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BRS hacked

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by F.D. Reefer, Feb 20, 2015.

  1. Feb 20, 2015 #1
    F.D. Reefer Fort dodge

    F.D. Reefer Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Better go cash out the bank accnt.Hackers suck
     
  2. Feb 20, 2015 #2
    Jamie

    Jamie Well-Known ReefKeeper Vendor

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    Got it too but that’s why I always use paypal if possible or Credit cards online or anywhere for that matter. NEVER use DEBT cards or Checking account most merchants save your card info in their systems. Much harder to get money back if it does disappear from your checking account. CC all it usually takes is a chargeback and a new account number, and paypal no personal account info is exchanged.


    THE WAY THIS WORLD WORKS IS THE THIEVES ARE ALWAYS 1 STEP AHEAD OF THE SECURITY....
     
  3. Feb 20, 2015 #3
    F.D. Reefer Fort dodge

    F.D. Reefer Well-Known ReefKeeper

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    Good point
    I usually use paypal too.
    It's a lot easier too.
     
  4. Feb 21, 2015 #4
    Fence13 Des Moines

    Fence13 Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Jokes on them that card got closed because of Home Depot's failure /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/smile.gif
     
  5. Feb 21, 2015 #5
    Maureen Urbandale, IA

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    Glad I used paypal!
     
  6. Feb 21, 2015 #6
    Reefman

    Reefman Inactive User

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    That was from June 2013 -Jan 2014
    They have taken security measures since then.
    I received a letter, only name & addresses were hacked they did not have access to complete credit card numbers...So the letter states.In which by using PayPal they could have gotten that info as well...
     
  7. Jun 11, 2015 #7
    Bud West Des Moines, IA

    Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

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    Bumping this thread. My e-mail account password got hacked yesterday, it was the same e-mail account that I had used for BRS and while the password was not the same as the BRS one, it was similar. Close enough to get guessed with brute force if the BRS one was known.

    The result was that while I was on the golf course yesterday, I received 6000+ notifications from my e-mail provider that my maximum allowable outgoing messages per hour had been exceeded. They attempted to send well over 14,000 emails before I was able to get back to my PC and change my password. Since then, the influx of "rejection" messages from various providers (for non-existent e-mail recipients, etc) has abated. But likely well over 2000 messages made it through, which does wonders for my spam rating I'm sure.

    If you ever had a BRS account:

    1) change all of your passwords, everywhere, to ones that are completely different - especially for account that use the same e-mail address that you used for your BRS account
    2) take them up on that credit monitoring offer
    3) if you got the letter but the offer has expired, you can call BRS and they will issue you another letter

    BRS Security update link
    --- Auto-Merged, Jun 11, 2015 ---
    PS I can't say that the hack was a result of the BRS hack...so I'm changing all my passwords no matter what
     
  8. Jun 15, 2015 #8
    Eric West Des Moines, IA

    Eric Experienced Reefkeeper

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    While websites don't typically use two-step verification, e-mail accounts such as Hotmail/Live/MSN/Outlook and Gmail do. I would suggest using the added protection offered by two-step verification wherever possible.

    -Eric
     

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