Hello
Well, looks like my general-use forum password has been compromised. (see below)
I don't use it with anything money related, like pay-for-service accounts, banking and the like, just online forums and games. Still, the idea that now someone could use my password to spam or post guro pictures makes me uncomfortable.
I have subscribed to so many forums over the years, I'm wondering if there is a good method to change them all [semi-]automatically. The different user names could be narrowed to 3 - 5 variants (where the default was not available).
Any points in the right direction would be appreciated.
Marco
-----Original Message---------------------------------------------------------
From: Ubuntu forums [mailto:forums@ubuntu.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2013 6:06 PM
To: m_nadal@yahoo.com.au
Subject: Important information from Ubuntuforums.org
Hello,
You are receiving this message because you have an account registered with this address on ubuntuforums.org.
The Ubuntu forums software was compromised by an external attacker. As a result, the attacker has gained access to read your username, email address and an encrypted copy of your password from the forum database.
If you have used this password and email address to authenticate at any other website, you are urged to reset the password on those accounts immediately as the attacker may be able to use the compromised personal information to access these other accounts. It is important to have a distinct password for different accounts.
The ubuntuforums.org website is currently offline and we are working to restore this service. Please take the time to change your ubuntuforums.org account password when service is restored.
We apologize for any inconvenience to the Ubuntu community, thank you for your understanding.
The Canonical Sysadmins.
