UGX-Mods Login

or login with an authentication provider below
Sign In with Google
Sign In with Twitter
Sign In with Discord
Sign In with Steam
Sign In with Facebook
Sign In with Twitch

2 emails hacked?!

broken avatar :(
Created 12 years ago
by Deleted User
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
4,645 views
broken avatar :(
  • n123q45
  • Deleted Member
×
broken avatar :(
n123q45
This user is deleted :(
2 of my emails were hacked within a month password changed and security questions. WTF. Obviously someone likes me and even wants to try and be me. But ya it sucks #:( Who ever it is please stop, im running out of emails that use n123q45. They even hacked my personal email. Uncool
broken avatar :(
×
broken avatar :(
[UGX] Founder
Location: usBay Area, California
Date Registered: 24 June 2011
Last active: 2 years ago
Posts
5,551
Respect
6,653Add +1
Forum Rank
Immortal
Primary Group
UGX Administrator
My Groups
More
My Contact & Social Links
More
Signature
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution.
×
treminaor's Groups
UGX Administrator
UGX Team Member
UGX Site Moderator Has the ability to issue warnings to users, edit and remove posts from the forum and to move topics to other boards. Upholds the rules of the forum. Moderates Chat Rooms.
Step one is to stop using hotmail - switch to something more secure such as Gmail.

Step two is to use a more secure password which is at least 8 characters long and contains at least one number, one capital letter, and one special symbol not in the alphabet such as & or %.

If you used the same password for both your email and your UGX account, change your UGX password now.
broken avatar :(
  • n123q45
  • Deleted Member
×
broken avatar :(
n123q45
This user is deleted :(
Step one is to stop using hotmail - switch to something more secure such as Gmail.

Step two is to use a more secure password which is at least 8 characters long and contains at least one number, one capital letter, and one special symbol not in the alphabet such as & or %.

If you used the same password for both your email and your UGX account, change your UGX password now.
1st way to stalk my profile.
2nd they were yahoo emails which is owned by google
broken avatar :(
×
broken avatar :(
[UGX] Founder
Location: usBay Area, California
Date Registered: 24 June 2011
Last active: 2 years ago
Posts
5,551
Respect
6,653Add +1
Forum Rank
Immortal
Primary Group
UGX Administrator
My Groups
More
My Contact & Social Links
More
×
treminaor's Groups
UGX Administrator
UGX Team Member
UGX Site Moderator Has the ability to issue warnings to users, edit and remove posts from the forum and to move topics to other boards. Upholds the rules of the forum. Moderates Chat Rooms.
1st way to stalk my profile.
I'll let you in on a massive personal secret - I use gmail for my email. Now we're even ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

2nd they were yahoo emails which is owned by google
Just because Yahoo is owned by google doesn't mean they are using Google's account security. Yahoo has got to be one of the worst email providers on the planet and their security is virtually nonexistant.

Here's one of the most famous examples: http://blogs.computerworld.com/14786/poor_programming_makes_yahoo_email_insecure

I remember not more than 2 years ago if you knew a person's birth date or their pet's name you could reset their Yahoo email password without them getting any sort of notification or warning that their account had been through a password recovery. Gmail does not allow this to happen and furthers their security by encouraging you to pair your cellphone number to your Google login so that you get a text every time someone tries to access your account from an unusual IP address or gets your password wrong.

I've had my Google account since the private beta in 2004 and have NEVER had my account compromised in any way, even before they implemented more advanced security measures. Before that account I also used Yahoo because it was one of the only providers of free email addresses in existence - under Yahoo my account had been hacked twice in a span of a year.

If you want to stop getting your email hacked, stop using email providers that don't take their users' privacy and security seriously.
broken avatar :(
  • n123q45
  • Deleted Member
×
broken avatar :(
n123q45
This user is deleted :(
Gmail also has flaws: http://www.internet-security.ca/internet-security-news-009/gmail-security-flaw-opens-up-access-to-others-emails.html one of my friends has hacked multiple accounts. I no longer talk to this person anymore, so i dont know how they did it. Btw he definitely didnt hack my account. Hes too lazy. http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/gmail-security-flaw/
Last Edit: November 06, 2013, 03:20:40 am by n123q45
broken avatar :(
×
broken avatar :(
[UGX] Founder
Location: usBay Area, California
Date Registered: 24 June 2011
Last active: 2 years ago
Posts
5,551
Respect
6,653Add +1
Forum Rank
Immortal
Primary Group
UGX Administrator
My Groups
More
My Contact & Social Links
More
×
treminaor's Groups
UGX Administrator
UGX Team Member
UGX Site Moderator Has the ability to issue warnings to users, edit and remove posts from the forum and to move topics to other boards. Upholds the rules of the forum. Moderates Chat Rooms.
Gmail also has flaws: http://www.internet-security.ca/internet-security-news-009/gmail-security-flaw-opens-up-access-to-others-emails.html one of my friends has hacked multiple accounts. I no longer talk to this person anymore, so i dont know how they did it. Btw he definitely didnt hack my account. Hes too lazy
The date on that article is 2005, which is less than a year after their launch and during the beta period of Gmail before it was even publicly available. Hardly a good example of a security flaw.
broken avatar :(
  • n123q45
  • Deleted Member
×
broken avatar :(
n123q45
This user is deleted :(
I added another link
broken avatar :(
×
broken avatar :(
[UGX] Founder
Location: usBay Area, California
Date Registered: 24 June 2011
Last active: 2 years ago
Posts
5,551
Respect
6,653Add +1
Forum Rank
Immortal
Primary Group
UGX Administrator
My Groups
More
My Contact & Social Links
More
×
treminaor's Groups
UGX Administrator
UGX Team Member
UGX Site Moderator Has the ability to issue warnings to users, edit and remove posts from the forum and to move topics to other boards. Upholds the rules of the forum. Moderates Chat Rooms.
I added another link
Which really doesn't change my point. One obscure hacker-blog post from 2008 does not represent the current security level of Gmail. The sad part is that my article from 2009 does represent Yahoo's current security because they make little effort to make any improvements after their hacks. Why else would they be the #1 site used to create spam email accounts and the #1 most-hacked email provider?

