Database Breach - An Update

[bben46]

Here is a link to one of several email breach checkers available on line. I make no guarantee that this is a ligit site. On the other hand, I have no evidence that it is not.

 

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

[Kanegasi]

In response to post #31737390. #31742135, #31743025, #31743530, #31762655 are all replies on the same post.

deathdragon8547 wrote: "but right now we're leaning towards Google Authenticator that will allow you to generate secure codes from your smart phones)"

I don't have a cell phone, let alone a smart phone....

AndrewBlane wrote: A very good point. For a long time, niether did I (untill teh jobcentre told me that it was essential for getting a job)

I hate it when places do this.

DamianWayne wrote: Then you have bigger problems than worrying about your Nexus account. It's 2015, and even if you're a luddite, having a phone has become a social and workplace necessity. Maybe get on that.

Dark0ne wrote: 2FA is completely optional anyway.

DFX2K9 wrote: more or less. I get howled at every time I leave the phone at home to charge....

No one should be forced to have a device they don't want. "It's whatever year" means nothing.

[Legion563]

In response to post #31699195. #31709590, #31710865, #31717215, #31727420, #31727725, #31727755, #31735675, #31736475, #31737125, #31745975, #31747430, #31762590 are all replies on the same post.

rickman wrote: If you are reading this Robin, know this: the community is supportive BECAUSE you share this stuff outright, clearly, and with incredible haste. If you treated us like Sony did in December of 2012, knowing the problem and denying it for two weeks or more, we'd probably be a lot less kind. There is also this to consider: You told us EXACTLY what, who, when, and how, as soon as you could, and in plain, simple terminology. I (and most likely about 10,000,000 others) appreciate a straightforward answer when there is an issue. But MOST IMPORTANTLY, you are kind and humble about it. If someone was mad at the employees of Nexus after your immaculate behavior, They are clearly not the kind of individual that we should be associated with as a user base. I personally love this site for a myriad of reasons, to explain it would take a ten+ page essay to enumerate all of the reasons why. To be clear though, the biggest reason, THE STAFF TREATS THE USER BASE LIKE PEOPLE. Despite there being 10,000,000 of us, we don't feel like faceless numbers. And that is because you seem to CARE. Don't stop doing that, and this awesome community will probably never devolve.

Thank you for being the best you can be.
Richard.

JZSquared wrote: ^This sums up my feelings exactly. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Lokie7 wrote: I second this, entirely. Well said.

Netsplite wrote: ^ +1

ZedLeppelin wrote: A wee bit verbose, (and I know verbose!), but rather well said and pretty damn accurate. The Nexus staff treats people like people, not numbers.

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Aricole wrote: +1

lordmanticore wrote: +1

btgbullseye wrote: +1

xenonblade wrote: +1

AlexZander40 wrote: Well said. May the modding goodness continue.

DFX2K9 wrote: Agreed. no matter who you are, and how much money you've got, you're going to get a breach at some point. At least you salted the passwords, and use a hashing algorithm..

More then I can say for my local Library's system. A breach in THAT database would be catastrophic (note, it sends you your old password via email, that should give you an idea of how terrible it is)

+1.

[ExtremeMod911]

In response to post #31699195. #31709590, #31710865, #31717215, #31727420, #31727725, #31727755, #31735675, #31736475, #31737125, #31745975, #31747430, #31762590, #31770575 are all replies on the same post.

rickman wrote: If you are reading this Robin, know this: the community is supportive BECAUSE you share this stuff outright, clearly, and with incredible haste. If you treated us like Sony did in December of 2012, knowing the problem and denying it for two weeks or more, we'd probably be a lot less kind. There is also this to consider: You told us EXACTLY what, who, when, and how, as soon as you could, and in plain, simple terminology. I (and most likely about 10,000,000 others) appreciate a straightforward answer when there is an issue. But MOST IMPORTANTLY, you are kind and humble about it. If someone was mad at the employees of Nexus after your immaculate behavior, They are clearly not the kind of individual that we should be associated with as a user base. I personally love this site for a myriad of reasons, to explain it would take a ten+ page essay to enumerate all of the reasons why. To be clear though, the biggest reason, THE STAFF TREATS THE USER BASE LIKE PEOPLE. Despite there being 10,000,000 of us, we don't feel like faceless numbers. And that is because you seem to CARE. Don't stop doing that, and this awesome community will probably never devolve.

Thank you for being the best you can be.
Richard.

JZSquared wrote: ^This sums up my feelings exactly. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Lokie7 wrote: I second this, entirely. Well said.

