Forum account access attempts

[MattHawkinsUK]

Just tried logging into this forum and it told me I had "exceeded the maximum number of logon attempts". I hadn't made multiple attempts so it must have been someone attempting to break into my account.

Please ensure you've got a sensible password that is a decent length and complexity.

If you can remember what your password is then it isn't good enough!

[pjc123]

Same problem. Someone might have accidently introduced a bug into the forum software today.

[ghans]

I get logged out while using the board after
varying intervals , does that mean i'm compromised ?
And this is not a regular session timeout , becuase i'm
active while this happens.


ghans

[RaTTuS]

people should be aware of lastpass.com,
it gives you easy access to different usernames and secure passwords for each site

[jamesh]

We think there are some problems somewhere - it's being looked in to. I wonder if its related to the massive DDOS attack on Spamhaus?

[ShiftPlusOne]

People on IRC and in other threads are also saying that their legitimate accounts are being banned for spamming.

[DetlevSchm]

Same happened to me right now, but even when logged in, I had to re-login after some clicks.
The session ID in the URL was always the same, though.
Apparently, this mechanism is not working properly anymore.

[AndyD]

Would this thread be more suited to the "Forum glitches" section rather than "General discussion"? That is were I looked for information when this occurred to me.

[ShiftPlusOne]

Would this thread be more suited to the "Forum glitches" section rather than "General discussion"? That is were I looked for information when this occurred to me.

Yup, thanks.

[Davespice]

Oops, I've just started another thread on this topic. I didn't see this one. I am also having this issue.
For a while there I was concerned my account may have been hacked.

It may be worth one of our admins having a look at our login ips to see if they're excessive and or unusual etc.

[WillCK]

Yeah...I am getting the captcha question also...I believe I was previously set to auto log in...something is amiss

[RaTTuS]

I got the Captcha just now also

[LemmeFatale]

I came here because I logged on to find I was being asked to solve the CAPTCHA due to excessive log in attempts, too, even though I haven't been here since yesterday. My password is secure and all that, so I take it that it's nothing to worry about, then?

I get logged out while using the board after
varying intervals , does that mean i'm compromised ?
And this is not a regular session timeout , becuase i'm
active while this happens.


ghans

I got this last week, and am getting it today, too. In fact, I can't stay logged in at all - I just had to re-log-in twice in order to try to post this reply! I don't think it's a sign of a compromised account, though - I suspect it's just a bug in the forum software.

[cyrano]

I stay logged in on my usual account. No problems there.

Just started a new account and tried to log in (latest Chrome browser), got redirected to the gaptcha. Must be a bug in the forum software.

Auto login still works on my usual account.

[jamesh]

We know what the problem is (I think), and it's being looked in to with our service provider.

[Pytlicek]

Autologin don't work on my chrome Same problem here with login.