorian Rose]

Thanks Erwin! You have done a great job with this site!

 

[Faith In God]

so will the members who were hacked be told that they were?

?

 

[kdet]

so will the members who were hacked be told that they were?

I'd like to know this also.

 

[Annabel Lee]

Wow... you got me beat. My password was only 12611 days old.

Mine was 12,611 too.

 

[Erwin]

so will the members who were hacked be told that they were?

I cannot tell you what I don't know myself. The hacker only copied cookies, not changed any accounts, so I can't tell which accounts have been compromised. He would only tell me of 1 staff account he used, but there is definitely more than 1 account he has been using.

Changing your password will fix this in any case, and render his stolen cookies useless.

 

[Ninjitsu14]

can you make me change mine again?I didn't know the problem,so I changed it,and then I changed it back to my original!

 

[Riddick]

I'm being asked umpteen times to change my password. Password change box appears everytime I try to enter GA (snicker). I'm peeved.

 

[Faith In God]

I cannot tell you what I don't know myself. The hacker only copied cookies, not changed any accounts, so I can't tell which accounts have been compromised. He would only tell me of 1 staff account he used, but there is definitely more than 1 account he has been using.

Changing your password will fix this in any case, and render his stolen cookies useless.

could the guy actually change our passwords before we do? I didn't change mine to something different, I'm going to now.

 

[Plan 9]

Thank you, Erwin.