Well that was fun

[Blind]

Well that was fun...
Just had to go to every important website and forum that i am a member at and change my password.

Turns out WHT, one of the biggest forums about web hosting got hacked the other day. The hacker managed to get a hold of the user database from mysql, dumped it, and downloaded the entire file, something like 5000 pages.
The hacker has already added that file to all free download websites and more than likely will see the email addresses of all users to spammers etc.

Did not wan't anything of mine to be stolen if anyone sees my password, especially account like paypal, my bank, ts etc.

[[T]wlžTïd]

Wow man, never heard of WHT but that is scary dude, weird enough i used to hack emails
just in yahoo though, had a Y! Cracker and PW changer, and like over 2m password possibilitys.

But besides that, that is messed up.

one question....how would they get ahold of your bank info? through pay pal?

[xcessive]

Good god wtf?

Youd think they would have better protection...?

[Blind]

WHT = Web hosting talk.

Well the password on wht is almost the same as the pw i use on paypal. So if they got into my paypal account it has my debit/credit card details on there.

You would think.
But wht hosts themselves, and all the databases abd backups were apparently un-encrypted.

[[T]wlžTïd]

Thats just messed up. People these days though, I get mad everyday now at one thing or another, like people who cant find the time to get a job, but spend most of it the internet(i am not including myself) creating and hacking into accounts etc.

I got mad today about that PBS post, and about people in school quiting stuff they love to be cool.

[Blind]

It is quite annoying.

Not long ago PHPBB was hacked as well. Been a lot of it going on lately.

[`elli]

& That's why we use GoDaddy, then pay the extra 7$ for Private Registration. =p It also helps to use those Visa gift cards to pay for your things, so that it's not your main card and only has a fixed amount of money.

Anyway, that sucks, Jye. Hope they didn't get into your PayPal. =\

[Rubber Ducky]

That's crazy. I haven't had any trouble with hackers that i know of but that sounds horrendous.

[Blind]

I doubt they would of actually found me Elli, there was over 500000 people on the list but there is always that possibility.

Also Godaddy is not a very good choice any more. They have been going downhill a lot lately.

I rarely have trouble with hackers, but i have been around a few places that has dealt with them.