Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

MacRumors Forums: Security Leak

Wait, what?

Please read our notice about a possible security leak on MacRumors Forums.

So MR changed the text to possible security leak. Umn, no, it was a most definite security leak.

Thanks MR for pulling me back into this thread.
 
GoCubsGo said:
You are the poster child for hackers. All passwords should be changed periodically, intrusion or not. I can see how the 5 seconds it takes to change your password can hinder your bottom line.
Click to expand...

BTW: the post you quoted was written by someone with ONE post.

Yes...this is his/her FIRST post...so I guess s/he hasn't needed to periodically change his/her password on this site yet!;)

You suggestion is, of course, an excellent suggestion for all of us.:D
 
GoCubsGo said:
You are the poster child for hackers. All passwords should be changed periodically, intrusion or not. I can see how the 5 seconds it takes to change your password can hinder your bottom line.
Click to expand...

Yup. Security is a proactive thing, and requires due diligence from all parties involved. I expect the admins to do their part to make sure my information is encrypted and difficult to obtain in the event of a worst case scenario, while I do my part to make sure my password isn't something easy to crack or guess at, isn't used on 50 thousand other sites I use, and gets rotated often enough (which I'll admit, that last one I don't do nearly as much as I should).

Also, there's the acceptance that even with everyone on the ball, there's always the chance that something like this will happen. Some little thing will get overlooked at some point, and someone will find a way to exploit it. I mean hell, it isn't like Macrumors is the only site I visit that got hacked and had its passwords leaked. For me, it's about the 4th of 5th time I've had to scramble and start changing things around to make sure I've got all my bases covered.

It sucks every single time, but it's also a fact of life on the internet. Sooner or later, your favorite sites will get hacked. All you can do is accept it, and gird yourself for when it does.
 
cymolia said:
has the security breach been rectified ? how do we know this wont ever happen again ?
Click to expand...

You don't.

There is no such thing as perfect security.

If you need 100% guarantee of !00% security, I suggest that you stay off the 'net completely, and never send an email.
 
cymolia said:
has the security breach been rectified ? how do we know this wont ever happen again ?
Click to expand...

Just as the others have said, there is no 100% security with anything. There is a risk factor involved with being online and one needs to weigh their risk to benefit factors when they sign up to a website and determine if it's worth it or not.
 
Peace said:
Some Websites have better security than others.

Just saying'

;)
Click to expand...

Many of the websites that have higher security also more sensitive data as well. While not minimizing the issue here, I think its a whole different ball of wax if my bank's website was hacked then an internet forum.
 
maflynn said:
Many of the websites that have higher security also more sensitive data as well. While not minimizing the issue here, I think its a whole different ball of wax if my bank's website was hacked then an internet forum.
Click to expand...

I might argue that some people treat their posts and time here as more valuable than money ;)
 
SandboxGeneral said:
Yeah but are they 100% hack proof?

Just saying'

;)
Click to expand...

maflynn said:
Many of the websites that have higher security also more sensitive data as well. While not minimizing the issue here, I think its a whole different ball of wax if my bank's website was hacked then an internet forum.
Click to expand...

You guys are right. Nothing is hack proof. Something netizens should get used to.

Just ain't the old days..Tisk Tisk..

:eek:
 
I've just heard MR got hacked -- OMG!!!! Is that true?? Please, I need at least another 20 pages of discussion of this thread.

We could even create a separate section, dedicated to the MR forums security leak, where users can post their worries, hopes, gossip on the hacker, general chatter about hashes and stuff.
 
LostSoul80 said:
I've just heard MR got hacked -- OMG!!!! Is that true?? Please, I need at least another 20 pages of discussion of this thread.

We could even create a separate section, dedicated to the MR forums security leak, where users can post their worries, hopes, gossip on the hacker, general chatter about hashes and stuff.
Click to expand...

genius
 
Two minutes before you sent your warning message to me, someone took $788,419.75 from my bank account. Can I have a refund please?
 
Just changed my password... but what's the use if everything is sent with regular HTTP anyway?
 
Zmanbaseball2 said:
Macrumors seems to be going down more than usually lately.
I was taken to this website after waiting for MR to load the front page of the forums.
http://cloudproxy1.sucuri.net/timeout.html
Then a few minutes later it was up again.
Click to expand...

I don't know for sure, but more than anything, the page you provided appears to be that your ISP is forcing your http traffic through a transparent proxy, and said proxy had an intermittent issue.
 
Zmanbaseball2 said:
Macrumors seems to be going down more than usually lately.
I was taken to this website after waiting for MR to load the front page of the forums.
http://cloudproxy1.sucuri.net/timeout.html
Then a few minutes later it was up again.
Click to expand...

ratsg said:
I don't know for sure, but more than anything, the page you provided appears to be that your ISP is forcing your http traffic through a transparent proxy, and said proxy had an intermittent issue.
Click to expand...

No, we chose to use Sucuri. It's to block bad/malicious requests.

We're still rebuilding and dealing with a lot of stuff... so please excuse our mess.

arn
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back