Question [URGENT] Has GBATemp been hacked?

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Oh, hah, I just changed the pass I use for this account, and checked what pass I used for it. Um, w/e lol, I don't care if this account gets hacked, and I have 0 personal info on this account.
 

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Not sure why everyone is cursing and "scared." I can almost guarantee that this was just a simple bruteforce to get passwords and not an exploit. Similar to how users crack Netflix and Hulu accounts. The same thing happened to Se7enSins when some script kiddies got ahold of SentryMBA. This has an easy fix.

1. Change your password to something new. I recommend using this site
2. Enabling 2 factor authentication. This is what the staff team here uses so even if your password is compromised. No one can use your account unless they can get this second code(which expires after time) You can find this in your account settings.

If you do one or both of these you will be perfectly fine. Although I doubt most of us will have any issues anyway since the script kiddies are only interested in popular/powerful accounts.

i.e Hundshammer and staff members
i dont see links to 2fa here i never have.
 

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2. Enabling 2 factor authentication. This is what the staff team here uses so even if your password is compromised. No one can use your account unless they can get this second code(which expires after time) You can find this in your account settings.
couldn't find it. got a link to the specific page for 2FA?
 

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I'm still scared, as a developer that is. So, I've changed my password, and changed some external ones. I'll keep my eye out.
i always keep mine random, i keep timestamps next to each site in a .txt so i know how old they are and when to change them

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Not sure why everyone is cursing and "scared." I can almost guarantee that this was just a simple bruteforce to get passwords and not an exploit. Similar to how users crack Netflix and Hulu accounts. The same thing happened to Se7enSins when some script kiddies got ahold of SentryMBA. This has an easy fix.

1. Change your password to something new. I recommend using this site
2. Enabling 2 factor authentication. This is what the staff team here uses so even if your password is compromised. No one can use your account unless they can get this second code(which expires after time) You can find this in your account settings.

If you do one or both of these you will be perfectly fine. Although I doubt most of us will have any issues anyway since the script kiddies are only interested in popular/powerful accounts.

i.e Hundshammer and staff members
show us how to 2fa here lol
 
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Yeah, didn't even know this site had F2A
Its prebuilt into xenforo. An admin would have had to physically go into the ACP(admin control panel) and disable it..I really question things of someone did indeed do that
 

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I rarely come on here anymore but I'd prefer it if any account I own isn't hacked, so I changed it. Thanks for the notice.
 
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