tork Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 12 hours ago, norseman said: Tork joined our forum yesterday evening…. and......so? new members have to start somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntster Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 13 hours ago, bipedalist said: Had a New Mexico ip trying to hack my account recently. Maybe it has started. My account was briefly locked twice last night. But I've been getting this occasionally for a couple of years now. I can understand cyber crime for the purpose of stealing money, but to attack believers in the existence of bigfoot? How can this not be seen as mental illness? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted August 7 BFF Patron Share Posted August 7 Attack out of City of Angels most recently pour moi, seems to be a novel thing on my account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted August 7 BFF Patron Share Posted August 7 Netherlands suggests they are using vpn's and anonymizers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idlehour30 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Dumb question, but how are you guys finding out these attempts and locations? Are you getting notifications to your registered emails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted August 7 BFF Patron Share Posted August 7 (edited) 1 hour ago, idlehour30 said: Dumb question, but how are you guys finding out these attempts and locations? Are you getting notifications to your registered emails? Get notification of locked account from admin with detailed description of the why and wherefrom. We have savvy IT guy that runs this forum and nobody is gonna run rings around him. Right, notified by email on account. Edited August 7 by bipedalist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted August 7 BFF Patron Share Posted August 7 2 hours ago, tork said: and......so? new members have to start somewhere Just be thankful you are not starting in the rough and tumble days of BFF 1.0 lol! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverback Sax Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 OK, so how would one know their account was attacked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tork Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 well, I called the police and told them that someone from the ISF was trying to hack my BFF account. in talking over the phone with the officer, he first asked "what is ISF" ? i told him it's the International Skeptics Forum and I explained what it's about. I could hear some restrained chuckles on the end of the line. Then he asked me "what is the BFF"? and I told him about the BIgfoot Forums and the guffaw's and yuk yuk yuks started to roll. The officer then told me that he saw absolutely no reason to follow up on, what he described as the "Cyber attack of the century" and told me to grow up. "Bigfoot, HUH?!?!?! He laughed I'm sure that same cop would be happy to investigate someone doing a california roll through a stop sign. **** the non believers!!!!! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 31 minutes ago, tork said: well, I called the police and told them that someone from the ISF was trying to hack my BFF account. in talking over the phone with the officer, he first asked "what is ISF" ? i told him it's the International Skeptics Forum and I explained what it's about. I could hear some restrained chuckles on the end of the line. Then he asked me "what is the BFF"? and I told him about the BIgfoot Forums and the guffaw's and yuk yuk yuks started to roll. The officer then told me that he saw absolutely no reason to follow up on, what he described as the "Cyber attack of the century" and told me to grow up. "Bigfoot, HUH?!?!?! He laughed I'm sure that same cop would be happy to investigate someone doing a california roll through a stop sign. **** the non believers!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted August 7 BFF Patron Share Posted August 7 6 hours ago, Huntster said: My account was briefly locked twice last night. But I've been getting this occasionally for a couple of years now. I can understand cyber crime for the purpose of stealing money, but to attack believers in the existence of bigfoot? How can this not be seen as mental illness? Not sure abt mental health at the ISF either, but @Huntster don't look now but the BFF Bot is closing in on your posting record! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xspider1 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 4 hours ago, Silverback Sax said: OK, so how would one know their account was attacked? You should get an email from admin if your account is temporarily blocked because a cyber criminal is trying to hack your password with invalid login attempts. I got that email yesterday because a troll in Carnuel, New Mexico was trying to login as me. That is a crime, of course, and they will be held accountable for such actions eventually, one way or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldMort Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 (edited) I received the same E-Mail as well. Hey Tork, do you still live in your mom's basement in Carnuel, New Mexico? Edited August 7 by OldMort 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticKevin Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Yes, I received the same New Mexico email as well. Some people really need to get a better hobby than trying to hack a stranger's i.d. on a flipping message board. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntster Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 7 hours ago, bipedalist said: .........don't look now but the BFF Bot is closing in on your posting record! Robots are taking over the world. They must increase. I must decrease. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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