Attempted 'Hack' Of My Nation
SeaQuest
20-03-2006, 08:17
I just checked my nation page and it gave me this message.
There have been 2 bad login attempt(s) since your last successful login.
As I only hit refresh and have not logged out, it is obvious that somebody has attempted to hack into my nation.
As I didn't know where else to report this, and this is the Moderation section, this seemed to be the best choice.
Tsaraine
20-03-2006, 09:47
The first thing to do is to change your password; you should do this every couple of months in any case.
Your password should be a random mixture of numbers and letters (both upper and lower case), and over eight characters long. It should not be a word, or even an AOL-ised word, and it shouldn't be related to your nation in any way, shape, or form. And of course you should keep it very secret; don't use the same password on offsite forums or things.
If this is a hacking attempt, it would seem to be just a guy trying a couple of random passwords; good password security will keep him out.
Sorry I can't help you any more directly, but this should help.
~ Tsar the Mod.
Forgottenlands
20-03-2006, 14:24
I just checked my nation page and it gave me this message.
As I only hit refresh and have not logged out, it is obvious that somebody has attempted to hack into my nation.
As I didn't know where else to report this, and this is the Moderation section, this seemed to be the best choice.
Good news is the fact that you see this message shows that his attempt failed.
SeaQuest
20-03-2006, 19:10
@Tsaraine: Thanks for the help.
@Forgottenlands: Quite true.