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Got this notification this morning vBulletin Hack Exposes 820,000 Accounts from 126 Forums
As a precaution, I'm changing my password. Honestly, I don't think the hackers can do much with this information. However, those using the same password across multiple sites could see trouble
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Here is the list of the sites affected. NB: Degreeforum and Degreeinfo are not on the list.
126 vBulletin forums hacked; data leaked on hacking forums - Pastebin.com
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We are, however, using an old version of vbulletin software that is very vulnerable to a specific, well known exploit. To be honest, this forum is pretty lucky not to have been compromised years ago (as far as we know :p )
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jsd Wrote:We are, however, using an old version of vbulletin software that is very vulnerable to a specific, well known exploit. To be honest, this forum is pretty lucky not to have been compromised years ago (as far as we know :p )
That's kind of scary, actually. Are there options to fix it?
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The admins just need to upgrade the board to the latest version, these exploits were all fixed a while ago. Upgrading takes just a couple of minutes in most cases and there's no reason not to. But we're in our own little word here, I don't think our admin pays too much attention to us.
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jb111 Wrote:...
As a precaution, I'm changing my password. ...
just changed mine
my old one was pa$$word1
I'm confident you'll never guess the new one
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