metatechnocrat2 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) I tried to logon to my Nexus account for Skyrim tonight and got redirected to a page saying this... "Hi folks,Sorry for the full-page global notification (this is being shown to every one who logs in to the Nexus) but unfortunately, it seems some users didn't see the news back in December, or chose to ignore it, so we've had to make a bit more effort to spread the news.We announced back in December that there was a database leak beginning to circulate around hacker circles from Nexus Mods. This database leak occurred all the way back in July of 2013 and affects anyone who had an account before August 2013. The leak contained your username, your email address and your hashed/salted (e.g. encrypted) password. With our sincere apologies, we asked that everybody please change their passwords.Unfortunately, lots of people have not changed their passwords.We know, officially, that certain nefarious individuals are working on cracking as many of these encrypted passwords as possible and that the most simple ones (e.g. passwords like "password" and "123456") have already been cracked and used to login to people's accounts. If your password wasn't a very secure one before August 2013, it's likely it's either already been cracked, or that it's close to being cracked and could well be used to access the site...." There's more but you get the picture. Does anyone know if this is for real or is someone trying to punk me out of my password? I've been around long enough to know the best hacking is through "social engineering" so thought it best to play it safe (or paranoid if you wish) and ask the general community first before proceeding. I've been using nexus from before 2013 but was laid up in hospital between 12 and 13 so may have missed the orig announcement. Edited April 4, 2016 by metatechnocrat2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdcooley Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 It's real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatechnocrat2 Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Great, thanks for helping me. Since I see you've been around Nexus for some time I can rely on your reply alone. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uikodude Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I cant get past that message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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