+- Online Degrees and CLEP and DSST Exam Prep Discussion (https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb)
+-- Forum: Main Category (https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Forum-Main-Category)
+--- Forum: General Education-Related Discussion (https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Forum-General-Education-Related-Discussion)
+--- Thread: vBulletin forums may be hacked (/Thread-vBulletin-forums-may-be-hacked)
vBulletin forums may be hacked - jb111 - 03-21-2017
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
vBulletin forums may be hacked - KayV - 03-21-2017
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
vBulletin forums may be hacked - jsd - 03-21-2017
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 )
vBulletin forums may be hacked - jb111 - 03-21-2017
Thank you both
vBulletin forums may be hacked - Mamasaphire - 03-21-2017
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?
vBulletin forums may be hacked - cookderosa - 03-21-2017
What are our options?
vBulletin forums may be hacked - jsd - 03-21-2017
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.
vBulletin forums may be hacked - bluebooger - 03-21-2017
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