It appears that somebody has the wrong end of the stick (see comments in "I'm Back" below) and has come to the conclusion that the hack happened because hackers found a backdoor into the forum courtesy of my exposed iTunes account.
For the record, hackers hacked DOSF and THEN hacked my iTunes account using the information they found in the DOSF database. I have already explained this twice.
For those who are worried about the exposure of personal information - the only information they could have about you is the email address you used to sign up for DOSF (hopefully not your general purpose email address - shame on you if you signed up for an Internet messageboard about sexual deviancy using an email address that was in any way important to you) and MAYBE the password you used to log in to DOSF.
If you use that password anywhere else on the internet (and you SHOULDN'T be if you have half a brain in your head; if you use the same password everywhere, and your password is broken, whoever broke it now has access to every single resource you use online. Does anybody care to admit to being that stupid?) you should change it now. Standard process when a password is compromised - change it.
If it can happen to Sony, it can damn well happen to us.
re-read the previous updates and still not seeing where you already explained it twice. the order in which your accounts were compromised were unclear and i was concerned for the safety of our personal information.
ReplyDeleteplease continue the process of maintaining up to date software because new threats on the internet are coming out regularly and it is the least that can be done for those who regularly contribute to our growing community of footsniffers.
in america we stay vigilant, and i for one, will be keeping my eye on the future safety measures that are put into place so that this kind of compromise does not happen again. people tend to blow off the importance of data integrity, but personal information in the wrong hands can be used in horrific ways.
vigilance often comes as a result of tragedy, and though the hacking of the den is sad, at least it is an eye opener for those in charge. take this as a lesson in vigilance in the same way that american had to persevere through 9/11
you guys do great work putting effort into the forum and remember that we do appreciate it, so thanks!
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