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1. tomdebruin - ex-web monkey

   If you're arriving here and wondering what is happening then listen up:

   A few days ago singletrackworld.com got hacked in a big way. Details of which can be read on the blog.

   Due to various security implications we couldn't restore the old site. So this forum was set up so that you wouldn't all run away.

   You must now re-register with a new username (it can be the same as your previous one). Once you are approved (which should be fairly quick) you'll be emailed a password.

   You'll be able to change this password once logged it. But DO NOT change it to what your old one was - particularly if using the same username.

   Any questions?

   

   Posted 3 years ago #
2. radoggair - Member

   Where do you click tp change your password once logged in????

   Posted 3 years ago #
3. deadlyhifi - Member

   click on your username, then "edit this information".

   Posted 3 years ago #
4. AndyPaice - Member

   do you know how much of our info got out for public viewing? Is it just email addy, password, and anything else in the profile?

   Posted 3 years ago #
5. tomdebruin - ex-web monkey

   just username, email address and encrypted password.

   It would only be a problem if you used the same username and password for a more sensitive account, someone unencrypted your password, then attempted to access services you might use.

   Posted 3 years ago #
6. AndyPaice - Member

   cheers, should be fine then.

   Posted 3 years ago #
7. Spesh99 - Member

   do you know how much of our info got out for public viewing? Is it just email addy, password, and anything else in the profile?

   The following data was released- it is basically anything that you filled in as your forum details (note the forum is completely separate from subscription details). Ive commented on the important ones:

   uid
   name- your name
   uname- your username
   email- email address
   femail- not sure what this one is but for me it was the same as "email"
   url- your website if you filled it in
   pass- your password md5 encrypted. I had a 8 character password and trying to brute force it I gave up after 6 hours
   newsletter- if you subscribe to the newsletter or not
   banned
   storynum
   umode
   uorder
   thold
   noscore
   bio- optionally what you wrote about yourself to display on your forum profile
   ublockon
   ublock
   theme
   commentmax
   counter
   conversionflag
   icq- optional details
   aol- optional details
   yahoo- optional details
   msn- optional details
   jabber- optional details
   regdate
   last_seen
   image
   signature- the optional signature at the bottom of your forum post
   permission_level
   max_group_permission_level
   domain- the ip of the last place you signed in
   regtext- dont know what this is- I never had it filled in

   99% of people have nothing to worry about. The small percentage of people who had very weak passwords or use the same passwords for their email account as they do for website accounts should follow the Singletrack advice and change their passwords.

   Posted 3 years ago #

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