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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:13 pm    Post subject:  Password fishing going on here
Subject description: Please read this and think about it...
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We have seen at least one case of what appears to be password fishing. This means people are trying to log on as various user names and trying passwords at random, or variations of the user name.

Please consider what is happening and reconsider your electro-music.com password. Make sure is isn't something easy to guess - like your user name or your user name backwards - or some variation on it.

Thanks...
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Oh really? I think I should change my password.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

The site has been unaccessible on and off several times the past days.
And some PM's takes average 5-7 days to transmit inside your router!
Its strange because the time stamp are correct but delivery date are
days later?!
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Some routes from Scandinavia to the Godaddy facility have been down or incredible slow. Yesterday evening it was so bad that I had to use some proxy tricks: surfing via a proxy which is on a network that uses a different connection to the US than the one I have at home ( Telenor / Canal Digital ).
This has of course nothing to do with passwords though.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

MyPasswordIs123456 wrote:
Oh really? I think I should change my password.
Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing That made my day!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

let Me at em!
They can Sleep with the Fishies!
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

This is all something we should be aware of but...
why the hell would anyone want to do such a thing? I mean, it's not like were trading porno or stock sectrets or planning a revolution here.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I can only guess why but there have been some funny things going on a few times in the last few months, like posts that were but were not not posted by the poster. Not often, the posts were porn/spam BTW.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Well, I can only say that if I put a post stating "Viagra at low prices" or "Hey, guys. You make me hot!", it's not me.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Oenyaw wrote:
Well, I can only say that if I put a post stating "Viagra at low prices" or "Hey, guys. You make me hot!", it's not me.


at which point, we'll really wonder about your password, or if there is something wrong with phpBB. Since we know about phpBB, we'll assume it's your account... Wink

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

MOSC wrote:

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...reconsider your electro-music.com password. Make sure is isn't something easy to guess...


Ooooooooohhhhhh boy...we're all in trouble.

MyPasswordIs123456 wrote:

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Oh really? I think I should change my password.


So...There is no real way of telling if MyPasswordIs123456 actually wrote this. For all we know, this is just an imposter, who changed his password after post #1 , and now MyPasswordIs123456 is duct-taped up in the internet basement!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

kadicowaya wrote:

.. and now MyPasswordIs123456 is duct-taped up in the internet basement!


We are low on duct tape right now, but there are other means:

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

MyPasswordIs123456 wrote:

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Oh really? I think I should change my password.


So...There is no real way of telling if MyPasswordIs123456 actually wrote this. For all we know, this is just an imposter, who changed his password after post #1 , and now MyPasswordIs123456 is duct-taped up in the internet basement![/quote]

Old thread, but I'd just like to tell you, my account haven't been hijacked, this is quite a secure community. Haven't feel the need to change password yet.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

You know, I'm having to resist the temptation to try and log on in your name, just to see if you are telling the truth! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2009 5:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Bumping this as there might be some password guessing going on right now.

People please use reasonable password(s) for your account(s) here; hacked accounts may be deleted when inappropriate contents pops up.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

i think it's actually called brute-forcing; fishing (or phishing) is when they send you a fraudulent message asking for your password (to "confirm your account" or some such).
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

bbinkovitz wrote:
i think it's actually called brute-forcing; fishing (or phishing) is when they send you a fraudulent message asking for your password (to "confirm your account" or some such).


Yes you are right I think.

Anyway, bumping this again ... as password guessing seems to be an ongoing thing, I had to shut down an account the other day as it was compromised.

So please use a non-trivial password for your account here.

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

that's nothing. look at the PM i got a few minutes ago:

Inbox :: Message
From: binta4love
To: flood
Posted: Today, at 2:39 am
Subject: Hello, Quote message
Hello,
My name is Miss. Samanta Efemena from ivory coast in west Africa presently residing
in Dakar senegal. I was impressed when i saw your profile at www.electro-music.com and will like to
establish friendship with you. In addition,i will like you to write me through
my private e mail box at [email removed by Blue Hell] so that i will give you my picture
and more about me,but remember that distance,age and colour dose not matter,
what matters is the true love and understanding.
Thanks waiting to hear from you soonest.
Miss SAMANTA.

EDIT: wow, i've never posted here before?! time to stop lurking and change that, i guess.
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 5:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Sorry to all who got the PM spam, there were like 730 of them before I cleaned up ... what a mess Shocked

Some people will receive email notifications for this but will not see the message anymore, sorry for the inconvenience, but I cant pull email back in Confused

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Sorry you have to do this kind of things on a day like this, when everybody in Enschede is jumping up and down through the streets, drinking lots of local beer and cheering their voices to the doctor...

Wout

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The earthquake starts at 0:45…
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Wout Blommers wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdQJg2S31pQ The earthquake starts at 0:45…


Vuurwerkramp Shocked Laughing

I made sure to be unrecognizable before going there Wink

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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

no worries...was wondering why i received an email stating I had a private msg, but when I logged in, it was blank.
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

What is it with "misses" from "Africa" seeking "friendships"? Are we supposed to automatically have warm, fuzzy feelings for African women to the extent that we would all spill our guts, social security numbers and credit card numbers to them? Why not big, hulking men from Norway? Or skinny, thinly-bearded nomads from Siberia? They really should mix it up a bit, just to keep it interesting.

P.S. My password is *trips, falls*. Fucking sandals!!!
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PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2010 11:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Thanks to Blue Hell for cleaning up the PM mess, and congrats for his town's superb victory. Now everyone there will be eternally happy.
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