Warning on Account Hacks

[arj]

Folks ,
We have noticed 3 instances of accounts being hacked and unsavoury/illegal content being posted. Many of these are currently dormant accounts.

Request to all of you to

1. Please do secure your accounts. the guidelines were published in the below post

Thread 'How to secure your HiFiVision.com account'

Jun 29, 2021

How to secure your HiFiVision.com account

Enable Multi-Factor Authentication

To ensure the security of your account, we strongly advise enabling Multi-Factor Authentication. In addition to a strong password, Multi-Factor Authentication is an easy-to-use tool that will provide substantial protection against potential data breaches or hacks.

Multi-Factor Authentication requires a password, username, and a code from an authenticator application such as Authy or Google Authenticator. Once you have an authenticator app, you can enable Multi-Factor...

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2. In case you do see any thing please do use the "report" Link or even better drop a message to the mods as many of you have been doing.
Sending to all is best because chances that one of us can access at the earliest is higher.

Any (or all) of the mods ie @Fiftyfifty , @Nikhil , @captrajesh , @Naturelover or self @arj would be get to it at the soonest

 

[Fiftyfifty]

Thanks @arj.
I would also request all FMs not to click on the links provided in such suspicious posts.

 

[jigarpatel]

Is it possible to flash message "Secure Account" the moment they login, to those use who have not setup secure account ?
So that they can take appropriate action.

 

[HiFiVision]

Members can secure their account by using 2 step verification or passkeys.

 

[chander]

@Fiftyfifty , @Nikhil , @captrajesh , @Naturelover or self @arj

A list of all known hacked accounts in the current hack will be helpful for all to know if anyone was contacted or shared their personal information. It will allow anyone to take right measures to secure themselves further.

 

[Fiftyfifty]

@Fiftyfifty , @Nikhil , @captrajesh , @Naturelover or self @arj

A list of all known hacked accounts in the current hack will be helpful for all to know if anyone was contacted or shared their personal information. It will allow anyone to take right measures to secure themselves further.

Sajit
Enthusiast
Krell

I have deliberately not tagged them

 

[chander]

Thanks @Fiftyfifty - this should be helpful.