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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: bsalt on July 11, 2011, 05:15 pm

Title: Password changed and not by me.
Post by: bsalt on July 11, 2011, 05:15 pm
When I am trying to login it says incorrect password. Can an admin assist me with this please? I did not change it.
Title: Re: Password changed and not by me.
Post by: Dread Pirate Roberts on July 12, 2011, 06:04 pm
about half a dozen users have had their accounts drained because they were using their mtgox passwords.  mtgox was compromised and someone out there has all of the passwords from it and is trying them out on user accounts here.  there is a link about it on the homepage of the main site as well, but it you are using a password you have used at mtgox CHANGE IT!!!
Title: Re: Password changed and not by me.
Post by: Kind Bud on July 16, 2011, 04:48 pm
Two main possibilities.
Probably you signed into a phishing site. Hidden Wiki and other places sometimes change the Silk Road link.
Then the phishers log your name and pass and then send you to a failed CAPTCHA page on Silk Road and then you log in normally on your second try.  You should always either type in the address or use your own bookmark. You you should always check your address bar for ian and the z6z.
http://ianxz6zefk72ulzz.onion

my mnemonic:  (In three parts)
ian crossed 6 palindrome F*ed up elk.
72 (is) un-lucky
almost at the end, don't forget the 4 Zs -2 of them so palindrome makes sense, 2 more at  Z end.

The other big issue is shared passwords (like MtGox) between sites. Use unique passwords each time. I recommend KeePass versions available for all OS

*Silk himself had a nice mnemonic that I made mine off of...don't quite remember it
Title: Re: Password changed and not by me.
Post by: PleskVPN on July 17, 2011, 09:11 pm
I agree, use unique passwords on each page...

I used keepass(x) too.



Title: Re: Password changed and not by me.
Post by: ogre86 on July 26, 2011, 02:39 am
Quote from: Kind Bud on July 16, 2011, 04:48 pm
*Silk himself had a nice mnemonic that I made mine off of...don't quite remember it
"Ian crossed 6 zebra palindromes, everybody fucking knew 72 ugly lesbians sleep on onions."

Now we need one for the forum site...