…for those interested.
Back in March 2019 or so the old Flypast/Key forum got hacked by someone posing as a “Trump supporter”.
Anyone who back then frequented the old forum must still remember. Those who complained about the spam postings immediately got “banned forever” etc, and it took some days before the hacker was finally booted-out and the old Key Publishing forums restored.
That hack was certainly not a quiet affair…
Problem is:
my e-mail address AND then-current forum-password got stolen.
And that probably applies to all then-current Key-forum-accounts. Yes, mail-address AND forum-password.
How did I found out? Well, by filling in my mail address at https://scatteredsecrets.com .
And then I actually took the trouble of creating an account. Yes, “Scattered Secrets” is legit, if you happen to be able to read Dutch you will find some trustworthy newspapers and websites mentioning this website.
You do not really have to create an account yourself. But you can be sure that your mail-address and then-current forum-password got stolen back then.
Scattered Secrets specifically mentioned Key.
Some people may now want to change passwords of mail-addresses. Please be aware of this.
Change your mail-password!
As can be read at
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/114329/data-breach/comb-breach-3-2…
data can be collected -and connected and made into “ready-to-use hacking material”.
Yes, also the likes of Netflix, Linkedin -and other “large companies” with huge “security departments” are not invulnerable to hackers…
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