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Some users might have seen E-mail about forum accounts being locked out for 15min.
We have detected someone doing an automated attack on these forums. Most likely spammers. This is nothing new in itself, as we get dozens of people every day attempting to post spam. And we block 99% of it. But this is something new.
Someone is attempting to grab the user names from previous posts and then guess the passwords for these forum accounts.
No doubt once an account is breached they will start using your account to post spam and we'll be forced to block or delete the account.
So, make sure you are using a strong password. At least 6 characters, preferable a mix of upper case, lower case & numbers.
Our forum software locks out users for 15min after 5 bad attempts so the spammers can't try too many password combinations. So if you have a strong password you should be fine and there is nothing to worry about.
If you do want to change your password, you can do so from the "User Control Panel (CP)" link,
We have also taken steps to block the IP address of the spammer but the spammers have many IP addresses at their disposal.
We have detected someone doing an automated attack on these forums. Most likely spammers. This is nothing new in itself, as we get dozens of people every day attempting to post spam. And we block 99% of it. But this is something new.
Someone is attempting to grab the user names from previous posts and then guess the passwords for these forum accounts.
No doubt once an account is breached they will start using your account to post spam and we'll be forced to block or delete the account.
So, make sure you are using a strong password. At least 6 characters, preferable a mix of upper case, lower case & numbers.
Our forum software locks out users for 15min after 5 bad attempts so the spammers can't try too many password combinations. So if you have a strong password you should be fine and there is nothing to worry about.
If you do want to change your password, you can do so from the "User Control Panel (CP)" link,
We have also taken steps to block the IP address of the spammer but the spammers have many IP addresses at their disposal.