Netsplite wrote: ^ +1

ZedLeppelin wrote: A wee bit verbose, (and I know verbose!), but rather well said and pretty damn accurate. The Nexus staff treats people like people, not numbers.

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Aricole wrote: +1

lordmanticore wrote: +1

btgbullseye wrote: +1

xenonblade wrote: +1

AlexZander40 wrote: Well said. May the modding goodness continue.

DFX2K9 wrote: Agreed. no matter who you are, and how much money you've got, you're going to get a breach at some point. At least you salted the passwords, and use a hashing algorithm..

More then I can say for my local Library's system. A breach in THAT database would be catastrophic (note, it sends you your old password via email, that should give you an idea of how terrible it is)

Legion563 wrote: +1.

Absolutely :)

[Domifax]

In response to post #31699195. #31709590, #31710865, #31717215, #31727420, #31727725, #31727755, #31735675, #31736475, #31737125, #31745975, #31747430, #31762590, #31770575, #31770655 are all replies on the same post.

rickman wrote: If you are reading this Robin, know this: the community is supportive BECAUSE you share this stuff outright, clearly, and with incredible haste. If you treated us like Sony did in December of 2012, knowing the problem and denying it for two weeks or more, we'd probably be a lot less kind. There is also this to consider: You told us EXACTLY what, who, when, and how, as soon as you could, and in plain, simple terminology. I (and most likely about 10,000,000 others) appreciate a straightforward answer when there is an issue. But MOST IMPORTANTLY, you are kind and humble about it. If someone was mad at the employees of Nexus after your immaculate behavior, They are clearly not the kind of individual that we should be associated with as a user base. I personally love this site for a myriad of reasons, to explain it would take a ten+ page essay to enumerate all of the reasons why. To be clear though, the biggest reason, THE STAFF TREATS THE USER BASE LIKE PEOPLE. Despite there being 10,000,000 of us, we don't feel like faceless numbers. And that is because you seem to CARE. Don't stop doing that, and this awesome community will probably never devolve.

Thank you for being the best you can be.
Richard.

JZSquared wrote: ^This sums up my feelings exactly. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Lokie7 wrote: I second this, entirely. Well said.

Netsplite wrote: ^ +1

ZedLeppelin wrote: A wee bit verbose, (and I know verbose!), but rather well said and pretty damn accurate. The Nexus staff treats people like people, not numbers.

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Aricole wrote: +1

lordmanticore wrote: +1

btgbullseye wrote: +1

xenonblade wrote: +1

AlexZander40 wrote: Well said. May the modding goodness continue.

DFX2K9 wrote: Agreed. no matter who you are, and how much money you've got, you're going to get a breach at some point. At least you salted the passwords, and use a hashing algorithm..

More then I can say for my local Library's system. A breach in THAT database would be catastrophic (note, it sends you your old password via email, that should give you an idea of how terrible it is)

Legion563 wrote: +1.

ExtremeMod911 wrote: Absolutely :)

+1

[TesaPlus]

In response to post #31733220.

ADragonCalledGeorge wrote: First of all I wanted to thank you Dark0ne for all your help in making the Nexus what it is today! Skyrim is my favourite game of all time and I love using mods and looking through new mods and watching mod reviews on YouTube etc. Shame I can't make mods myself but I'm nowhere near smart enough. Anyhow, I ran into a slight problem.

Basically my account is very very old (2 or 3 years old. At the time I used an alternative email address to my current one since I got a new one after a while and I forgot the password and stuff to that account. I also can't seem to remember this password since I had my PC set to remember this password automatically.

I want to change my password and email address but I cannot remember my details so I am afraid I cannot change them. I was wondering what I should do now. I tried recovering my email through the official methods (I have Yahoo!Mail) but nothing works.

Any thoughts on what I should do next? I payed for Premium membership ages ago so I would hate to lose that functionality if I make a new password.

Many thanks in advance and keep up the great work!! :)

Since you set up your browser to remember passwords, you should be able to retrieve them. For Firefox it is something like " Edit -> Preferences -> Securtity -> Saved Passwords ".

