TAFL Board Security Breach
Posted by the TAFL Senior Staff at 6:14 pm GMT-0800 [Permalink]
Filed under TAFL Announcements
Dear Members,
As you are aware, TAFL’s board has been offline for the past week. Unfortunately, the message board was recently hacked. Although we have restored the board from recent backups, some newer threads and posts were lost. Additionally, some members may need to re-upload their avatars.
More importantly, we recommend that all board members change their passwords as soon as possible to something unique – i.e., to a password that you do not use on any other Internet account. Additionally, if you used the same password for the TAFL board on any other Internet accounts, please change the passwords on those other Internet accounts as soon as possible. Use a unique password that you do not use for any other Internet account; do not use dictionary words; and use combinations of letters (both uppercase and lowercase), numbers, and symbols. For suggestions on how to create strong passwords, please read Microsoft’s tips: http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/passwords-create.aspx
We are extremely sorry for this security breach. Although we update our scripts when new versions come out, we cannot promise that this will not happen again. As such, we stress that board members should use strong passwords that are unique to TAFL’s board and that are not used anywhere else.