Hey guys,
as most of you noticed, some douchebag was able to hack into my account! Very strange, since I use unique strong passwords for all my accounts! I also did not dispose of old PC's or smartphones where my passwords could be cached. I have no clue how this person obtained my password.
Luckily some members noticed this was not me and RPF staff locked my account after a few hours. I now have reset the password and I will activate 2 factor authentication on this account (I do not do this for all forum accounts I have, but I might reconsider now ;-) ).
I really hope nobody made any payment to this person, but as far as I can see in my PM box, only two people were contacted and none of them seemed to have made a payment. Glad to see nobody was scammed.
So people, remember: change passwords regularly, use strong passwords and consider two factor authentication. And never forget: ALWAYS use paypal and pay for goods and services, so you have buyer protection of something goes wrong! Keep safe!
Kind regards,
The REAL TomVDJ
as most of you noticed, some douchebag was able to hack into my account! Very strange, since I use unique strong passwords for all my accounts! I also did not dispose of old PC's or smartphones where my passwords could be cached. I have no clue how this person obtained my password.
Luckily some members noticed this was not me and RPF staff locked my account after a few hours. I now have reset the password and I will activate 2 factor authentication on this account (I do not do this for all forum accounts I have, but I might reconsider now ;-) ).
I really hope nobody made any payment to this person, but as far as I can see in my PM box, only two people were contacted and none of them seemed to have made a payment. Glad to see nobody was scammed.
So people, remember: change passwords regularly, use strong passwords and consider two factor authentication. And never forget: ALWAYS use paypal and pay for goods and services, so you have buyer protection of something goes wrong! Keep safe!
Kind regards,
The REAL TomVDJ
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