[Bernt]

In response to post #31699195. #31709590, #31710865, #31717215, #31727420, #31727725, #31727755, #31735675, #31736475, #31737125, #31745975, #31747430, #31762590, #31770575, #31770655, #31770875 are all replies on the same post.

rickman wrote: If you are reading this Robin, know this: the community is supportive BECAUSE you share this stuff outright, clearly, and with incredible haste. If you treated us like Sony did in December of 2012, knowing the problem and denying it for two weeks or more, we'd probably be a lot less kind. There is also this to consider: You told us EXACTLY what, who, when, and how, as soon as you could, and in plain, simple terminology. I (and most likely about 10,000,000 others) appreciate a straightforward answer when there is an issue. But MOST IMPORTANTLY, you are kind and humble about it. If someone was mad at the employees of Nexus after your immaculate behavior, They are clearly not the kind of individual that we should be associated with as a user base. I personally love this site for a myriad of reasons, to explain it would take a ten+ page essay to enumerate all of the reasons why. To be clear though, the biggest reason, THE STAFF TREATS THE USER BASE LIKE PEOPLE. Despite there being 10,000,000 of us, we don't feel like faceless numbers. And that is because you seem to CARE. Don't stop doing that, and this awesome community will probably never devolve.

Thank you for being the best you can be.
Richard.

JZSquared wrote: ^This sums up my feelings exactly. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Lokie7 wrote: I second this, entirely. Well said.

Netsplite wrote: ^ +1

ZedLeppelin wrote: A wee bit verbose, (and I know verbose!), but rather well said and pretty damn accurate. The Nexus staff treats people like people, not numbers.

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Aricole wrote: +1

lordmanticore wrote: +1

btgbullseye wrote: +1

xenonblade wrote: +1

AlexZander40 wrote: Well said. May the modding goodness continue.

DFX2K9 wrote: Agreed. no matter who you are, and how much money you've got, you're going to get a breach at some point. At least you salted the passwords, and use a hashing algorithm..

More then I can say for my local Library's system. A breach in THAT database would be catastrophic (note, it sends you your old password via email, that should give you an idea of how terrible it is)

Legion563 wrote: +1.

ExtremeMod911 wrote: Absolutely :)

Domifax wrote: +1

Totally agree :)

[Dragodian777]

In response to post #31699195. #31709590, #31710865, #31717215, #31727420, #31727725, #31727755, #31735675, #31736475, #31737125, #31745975, #31747430, #31762590, #31770575, #31770655, #31770875, #31775185 are all replies on the same post.

rickman wrote: If you are reading this Robin, know this: the community is supportive BECAUSE you share this stuff outright, clearly, and with incredible haste. If you treated us like Sony did in December of 2012, knowing the problem and denying it for two weeks or more, we'd probably be a lot less kind. There is also this to consider: You told us EXACTLY what, who, when, and how, as soon as you could, and in plain, simple terminology. I (and most likely about 10,000,000 others) appreciate a straightforward answer when there is an issue. But MOST IMPORTANTLY, you are kind and humble about it. If someone was mad at the employees of Nexus after your immaculate behavior, They are clearly not the kind of individual that we should be associated with as a user base. I personally love this site for a myriad of reasons, to explain it would take a ten+ page essay to enumerate all of the reasons why. To be clear though, the biggest reason, THE STAFF TREATS THE USER BASE LIKE PEOPLE. Despite there being 10,000,000 of us, we don't feel like faceless numbers. And that is because you seem to CARE. Don't stop doing that, and this awesome community will probably never devolve.

Thank you for being the best you can be.
Richard.

JZSquared wrote: ^This sums up my feelings exactly. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Lokie7 wrote: I second this, entirely. Well said.

Netsplite wrote: ^ +1

ZedLeppelin wrote: A wee bit verbose, (and I know verbose!), but rather well said and pretty damn accurate. The Nexus staff treats people like people, not numbers.

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Aricole wrote: +1

lordmanticore wrote: +1

btgbullseye wrote: +1

xenonblade wrote: +1

AlexZander40 wrote: Well said. May the modding goodness continue.

DFX2K9 wrote: Agreed. no matter who you are, and how much money you've got, you're going to get a breach at some point. At least you salted the passwords, and use a hashing algorithm..

More then I can say for my local Library's system. A breach in THAT database would be catastrophic (note, it sends you your old password via email, that should give you an idea of how terrible it is)

Legion563 wrote: +1.

ExtremeMod911 wrote: Absolutely :)

Domifax wrote: +1

Bernt wrote: Totally agree :)

"Ditto"...well said.

