Change Your Password!

[Warlord]

Hey guys,

It seems that there are people trying to steal accounts, so I suggest that everybody changes their password to something more secure (i.e. a combination of letters and numbers about 8 characters long).

Also, do not trust anybody with your login details, do not e-mail them to anybody, including admins and moderators. This is because people can easily get into your e-mail accounts and view your sent and received e-mails.

Just be careful, there are a few people stealing accounts.

Thanks,

Warlord

[Turv]

Just to add to this, We do NOT Need your password to reset your account. Too many people freely send their password in an email when asking for a GUID Reset.

We do not need it, Do not give it to Anyone!

[pengu]

Like to add a little more. No Super Moderator or Admin will ever ask for your password. If you think someone has hacked your computer, being key logged, or anything else please contact a Super Moderator or Admin as soon as possible.
In addition to that, get in a habit of changing your password(s) monthly and write it down on a piece of paper.

[FOEBiA]

I'd also like to add that it can be wise to add a few abnormal characters to you password.

e.g. !£$%^&*()@#

Brute forcers very rarely include those characters in their attacks, all of my passwords have at least 2 of those characters hidden in them.

Please don't go overboard so much that it is impossible to remember. Just adding two £'s at the end of your password is sufficient to increase the cracking time drastically, and if they didn't include £'s in the attack it would never crack.


Additionally, if someone ever asks for your account details for whatever reason report them, if it is a PM use the report PM function.

Even if you trust them with your life report them and dont tell them anything.

The only exception to this is a member of staff asking your account username so we can reset you.