BSF possibly hacked!

[Kiteflyer61]

The Bethesda forums were offline for most of the morning and into the afternoon. This is why:

Please Read! August 12, 2011
We have identified a potential breach of our forum user database that  occurred Friday morning, Aug 12. As a precaution we have reset your  forum password.

When you next try to login to the forums, your old password will not work. Click the I've forgotten my password link above, underneath the login boxes, and follow the steps to setup a new password for your account.

We recommend you do not use your old password or a password you have  used for other sites. Further, if your old forum password was used for  any other online purposes, we recommend changing the password on those  accounts as well.

You will also receive an email with this information, sent to the email address you registered with on the forums.

KF

[latendresse76 Avoiding Ilsa Lund]

Two capcha's and two e-mails to get in. Those Bastards!

[Dragon_Lance ...on a reconnaissance mission]

Again?

Thanks for the warning..

[Leonardo]

The same thing happen to the official Total War forum and was down for almost 2 weeks, so I had to do the same thing as I'm doing right now on BSF.  

[Wolf undefined]

Was it perhaps, by the same people that did so a month or two ago?

[Leonardo]

Has anyone of you guys logged in yet?  

[latendresse76 Avoiding Ilsa Lund]

yea it's a few hoops to jump through

[Leonardo]

I request some assistance of anyone who can help me, because I can't login even when I had a new password received through an e-mail.  

[Kiteflyer61]

I'm still waiting for the e-mail.  

Tried three or four times now.




KF

[Elaura]

Déjà vu.  How many times am I going to have to change my gaming passwords because Bethesda can't find decent security programmers?

[Xar]

I logged in with the pass they sent me alright. Could this be that one group?

[Maiqdabomb undefined]

Great. Bethesda needs to beef up security. At least they reacted better and faster to protect user accounts this time.

[Rattfink333]

yeah, got logged in. but it seems we lost our avatars again. this time i have not figured out how to get it reloaded again.

[latendresse76 Avoiding Ilsa Lund]

i went to put mine back up and got

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but you can't do anything

[Fliggerty]

I highly doubt this was LulzSec again.  They usually Tweet something about what they've been doing, and all they're talking about right now is PayPal and some internet radio thing.

Although I suppose it could very well be possible that this was them back then, and it's now being discovered.  You'd be amazed how often hacks go months without being discovered.

[Midgetalien]

again.... weak. Well it doesnt bother me that much as I have left those forums but I will have to change passwords etc.

When it  was hacked last time, along with sega and Bioware all my details were stolen and me emails hacked to I had to change all my emails I hope I dont have to do this again. GRRRR.

[Wolf undefined]

We recommend you do not use your old password or a password you have  used for other sites. Further, if your old forum password was used for  any other online purposes, we recommend changing the password on those  accounts as well.

Normally, I change my password the the exact same thing it was before (as I did last time it was hacked), but as this has been hacked twice, I no longer feel my password would be secure on Bethesda's forums.  

And I was under the impression most viruses go months without being discovered.  I remember someone saying viruses usually go in and do nothing until activated months/years later.

[Cerberus]

I'm still waiting for the e-mail.  

Tried three or four times now.

I've got this problem, quite irritating.

[Kiteflyer61]

Finally got my e-mail, jumped through all the hoops, Twice, get logged on only to find a complete mess.  

Not sure it's worth it anymore.




KF

[Jac Making my way back]

Normally, I change my password the the exact same thing it was before (as I did last time it was hacked), but as this has been hacked twice, I no longer feel my password would be secure on Bethesda's forums.  

And I was under the impression most viruses go months without being discovered.  I remember someone saying viruses usually go in and do nothing until activated months/years later.

Yep. Some viruses can be coded to not active until a certain day/time or other conditions are met, like being remotely triggered by the virus author. It depends on what the author wants it to do.

[Crankgorilla]

I'm no longer a fan of the Bethesda Forums. Too heavily policed. The moderators are (Bleep). I say burn the bastards. Up yours Bethesda!

[No One]

I'm no longer a fan of the Bethesda Forums. Too heavily policed. The moderators are (Bleep). I say burn the bastards. Up yours Bethesda!

Please, Crankgorilla,  do not mention burning down Bethesda on this forum. Even if you are venting, that is borderline "discussion of illegal topics" and is against GHF policy. Keep it cool and enjoy the forum.  

[Leonardo]

I'm still waiting for the e-mail.  

Tried three or four times now.

I've got this problem, quite irritating.

If you have that kind of problem I would say mine is worse, because the wrong username is showing on login page and I can't change it to the username I was giving in the e-mail.  

[peachykeen]

a) This isn't Bethesda's security persay, they use a reasonably stock version of Invision Power Board, which regularly gets hacked somewhere. If someone manages to hit Bethesda with an exploit discovered anywhere before IP patches it and Bethesda updates, then we have this issue.

b) If you can't get into your account, make a second with a similar name and PM Gstaff with the information and the email you believe was used or one you need it reset to. As soon as they can confirm the accounts are the same person, they'll reset your email or send the link as needed. It may take a day or two, since quite a few people need stuff fixed.

b.2) If you talk to Gstaff and he does reset it, then it still won't work, let him know and wait a bit. The email reset can cause a few mistakes to slip in, as can typos.

[Leonardo]

Do you know what the real problem with a temporarily newly created account?  I would bet you didn't know what's wrong with a new account over there and the fact is that you can't use PM before you have a least one post. One Post!

I know that from my own experience when I created my current account at BSF over a year ago and was forced to post one time, but soon as I did that I notice the PM icon in my profile.