Here may be what you are looking for:Question please.….
Who has a LINK for that?
Thanks again.
Old Lady Cate
Since this is about hacked accounts I got an email from McAfee that they found my password was hacked on 1/30/17 from TGT. I had a secure password too. I have changed it to an even more secure and I would recommend that TGT members consider changing their passwords. Especially since all of this hacking has gone on. Your choice of course.
Question please.
If someone's account was hacked OR where it says:
YOUR IP ADDRESS HAS BEEN BANNED
and you do NOT have anything for sale or want to buy anything or did anything 'wrong'...
is there a place ON HERE where you can put contact information on?
I can't find it now.
This happened to me but NOT ON THIS FORUM but on another forum where I just SAW THIS TONIGHT when I went to sign in.
I know BBBass and I sent him a message.
Maybe he knows more on how to help me elsewhere.
I can't READ OR CONTACT or even try to sign in again.
I hope that this does not happen HERE to me with all of these crazy computer issues.
Thank you!
BBBass... you have my email address too.
Do I put one up here in a contact section just in case for THIS FORUM?
Who has a LINK for that?
Thanks again.
Old Lady Cate
I agree. But on TGT I had a very secure password not used anywhere else yet it was somehow compromised. That is according to McAfee.Never use Google or Fakebook to log in. (Not saying you do, just making a point about how secure passwords are useless if your FB profile is hacked and you use it to log in elsewhere!!!)
I agree. But on TGT I had a very secure password not used anywhere else yet it was somehow compromised. That is according to McAfee.
I agree. But on TGT I had a very secure password not used anywhere else yet it was somehow compromised. That is according to McAfee.
The compromise probably has zero to do with the strength of your password. Servers have to store you password (or a salted and hashed version of yours) for comparison and validation. Those catalogs of passwords are what hackers seek or purchase on the market in order to gain access to your account.
Good post!
Thank you for that information!!!
It really points up the need to have Two Factor Authentication for important accounts.
The question then is how did TGT get hacked? My having 2 factor authentication doesn't keep TGT from getting hacked? Once TGT is hacked a hacker I assume can delete an account and immediately replace it with the same name. I assume this is what happened.The compromise probably has zero to do with the strength of your password. Servers have to store you password (or a salted and hashed version of yours) for comparison and validation. Those catalogs of passwords are what hackers seek or purchase on the market in order to gain access to your account.
I don’t the exact details, but the theories I’ve been privy too are common attacks.The question then is how did TGT get hacked?
No. Depending on how you choose your 2FA or MFA settings, each time an attempt to sign into TGT, you will be prompted to provide a separate method of authentication that only you *should* have. It drastically improves the protection of your account from being taken over, but doesn’t prevent every single way your account could be compromised, but it’s 99.999% effective.… My having 2 factor authentication doesn't keep TGT from getting hacked?
I don’t think so, username reuse wouldn’t work for a lot of reasons.…Once TGT is hacked a hacker I assume can delete an account and immediately replace it with the same name.
It is not what happened...I assume this is what happened.
That didn't happen to TGT but part of the reason the whole situation put me in a panic was because it was possible in a practical sense. It wouldn't involve reusing a username, exactly, but simply replacing that user which has the same effect.I don’t think so, username reuse wouldn’t work for a lot of reasons.
The compromise probably has zero to do with the strength of your password. Servers have to store you password (or a salted and hashed version of yours) for comparison and validation. Those catalogs of passwords are what hackers seek or purchase on the market in order to gain access to your account.
Hi Cate,
I just found this post today.
I don't recommend putting any personal contact info on any forum. (And it may not even be allowable).
The thread referred to for contact AFAIK is a list of those that know your private contact info.... so for instance, you could list me in/on that thread, and if you disappeared somebody could go there, find me as your contact, and ask me to get in touch with you.
If I'm not being clear and writing understandably, you can add to the PM we have going and I will try to do better.
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I agree. But on TGT I had a very secure password not used anywhere else yet it was somehow compromised. That is according to McAfee.