Thread: Ban this nut
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      03-14-2018, 07:57 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by wreckedmyf80 View Post
This dam guy hacked my acct
Technically speaking, your account didn't get hacked, as that would require more skill to execute a security exploit (e.g. packet sniffing through the default unsecure connection on this site) or brute force.

You simply fell prey for good old social engineering, which is a process of fooling people into giving away their identity, user credentials, or any confidential information onto a fake data repository.

Nonetheless, it's not a good experience to go through, and I would highly suggest you change your other account passwords if the one you used on BP applies to any other important accounts.
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