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Re: Amigaworld.net hacked?
Posted on 29-Nov-2018 7:42:54
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How long may that new password be?
I'm trying to change mine and always land on this page
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Password must be at least 8 characters long, contain at least one uppercase character, and a numeric digit
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I do have all of these, but my password will be 26 characters long |
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Re: Amigaworld.net hacked?
Posted on 29-Nov-2018 12:01:37
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OK, seems as if the AW.net server chokes on passwords longer than 24 chars...a well |
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Re: Amigaworld.net hacked?
Posted on 29-Nov-2018 16:20:17
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| Failing that, the longest passphrase you can remember, include punctuation and include some non obvious symbols in the middle of words to break them up in ways that permutation attacks won't think of (as it increases the search space too much). |
Misspell a word or two, too._________________
I've decided to follow an awful lot of people I respect and leave AmigaWorld. If for some reason you want to talk to me, it shouldn't take much effort to find me. |
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Re: Amigaworld.net hacked?
Posted on 17-Mar-2019 23:18:49
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I got another threatening email from the supposed 'hacker' of AmigaWorld today. How many years is this security breach going to affect us? Once breached and forever emailed? "Only Amiga" 
And for the last time:
NO, I DO NOT CONSIDER MY EMAIL ADDRESS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE!
... before someone comments  Last edited by BigD on 17-Mar-2019 at 11:19 PM.
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Re: Amigaworld.net hacked?
Posted on 17-Mar-2019 23:26:06
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Once your email address is leaked to hackers/spammers once, there's not much you can do to stop this sort of thing (apart from using an email whitelist or switching email accounts, but both of those options are quite drastic).
What is clear is that there's nothing AW mods/owners can do to help you with this. Hope you find a solution that works for you. |
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Re: Amigaworld.net hacked?
Posted on 17-Mar-2019 23:41:52
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| What is clear is that there's nothing AW mods/owners can do to help you with this. Hope you find a solution that works for you. |
They can categorically acknowledge that the hack occurred and they can make sure that it never happens again. If they patch, upgrade and learn from this breach then it's worth it. If not I feel like I'm I'm suffering in vain._________________
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