2013 article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/yahoo-email-hacking_n_3366259.html
Most-hacked email providers: http://www.wonderoftech.com/poll-which-email-provider-is-hacked-the-most/
Poll results: http://i.imm.io/1jY4p.png
According to those results, Yahoo users are six times more vulnerable than the Gmail users, and Hotmail users are twice more vulnerable than Gmail users.

Considering Gmail is now the world's largest provider of email accounts and has significantly less user security issues than both of it's leading competitors, I think Gmail wins.

http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/28/gmail-hotmail-yahoo-email-users/

Use whatever you want, I've made my point clear.
broken avatar :(
  • DeletedUser
  • Deleted Member
×
broken avatar :(
DeletedUser
This user is deleted :(
So far my iCloud havent got hacked yet. And everytime someone tries to access my mail on Google it gets blocked until I change the password
broken avatar :(
×
broken avatar :(
☭ Soviet Commander ☭
Location: us
Date Registered: 13 August 2012
Last active: 9 years ago
Posts
2,789
Respect
Forum Rank
King of the Zombies
Primary Group
Community Daedra
My Groups
More
My Contact & Social Links
More
Signature
Let's keep this thread on topic from here on in. -DBZ

+1 to off-topic reply -DBZ

lmao. Too funny.

Goliath Script Placer: http://ugx-mods.com/forum/index.php/topic,11234.msg125257/topicseen.html#new

"...Christ, people. Learn C, instead of just stringing random characters
together until it compiles (with warnings)..."

-Linus Torvalds
×
daedra descent's Groups
Community Daedra
Community Daedra
daedra descent's Contact & Social LinksBlueSoviet
In the end though, does it really matter how well the site is coded? i mean, if a hacker REALLY wanted to get into a site, could they still do it?
broken avatar :(
×
broken avatar :(
Location: usSouth Glens Falls, NY
Date Registered: 25 June 2012
Last active: 5 years ago
Posts
580
Respect
Forum Rank
Zombie Enslaver
Primary Group
Community Mapper
My Groups
More
My Contact & Social Links
More
Signature
Fallout Assault Center - Released!

Z ASYLUM - WIP  https://ugx-mods.com/forum/index.php/topic,15236.msg150610.html#msg150610

Xbl, psn, and steam username is nickst98
×
nickst98's Groups
Donator ♥ Benevolent Soul who has our eternal gratitude and exclusive access to betas and the donator section of the forum.
Community Mapper Has released one or more maps to the UGX-Mods community which have been added to the UGX Map Manager.
come on guys, dont blame google or yahoo, or even hotmail

broken avatar :(
×
broken avatar :(
Former UGX Lead Asset Creator
Location: ca
Date Registered: 17 August 2012
Last active: 6 years ago
Posts
1,932
Respect
Forum Rank
Zombie Destroyer
Primary Group
UGX V.I.P.
My Groups
More
My Contact & Social Links
More
Personal Quote
Eh?
Signature

(Click to enter portfolio)
×
SajeOne's Groups
Donator ♥ Benevolent Soul who has our eternal gratitude and exclusive access to betas and the donator section of the forum.
UGX V.I.P.
UGX V.I.P.
come on guys, dont blame google or yahoo, or even hotmail

(Image removed from quote.)
:alone:
broken avatar :(
×
broken avatar :(
[UGX] Founder
Location: usBay Area, California
Date Registered: 24 June 2011
Last active: 2 years ago
Posts
5,551
Respect
6,653Add +1
Forum Rank
Immortal
Primary Group
UGX Administrator
My Groups
More
My Contact & Social Links
More
×
treminaor's Groups
UGX Administrator
UGX Team Member
UGX Site Moderator Has the ability to issue warnings to users, edit and remove posts from the forum and to move topics to other boards. Upholds the rules of the forum. Moderates Chat Rooms.
come on guys, dont blame google or yahoo, or even hotmail

(Image removed from quote.)
I got an email notification of this reply but obviously it didnt contain the image - I read it and was about to come on here and give a speech about server security but then I saw the image  :lol:
broken avatar :(
  • n123q45
  • Deleted Member
×
broken avatar :(
n123q45
This user is deleted :(
Lol :)   :nyan: :nyan: :derp:

 
Loading ...