Bethesda forums and websites hacked: usernames, emails, and passwords

[LHammonds]

I've changed my Bethsoft password even though it was unique to that site only.

 

I recommend to everyone to use unique passwords and keep track of them using a handy-dandy little utility called KeePass.

 

LHammonds

[DemocraticAlliance15]

Why do people have to be such killjoys. Good thing im not on the Bethsoft forums.

[RaulMasterMechanic]

Seems I've been lucking out a lot, might be because I spend most of my time that I spend on the computer, offline. Anyway, hope someone catches these dirty little bastards. :unsure:

 

(Edited for epic fail)

Edited June 15, 2011 by RaulMasterMechanic

[Ghogiel]

I've changed my Bethsoft password even though it was unique to that site only.

 

I recommend to everyone to use unique passwords and keep track of them using a handy-dandy little utility called KeePass.

 

LHammonds

I have a mental equation that I use to derive my passwords and modify it on a per site basis.

 

At worst I usually end up needing 2-3 logins to decipher it myself. So if I don't even know it, then no one can guess it. If they get hold of it from hacking the website, it'll literally be a random looking string of letters and numbers only used on that site. :laugh:

 

a hacker would be like.. :pinch: seeing something like eaokok56HM.

[Thandal]

a hacker would be like.. :pinch: seeing something like eaokok56HM.

Except no human is actually "looking" at the passwords these guys steal, and the computer programs they do use don't care how silly it is. As long as it isn't "your username", or "password", (or any other word in the dictionary) and is reasonably long and complex (2 of 3 = good, 3 of 4 = better) then unless you are targted individually, it really doesn't matter.

 

Oh, and please don't use the same username and password, (no matter how strong) on all your internet sites!

[Balakirev]

I've changed my Bethsoft password even though it was unique to that site only.

 

Excellent advice. In fact, it's not a bad idea to change one's passwords on a regular basis on all sites. Some prefer not to tell you when they've been hacked, and some don't detect hacking until long after it's occurred. I'm not trying to make anybody nervous. Just pointing out reality.

[Tchos]

It happened to the legacy Bioware site just recently, too.

[XTR3M368]

the only way to cut down of hackers is to have the world be more "big brother-y".....I think I would rather deal with the hackers. At least they are honest about what they are doing....the governments aren't.

 

I still say nail them to the wall when they are caught though.

Edited June 16, 2011 by XTR3M368

[Ghogiel]

 

Oh, and please don't use the same username and password, (no matter how strong) on all your internet sites!

It's ok, I always use the same user name in each circle, they can hack my spam hotmail account which I use for all my modding/3d related internet traffic. I don't think they want anything to do with the 3700+ messages in the inbox. they are welcome to go through and clean it out for me. saves me the trouble.

[bben46]

@XTR3M368: unfortunately, the hackers are NOT honest about what they are doing. Often hackers don't publish when they have hacked a site, they leave it as it was so it will take longer for them to realize they have been hacked and use the info for their own use - or sell it the highest bidder. If that inf includes user names and passwords, those can be used to access your other sites, such as a banking or credit card site.

 

The info gathered from your facebook account can be used to scam your friends and family to send money to get 'you' out of a scrape you never got into. Do you remember taking some silly facebook quiz? it was probably some hacker finding out private info on either you or a friend. Possibly only one out of ten questions would yield useful info, such as what city you were born in, which is a popular security question for banking sites. :whistling: