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  1. 10th August 2011, 09:06 PM #1
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    Had my Photobucket HACKED!

    Earlier today I posted a pic of my D2a in the D2 forum. Got a message from Pedro to check on my pic later and it was gone!

    Went into Photobucket and all my pics had been moved around...... and a lot of really nasty stuff placed in there as well!

    I reported it to Photobucket and they promptly suggested deleting everything, changing my password then uploading a few pics and they would watch it for the next week or so. Of course that's what I've done.

    Some of the pics uploaded to my account were as I said..... really nasty.

    Has this happened to anyone else? I have really good online security etc but I'm just wondering if online picture hosting is particularly risky?

    Feedback from those suitably adept would be appreciated.
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  2. 10th August 2011, 10:37 PM #2
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    Horrible...
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  3. 10th August 2011, 11:21 PM #3
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    Strength of password? Was your password easily deduceable?
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  4. 11th August 2011, 07:43 AM #4
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    If some of the photos are ilegal then you can report it to the police and they will investigate it.
    About 2 years ego some idiot sent me some photos that would be criminal if I kept or not report them.
    The police investigate the case and appreciated my action.
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  5. 11th August 2011, 08:05 AM #5
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    I dont have an online photo account but I did have my email accessed a few days ago.

    Some company (I assume) used it to send spam emails to all of my contact list.

    I reported it and changed passwords again and it has been ok since.

    I think I will start changing passwords every month from now on.
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  6. 11th August 2011, 08:11 AM #6
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    The Hotmail account I've had for years was hacked last week. Whoever got in (I had a strong password) used the address to send links to everyone in my address book. The links were to a site selling various pills and probably a virus into the bargain.

    Luckily a couple of friends called me and I changed my password, then opened a new email account and shut down my Hotmail account. I have also changed most other passwords etc, as whoever got in could have copied everything in my email account and could be trawling it for useful infomation.

    It's a reminder to all of us to have strong passwords (so not your dog's name) and to change them fairly frequently.
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  7. 11th August 2011, 08:47 AM #7
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    The current XKCD seems fitting...
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  8. 11th August 2011, 07:09 PM #8
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    Umm, I probably wish I understood that post.
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