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A quick note from behind the scenes!
We've been noticing an uptick in compromised accounts in the past week or so -- that is, accounts being hijacked by (in this case) a single IP and used for posting cryptocurrency spam in the forums.
We want to assure you that Aywas has not had a data breach! Our theory at this stage is either that the users in question had their email accounts compromised, or that they reused passwords from one site to another.
We encourage all Aywas users to ensure their passwords are unique to Aywas! Strong passwords are unique, contain a mixture of characters (uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols), and are 11+ characters in length.
If you use a password manager, also please use sites that help inform you about breaches, to see if yours has any issues.
Our coder recommended using "https://haveibeenpwned.com/" as a place to investigate.
Thanks, and be safe out there!
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:11pm
- Xenephos
(#55335)
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Posted on: Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:16pm
Ooh yikes! Looks like it's time to change my password
- Xenephos
(#55335)
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Posted on: Tue Jan 17, 2023 4:20pm
Also, seconding that site. It's very useful.
- Elisabeth
(#35631)
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Posted on: Tue Jan 17, 2023 5:21pm
Thank you! Led me to work on other emails to manage other site info.
- Juke 🇵🇸
(#7625)
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Posted on: Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:02pm
Password changed 👌
- Kage Davies
(#33339)
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Posted on: Wed Jan 18, 2023 1:57pm
I've had a big increase in scam emails and messages through other channels lately. It would be easy to come from elsewhere if your password is the same. Makes me so mad smh.
Posted on: Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:24pm
:O
Thank you for the heads up!!