[Saltamontes1980]

In response to post #31699195. #31709590, #31710865, #31717215, #31727420, #31727725, #31727755, #31735675, #31736475, #31737125, #31745975, #31747430, #31762590, #31770575, #31770655, #31770875, #31775185, #31778925 are all replies on the same post.

rickman wrote: If you are reading this Robin, know this: the community is supportive BECAUSE you share this stuff outright, clearly, and with incredible haste. If you treated us like Sony did in December of 2012, knowing the problem and denying it for two weeks or more, we'd probably be a lot less kind. There is also this to consider: You told us EXACTLY what, who, when, and how, as soon as you could, and in plain, simple terminology. I (and most likely about 10,000,000 others) appreciate a straightforward answer when there is an issue. But MOST IMPORTANTLY, you are kind and humble about it. If someone was mad at the employees of Nexus after your immaculate behavior, They are clearly not the kind of individual that we should be associated with as a user base. I personally love this site for a myriad of reasons, to explain it would take a ten+ page essay to enumerate all of the reasons why. To be clear though, the biggest reason, THE STAFF TREATS THE USER BASE LIKE PEOPLE. Despite there being 10,000,000 of us, we don't feel like faceless numbers. And that is because you seem to CARE. Don't stop doing that, and this awesome community will probably never devolve.

Thank you for being the best you can be.
Richard.

JZSquared wrote: ^This sums up my feelings exactly. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Lokie7 wrote: I second this, entirely. Well said.

Netsplite wrote: ^ +1

ZedLeppelin wrote: A wee bit verbose, (and I know verbose!), but rather well said and pretty damn accurate. The Nexus staff treats people like people, not numbers.

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Aricole wrote: +1

lordmanticore wrote: +1

btgbullseye wrote: +1

xenonblade wrote: +1

AlexZander40 wrote: Well said. May the modding goodness continue.

DFX2K9 wrote: Agreed. no matter who you are, and how much money you've got, you're going to get a breach at some point. At least you salted the passwords, and use a hashing algorithm..

More then I can say for my local Library's system. A breach in THAT database would be catastrophic (note, it sends you your old password via email, that should give you an idea of how terrible it is)

Legion563 wrote: +1.

ExtremeMod911 wrote: Absolutely :)

Domifax wrote: +1

Bernt wrote: Totally agree :)

Dragodian777 wrote: "Ditto"...well said.

+1
I concur, thank you Dark0ne.

[dagstar132]

In response to post #31699195. #31709590, #31710865, #31717215, #31727420, #31727725, #31727755, #31735675, #31736475, #31737125, #31745975, #31747430, #31762590, #31770575, #31770655, #31770875, #31775185, #31778925, #31779245 are all replies on the same post.

rickman wrote: If you are reading this Robin, know this: the community is supportive BECAUSE you share this stuff outright, clearly, and with incredible haste. If you treated us like Sony did in December of 2012, knowing the problem and denying it for two weeks or more, we'd probably be a lot less kind. There is also this to consider: You told us EXACTLY what, who, when, and how, as soon as you could, and in plain, simple terminology. I (and most likely about 10,000,000 others) appreciate a straightforward answer when there is an issue. But MOST IMPORTANTLY, you are kind and humble about it. If someone was mad at the employees of Nexus after your immaculate behavior, They are clearly not the kind of individual that we should be associated with as a user base. I personally love this site for a myriad of reasons, to explain it would take a ten+ page essay to enumerate all of the reasons why. To be clear though, the biggest reason, THE STAFF TREATS THE USER BASE LIKE PEOPLE. Despite there being 10,000,000 of us, we don't feel like faceless numbers. And that is because you seem to CARE. Don't stop doing that, and this awesome community will probably never devolve.

Thank you for being the best you can be.
Richard.

JZSquared wrote: ^This sums up my feelings exactly. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Lokie7 wrote: I second this, entirely. Well said.

Netsplite wrote: ^ +1

ZedLeppelin wrote: A wee bit verbose, (and I know verbose!), but rather well said and pretty damn accurate. The Nexus staff treats people like people, not numbers.

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Inboundwhisper wrote: +1

Aricole wrote: +1

lordmanticore wrote: +1

btgbullseye wrote: +1

xenonblade wrote: +1

AlexZander40 wrote: Well said. May the modding goodness continue.

DFX2K9 wrote: Agreed. no matter who you are, and how much money you've got, you're going to get a breach at some point. At least you salted the passwords, and use a hashing algorithm..

More then I can say for my local Library's system. A breach in THAT database would be catastrophic (note, it sends you your old password via email, that should give you an idea of how terrible it is)

Legion563 wrote: +1.

ExtremeMod911 wrote: Absolutely :)

Domifax wrote: +1

Bernt wrote: Totally agree :)

Dragodian777 wrote: "Ditto"...well said.

Saltamontes1980 wrote: +1
I concur, thank you Dark0ne.

good point well made. transparency in operation and intention is paramount.

Thanks for sharing.

Dag