Quote from zeugnimod :

Yeah, it somehow didn't like me choosing "Other" as country yesterday when I changed my password.

Quote from xaotik :

- I guess the days of national non-affiliation are over.

And thats why i think!

Yeah, I had to set mine back to germany too.

Zigmund, what shall we choose now?

Quote from three_jump :

Yeah, I had to set mine back to germany too.

Zigmund, what shall we choose now?

Are you guys ashamed of your nationality?

They're from the same country as you, aren't they

You guys not like germany?

To be honest I don't see a reason to choose a different country flag than your own No one should be ashamed of their nationality IMO.

Vic, just being curious . Do You know what have happened?

It's still happening for me, the forum keeps signing me out for no good reason!

Quote from Wilko868 :

It's still happening for me, the forum keeps signing me out for no good reason!

Did you check the box for "always stay logged in" or something like that when logging in for the first time with your new password (if you changed it)?

Quote from rockclan :

Did that really happen

http://jakg.com/LFS/Phlos/

Why do u keep images of peoples profiles ??

Probally to show us what happend, as proof or whatever. Backs up the point

Quote from Mikjen :

Why do u keep images of peoples profiles ??

Those are the profiles of all moderators at that time.

Quote from zeugnimod :

Yeah, it somehow didn't like me choosing "Other" as country yesterday when I changed my password.

That was a bug (because I changed a lot of country related things not long ago) and you should be able to select other again, as so to keep your nationality generic/hidden if one wants.

Quote from Victor :

That was a bug (because I changed a lot of country related things not long ago) and you should be able to select other again, as so to keep your nationality generic/hidden if one wants.

But we'll always know now that Zeug is a humour-less German twit :feathers:

Well, I couldn't find anything related to an exploit that would explain this happening, and some details point to a bug actually.
And though we're not running the latest version of vB, I don't think that's the problem. The reported vB XSS exploit is not related to what I can see happened here.
Nevertheless I'll upgrade the forum again soon.

Finally, I see no evidence of any accounts being hacked as in, someone was able to login with your account and obtain any details you have stored. In fact, forum account details are minimal anyway and most, if not all of the details you enter here in the user control panel are publically visible anyway.
Your real account details and license if you have one have always been 100% safe as well, since those are stored in a whole other database on another server.

I hope that puts some minds at ease,

Good to hear that. Although when I logged in 2 hours ago, I got a message that I have been banned permanently for posting link to crack. Of course I didn't post anything like that. My account is back again, though I changed both my web and game password, just to be safe.

thats the importance of having a very secure password...numbers letters capital letters lowercase letters

Like Wilko868, the forum keeps requiring the password every time I return (even though I have the remember me ticked) .....even required password again for this post although I had already logged in.

This just started with this recent flurry of issues. I have changed my password at lfs.net and still it forgets me.

same here. every time i go on this forum now it makes me sign in. it never did that before.

email victor

Quote from easyed :

Like Wilko868, the forum keeps requiring the password every time I return (even though I have the remember me ticked) .....even required password again for this post although I had already logged in.

This just started with this recent flurry of issues. I have changed my password at lfs.net and still it forgets me.

Quote from Zay :

same here. every time i go on this forum now it makes me sign in. it never did that before.

Have you tried deleting your cookies? Could be there's something wrong there. I'm just guessing

Hey obsolum - ya got that right mate - thanks

Ehh, never diss the cookies!!

Strange...

The hardware-forum is locked for me - just the hardware-forum!

Is this due to the recent problems, do we have to register now to use this part of the forum now, or am I banned for this section? If I am banned for this section I would like to know why...