Couple of people I've spoken to recently have said their profiles "have been hacked ", plus there was a thread in the same vein last night.
Is this common? Is the security as robust as it should be? Bit concerning, considering the info and photos on here.
Anyone else had similar issues? |
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"Couple of people I've spoken to recently have said their profiles "have been hacked ", plus there was a thread in the same vein last night.
Is this common? Is the security as robust as it should be? Bit concerning, considering the info and photos on here.
Anyone else had similar issues?"
Was this the lady who had her status changed. I think she was gonna get a new sim? I use ma PC to access the internet, so I don't have any particular personal worries  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It may not be that. If you tick "Keep me logged in" when you log in then if anybody has access to the phone, tablet or PC you are using they will automatically be able to access Fab. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I had my previous profile stolen...
Completely C & P'd onto someone elses then they added a few lines to make it a bit more personal..
He told me he did it because he liked how I had worded it and i should be flattered  |
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By *ugby 123Couple
over a year ago
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"How on earth would you hack someone, by guessing their password? I'm not looking for tips, just curious 
No idea either."
Sometimes guesswork, sometimes silly passwords. There was an article not long ago with a list of passwords that people use...number 1 used was 12345 |
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"How on earth would you hack someone, by guessing their password? I'm not looking for tips, just curious
No idea either.
Sometimes guesswork, sometimes silly passwords. There was an article not long ago with a list of passwords that people use...number 1 used was 12345 "
Phew! Mine is 123456 so not easy to guess. |
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"How on earth would you hack someone, by guessing their password? I'm not looking for tips, just curious
No idea either.
Sometimes guesswork, sometimes silly passwords. There was an article not long ago with a list of passwords that people use...number 1 used was 12345
Phew! Mine is 123456 so not easy to guess.
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"How on earth would you hack someone, by guessing their password? I'm not looking for tips, just curious
No idea either.
Sometimes guesswork, sometimes silly passwords. There was an article not long ago with a list of passwords that people use...number 1 used was 12345 "
How the hell did you get hold of my bank card? I Thought I was about a tenner light |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Could be accessing your mobile over a wireless network.
Recently my server had its password changed and when it was recovered the new server name was hack this.
Less than a week later the server was renamed challenge accepted.
You can obtain a lot of useful information by just talking to someone about likes, pet name, car they drive etc. People can give themselves away to easily |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Could be accessing your mobile over a wireless network.
Recently my server had its password changed and when it was recovered the new server name was hack this.
Less than a week later the server was renamed challenge accepted.
You can obtain a lot of useful information by just talking to someone about likes, pet name, car they drive etc. People can give themselves away to easily"
What do you mean your server? Like your wifi box? Modem thing?
I openly admit I am no techno whizz. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"How on earth would you hack someone, by guessing their password? I'm not looking for tips, just curious
No idea either."
There is a thing called
‘social engineering’
Basically they guess based on what they know about you, it would be a lot easier with an open face book profile though, popular passwords are pets names, favourite holiday destinations etc.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I had a message in my inbox showing as 'replied' tho i hadnt even opened the message, and when i spoke to the person who sent it they hadnt recieved a reply from me, nor did my outbox show a reply!
I trust the person who sent the message to be honest with me as weve been speaking for quite a while and wouldnt have any reason to lie!
I didnt even have fab loaded never mind logged in, i dont store the details anywhere! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Could be accessing your mobile over a wireless network.
Recently my server had its password changed and when it was recovered the new server name was hack this.
Less than a week later the server was renamed challenge accepted.
You can obtain a lot of useful information by just talking to someone about likes, pet name, car they drive etc. People can give themselves away to easily
What do you mean your server? Like your wifi box? Modem thing?
I openly admit I am no techno whizz. "
Best way for you to understand it is it's like someone hacking your wireless router you have at home and gaining access to all your contents on your PC and anything you connect to it.
They can even be sitting in a car outside with a laptop and fish about till the get a hit.
What the hacker in my case was looking for was technical drawings and pictures to motorbike parts the shop is making.
Thankfully that information wasn't on the system at that time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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People do get hacked it is a fact of life though why someone would want to access your fab profile opposed to your bank details etc is strange.
Passwords can be guessed with enough info people log in on public networks which isn't cleaver.
The reality is your laptop/tablet/phone is more likely to be hacked and if you save paswords on it then they get access to fab and other things.
It all goes to show you need to regularly change passwords, careful what you write down and update your device security regularly.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"How on earth would you hack someone, by guessing their password? I'm not looking for tips, just curious
No idea either.
There is a thing called
‘social engineering’
Basically they guess based on what they know about you, it would be a lot easier with an open face book profile though, popular passwords are pets names, favourite holiday destinations etc.
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People do threads on here asking for that kind of info all the time. And people answer. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Could be accessing your mobile over a wireless network.
Recently my server had its password changed and when it was recovered the new server name was hack this.
Less than a week later the server was renamed challenge accepted.
You can obtain a lot of useful information by just talking to someone about likes, pet name, car they drive etc. People can give themselves away to easily
What do you mean your server? Like your wifi box? Modem thing?
I openly admit I am no techno whizz.
Best way for you to understand it is it's like someone hacking your wireless router you have at home and gaining access to all your contents on your PC and anything you connect to it.
They can even be sitting in a car outside with a laptop and fish about till the get a hit.
What the hacker in my case was looking for was technical drawings and pictures to motorbike parts the shop is making.
Thankfully that information wasn't on the system at that time."
Ah ok thanks. Glad they didn't get the info. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"How on earth would you hack someone, by guessing their password? I'm not looking for tips, just curious
No idea either.
There is a thing called
‘social engineering’
Basically they guess based on what they know about you, it would be a lot easier with an open face book profile though, popular passwords are pets names, favourite holiday destinations etc.
People do threads on here asking for that kind of info all the time. And people answer. "
Yep. Social engineering covers a broad spectrum of things but it’s basically weighing people up, and influencing them without them realising. Kind of like transactional analysis but a bit more gurillla.
Think of the kind of walk in thief who steels a works ID or makes a Gas company one and wears work cloths and hi vis.
Also hackers who find your staff on linkd in etc.
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By *tirluvMan
over a year ago
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"Couple of people I've spoken to recently have said their profiles "have been hacked ", plus there was a thread in the same vein last night.
Is this common? Is the security as robust as it should be? Bit concerning, considering the info and photos on here.
Anyone else had similar issues?"
And you believed them? Seriously, that is some serious social engineering given that most people are trying their upmost to distance their fab from their vanilla life. |
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