FFR Hacked.

[sk8tr220]

Here's what's known about the breach:

Breach: Flash Flash Revolution
Date of breach: 1 Feb 2016
Number of accounts: 1,771,845
Compromised data: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames
Description: In February 2016, the music-based rhythm game known as Flash Flash Revolution was hacked and 1.8M accounts were exposed. Along with email and IP addresses, the vBulletin forum also exposed salted MD5 password hashes.
You can also run a search for breaches of your email address again at any time to get a complete list of sites where your account has been compromised.

[TheThong]

Re: FFR Hacked.

Wot

[XelNya]

Re: FFR Hacked.

Already had the JOY of doing a very large password change binge.

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

Not that in the long run it does any good.

Unless you have literally a different password for EVERYTHING it's kinda pointless.

[Dynam0]

Re: FFR Hacked.

iirc most organizations are required by law to notify their clients when confidential information has been obtained from a breach.

gg it's been months

[sk8tr220]

Re: FFR Hacked.

iirc most organizations are required by law to notify their clients when confidential information has been obtained from a breach.

gg it's been months

I recieved this notification this morning from a breach monitoring website. Maybe FFR isn't aware yet.

Hacks/breaches aren't always apparant and may not come to light until months later. Data that is stolen is not always immediately sold and may not be put onto the black market until long after the attack.

[sk8tr220]

Re: FFR Hacked.

Run your email address here: https:// haveibeenpwned .com

[Deadlyx39]

Re: FFR Hacked.

GG site says I've been "pwned"

Not gonna lie it's hard to take it seriously when the site tells me I've been pwned.

[Saik0Shinigami]

Re: FFR Hacked.

*sigh* So now that I've logged into this site and changed my password, can any admin/moderator tell me why nobody was notified? Other sites that get their information stolen notify every single user so that those users can hopefully replace all common passwords before a issue arises with another account such as banking. This didn't affect me since I use different passwords for everything except a select few, but still, this doesn't look good when there are so many people potentially affected and they don't even know. I've looked at the news feed for the past ~8 months and see nothing from Feb 01 onward. You cannot cover this up, this is a huge problem that needs to be addressed.

Edit: After all these years, I still didn't get a different forum rank eh? Funny.

[Charu]

Re: FFR Hacked.

Huh... guess that's why some users before reported they suddenly couldn't get in their accounts.

Makes sense I guess.

[andy-o24]

Re: FFR Hacked.

Today, 6:56 AM
Greetings,

We were informed by one of our information intelligence services that your e-mail address was compromised in a breach of the Flash Flash Revolution site. This does not necessarily mean that your BSU credentials have been exposed; however, if you use the same password for multiple sites it is possible. If you believe you've used the same password, please proceed with changing your BSU password by visiting https://password.bsu.edu/

If you have any questions, please let us know.

The Office of Information Security Services
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
765-285-4390
[email protected]

Email from my University. I guess this is real.

-o24

[Xiz]

Re: FFR Hacked.

Pro tip:

Literally have passwords for everything. It's annoying as fuck but hell, it's great when you only need to change one password but not all. Just keep a book by your desk or the passwords in your phone or something.

[Staiain]

Re: FFR Hacked.

Oh no Well as it turns out I've used a temporary pw for almost a year, and that actually saved me from being at risk on other sites

[inDheart]

Re: FFR Hacked.

hmm, i searched on both my main emails and neither came up for this breach, so i guess i used a throwaway when i registered this account. that actually makes sense, thinking back.

regardless, changing pw and probably my recovery email too to be in line

[PrawnSkunk]

Re: FFR Hacked.

We have no record of any data breaches of this scale being made, only attempts to compromise individual staff accounts. Since July, I have been focusing most of my attention on preparing the development site, so we can make the necessary upgrades to improve account security without breaking the site. We are continuing to dig around to find more details, as we currently know as much about the breach as haveibeenpwned.com provides.

[botchi246]

Re: FFR Hacked.

uggggghhhhh i was pwned twice apparently. ffr and tumblr. password changes here we go