Dear Forumites,
Yesterday I received an email from “Key Publishing” (I assume the email to be genuine) regarding a number of attempts to log into my forum account using an incorrect password/passwords. The email stated that a 15 minute lockout had been placed on the IP address holder.
Assuming the email to be genuine I can only think that the IP address holder had some mischievous intent. Is this an isolated case or is it something we all need to be much more aware of?
As a precautionary measure I have reviewed my account and upgraded the password!
My regards to all,
WF
By: Malcolm McKay - 8th July 2015 at 23:53
My dear chap before the web my paranoia was fed by the voices in my head but now it is also being fed by the voices in my computer – this has confused me utterly to the point where I now no longer know who to believe.
By: Wessex Fan - 8th July 2015 at 15:25
Hi Forumites,
I found your replies to my original post interesting. It is all too easy to allow a degree of paranoia to run rampant in these situations. However my thoughts have turned to the areas in which one can influence account security, be it on the “Flypast Forum” or any other aspect of your on line activities. Consequently I suggest the use of a little commonsense together with the advice of experts and ensure that strong passwords are used, even if these require a few more keystrokes.
Regards
WF
Here ends the lesson, back to enjoying life!
By: Bruce - 8th July 2015 at 08:29
It’s not uncommon at the moment. Change passwords if you need to. Otherwise ignore it.
If your account has been hacked, and you can’t get in, let us know, and we will do what we can to help.
By: charliehunt - 8th July 2015 at 08:27
My thought too – but apparently not!!:D
By: Newforest - 8th July 2015 at 08:23
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?134134-ACCOUNT-HACKING-ATTEMPTS-MERGED-THREAD
We all read ‘stickies’ don’t we?
By: jeep1943 - 8th July 2015 at 06:50
Same here. I received another about a week later from the same IP address.
By: mike currill - 8th July 2015 at 06:12
Just wouldn’t be the same.
By: Piston - 8th July 2015 at 05:23
My fear is that a hacker won’t understand the forum code of conduct. Imagine a forum without all the sniping…
By: DazDaMan - 7th July 2015 at 23:43
I had one at the weekend, too.
By: BobKat - 7th July 2015 at 23:20
Me too – back at the end of March – I think the IP address was in Indonesia. Maybe one of the moderators could comment? This seems to be more than an isolated incident.
By: Zac Yates - 7th July 2015 at 23:00
I got one, but couldn’t understand the appeal of a semi-lurking Kiwi’s account to any hacker!!
By: smirky - 7th July 2015 at 22:50
had a couple of these but can confirm that all the rubbish I have posted is my own 😀
By: The Navigator - 7th July 2015 at 22:04
I had a similar message about 2 months ago, the IP address of the perpetrator appeared to be somewhere in China.
By: Arabella-Cox - 7th July 2015 at 21:48
Me too, a couple of weeks ago.
Anon.
By: REF - 7th July 2015 at 21:43
I had one yesterday too
By: Atcham Tower - 7th July 2015 at 21:39
I got a similar one a couple of weeks ago but there has been no recurrence.
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