I Was Hacked.

mickyflinn · 14 Oct 2021 at 14:55

Recieved an email from Overclockers forum while i was watching youtube on Tuesday evening saying that my email had just been changed , If this wasnt you log in and make changes to your account. Panic stations it wasnt me.

Tried my username and password , password invalid , tried my email to log in email not recognised. Damm i was stuck

Ive been Hacked :confused:

Contacred Overclockers left them a webnote but 24 hrs later i was impatient phoned them as i was worried that the hacker may use the members market to scam another forum member.

And the cheeky beep beep had actually did this selling a rtx 3070 (im still rocking a gtx 980ti) but Overclockers was on the ball and froze my account. The dam cheek of the scamner he even posted a topic called why was i banned and threw insult at admin.

So all sored now with the help of Overclockers and @Feek for guiding me threw the proces and helping me set up 2 step verification on my account.

Maybe @Feek could a guide with pics but heres what i did.

I downloaded Austy
Entered my phone number.
Got activation txt.
Added overclockers forum in Austy.
Enabled 2 step verification in my overclckers account .
Scan qr code or enter code manually.
Done.

@Feek has done a thread advising everyone to enable 2 step verification.

Link
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/please-enable-2fa-on-your-ocuk-forum-account.18939496/

Tx for listening .

mickyflinn · 14 Oct 2021 at 17:20

Bouton Aide said:
@mickyflinn get yourself a password manager, something like bitwarden.

Every site should have a different password longer than 12 chars. You never need to remember a password again and they are generated via the software automatically for you to copy and paste.

Tx will look into this.

Glanza said:
You weren't hacked, stick your email address you use here into: Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach

Scared to try it is it legit ?
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Zefan said:
Ah yes the usual excuse. I'll never forget you calling me a scumbag for banning you and ruining your reputation

I have no reputation to uphold and would have used far stronger insults

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Tx for the help.

mickyflinn · 14 Oct 2021 at 17:30

Jay85 said:
this actually happened?

It did i read the posts would be happy for the mods to publish the thread on here and on @Feek thread.

So glad no one got scammed in the members market.

@Zefan what gave it away that it wasnt a legit sale as i didnt see the posts ? Was it cus i got a gtx 980ti in my signature

mickyflinn · 14 Oct 2021 at 19:37

Zefan said:
Actually, nothing. The actions I took were with concern to profiteering

I recieved an email saying my email had changed but this was after the fact, would it be better an email linking to confirm the changes to account ? Extra layer of peotection.

mickyflinn · 15 Oct 2021 at 12:45

Bouton Aide said:
I am but it's ok to cross post, it's about the same thing

Anyway we all know what's good.

Whats MFA ?

mickyflinn · 15 Oct 2021 at 12:51

Bouton Aide said:
Multi Factor Auth

Could you elabarate further please is it better than 2fa ?

mickyflinn · 15 Oct 2021 at 21:56

touch said:
It's another name for 2fa but can be used to cover more.
2fa = 2 factor authentication.
You can have more than 2 factors though:
4fa could be password + fingerprint + GPS location + hardware key but it would be annoying for users so most things just use 2 factors. MFA could be used to mean any number of factors, 2fa means 2 factors. So, yes, MFA could be better than 2FA but usually people mean the same thing when they use these terms.

Tx

Bouton Aide said:
MFA = just 2 or more+ methods of login.

Tx

mickyflinn · 16 Oct 2021 at 11:15

Housey said:
Been using Authy for a while, seems decent…

Would agree it took less than a minute to get up and running.

mickyflinn · 16 Oct 2021 at 11:47

Bouton Aide said:
Authy is multi platform so you can install it on your PC as well. Login is using your phone number, which has to be authorized by your mobile.

Brilliant. Tx