Spam PMs from 1972Pantera

[North Country Tough]

Unwanted Solicitation

Got a PM this morning generated at 1 in the morning from a member 1972pantera about goods and services that I had not requested so not sure how to deal with this did anyone else get this.NCT

[msafi65]

Me to

[b.seas]

Yes~I got the same one! At first it just looked like a friend request then this add pops up!

[mike d]

I got it to. I'm sure Mike will take care of this. Later Mike d

[BW3]

Thank You for the heads up , Deleted without opening ,, .. Again many Thanks !

Good Trails ALL

bg

[Mike]

We have been dealing with hacking attempts from China for the past five weeks. They are simply trying to log into everyone's account by trying simple passwords like "12345" and "password". They only have 5 attempts before the accounts are locked for 15 minutes which has helped but they finally got lucky and got into 1972Pantera's account. I have changed his password for now.

I really didn't want to force anyone to change their password but I may have to do that. If you are using a ridiculously simple password, I understand that it's easy to remember but please try something more secure. I can't see anyone's passwords because of their encryption but I can scan the database for simple passwords and force an update. I may do that soon if it continues to be a problem.

Thanks to everyone that reported the SPAM to me. I appreciate it.

Mike

[amphibious drew]

We have been dealing with hacking attempts from China for the past five weeks. They are simply trying to log into everyone's account by trying simple passwords like "12345" and "password". They only have 5 attempts before the accounts are locked for 15 minutes which has helped but they finally got lucky and got into 1972Pantera's account. I have changed his password for now.

I really didn't want to force anyone to change their password but I may have to do that. If you are using a ridiculously simple password, I understand that it's easy to remember but please try something more secure. I can't see anyone's passwords because of their encryption but I can scan the database for simple passwords and force an update. I may do that soon if it continues to be a problem.

Thanks to everyone that reported the SPAM to me. I appreciate it.

Mike

I have noticed strange things with being logged in and then saying invalid password at times. I thought it was just a glitch in my phone though. Is the password "password" secure enough? If not, I may have to ad 123 at the end of all my passwords to keep these Chinese scam artists away from my stuff.

[techfx]

At least it got me to log in and check out the site for the first time in a few months...

[BC8x8]

Got one to. Thanks Mike for your efforts to keep spammers out!
Ross

[Nubs]

There's no way there guessin' my password so i don't get it, Numbers,letters,capital's bla bla

[gus marrone]

Me Too

[nemanuel]

Hello,

Yes I did as a private email. I thought it was strange.

Thanks

[Dozerlarry]

Wow! I wasn't left out on something for a change. Fooled him, I don't even have a motorcycle.