Change Your Password and Turn On 2FA, Please

[tzrider]

Authenticator apps aren't the end all either. For example, Authy was compromised earlier this year.

That breach exposed phone numbers but did not compromise the 2FA functionality.

Auth apps have proven to be quite secure but they are not absolutely infallible. They are vastly better than 2FA over email or SMS, however.

 

[God]

I decree everyone should do this plus I just updated mine.

 

[budman]

Seeing the email saying God had decreed I thought.....

Damn. tzrider was right

 

[roadsterswap]

There has been a recent cluster of spammers accessing BARFer accounts and posting spam. In all cases, the email addresses of the BARFers had been compromised in a data breach and they seem to have re-used their password on BARF, as the logs do not show that anyone's password had been changed prior to the account being misused.

To safeguard your account, please consider changing your password. It would be even better to take the additional step of enabling 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) on your BARF account. You can use either email or an authenticator app. I would recommend the latter, as it is much more secure. Note that some password managers have an authenticator built in, which will fill in your 2FA code for you. A good free one is BitWarden, which runs on most computer and mobile platforms.

At this time, we are not taking the step of requiring 2FA. Our admins and moderators are required to use 2FA to ensure that accounts with elevated permissions are as secure as we can make them.

If your account is hacked, I will change its password, ban the IP address from which the account was being misused and send you email. If you have questions, please reach out to me, @tzrider.

i cannot seem to get on to edit my advertised streamliner. I would like to make changes. Help.

 

[budman]

It would help to link the thread.

 

[bikeama]

It would help to link the thread.

Here is the link looks like it it from January 2024 and open for an edit.

 

[unicyclegamer]

Is this still the case?

 

[budman]

We still recommend it. A small PITA to protect your self.
We have had USER accounts hacked this year.

 

[Enchanter]

Bump.