Data leak?
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- flyslinger
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Data leak?
#1Yesterday when I was signing in, I got a message that said there was a "data leak" associated with this forum and it advised me to change my password. Is this accurate?
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Re: Data leak?
#3It looked like the regular website sign in page but in red letters was a little announcement about the data leak and changing the password. I have a burner password here, so no big deal, and I have tried signing in a couple of times today and have not gotten that message.
It's just curious that it happened once.
It's just curious that it happened once.
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Re: Data leak?
#4Never seen that one here before either. Not a message I generated, nor do I think it's one the board came up with. I'll do some investigating.
Mark
Mark
Re: Data leak?
#6Nothing mentioned on the phpBB admin forum about something like this. Not sure where it's coming from. If it happens to anyone else again, can you grab a screen shot and post it here to help track it down?
thanks,
Mark
thanks,
Mark
Re: Data leak?
#7What web browser are you using? A new "feature" added to Firefox around version 75 or so was a background check to see if login info may have been compromised.
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#8I'm using Safari on an Apple product. It may have been my phone or MacBook. I can't remember which.
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Re: Data leak?
#9Ok. It's possible they have something similar, especially since Apple is an "ecosystem" and wants you to have an AppleId/account/email to sync everything.flyslinger wrote: ↑11/11/20 09:08I'm using Safari on an Apple product. It may have been my phone or MacBook. I can't remember which.
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Re: Data leak?
#10I believe I read Apple's IOS 14 software update will warn you if a password you use has been hacked and calls it a "data breach". There was also some issue with Safari using iOS 13. Try searching with something like "safari data leak".
I also read some where you can check to see if the dark web knows about your password here ..https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Best practice is make complex passwords and do not re-use them.
John
I also read some where you can check to see if the dark web knows about your password here ..https://haveibeenpwned.com/
Best practice is make complex passwords and do not re-use them.
John
Re: Data leak?
#11This is an unsecured site. If I lose the site and have to sign-in my Bitdefender will not let go here until I accept responsibility for any adverse actions. There are a couple of sites like this. It means they can accessed by anyone and anything can be read. I'm fine with this but some are not. I get a message I have 19 compromised passwords. They are all on unsecured sites and not related to any passwords on secured sites.