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Club Business & Announcements/Tech Advice : Change to Stamporama Password Security

 

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Tim
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04 Oct 2015
07:02:48am
Hi Everyone,
In response to the website being hacked recently, I have made a significant change to the password security. All the passwords are now held in encrypted format so that should the website be hacked again, the passwords will not be in a visible format to the hacker. This means that neither the system nor I can retrieve your password for you because I can't read it either. If you forget your password, use the "Forgot Password" link on the login screen. Enter your username as requested and you will be sent an email to the main email account in your profile which will include a link that enables you to reset your password.

Let me know if you have any problems using this or if you have any problems generally after the website being hacked.

Regards ... Tim.
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Tim
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04 Oct 2015
07:27:51am
re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

Following up on the change to the Password storage policy described above, I have reset the passwords for everyone who didn't change their password after 9:00am Oct 3, 2015 EST (yesterday). If you only just received the email that I sent out yesterday or haven't got to change your password yet, the password that you have been using will not work. You will have to reset your password using the process I described in the above posting.

If you did change your password yesterday as requested and because of time differences your new password has been wiped by the global reset that I have just done, I do apologize. Please use the "Forgotten Password" link on the Login screen and reset your password.

Regards ... Tim.

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04 Oct 2015
07:58:05am

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re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

thanks Tim.

it will be interesting to see who, and how many, show up

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TheStampCellar
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04 Oct 2015
11:11:31am
re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

Hi Tim,

Just reset my password, no problems here.

Thank-you to you and everyone at SOR for your openness about this. You must be very busy sorting this out and I, like many other members, appreciate what you are doing.

Best wishes to all,
James

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04 Oct 2015
11:51:57am
re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

Just reset mine-- worked without problems; the reset email took about 10 minutes to reach me.

~Peter

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Liz

04 Oct 2015
12:19:12pm
re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

Thank you Arno and Tim for picking up on this problem and for encrypting the passwords. We are so fortunate to have all the volunteers & contributors who give up so much of their personal time so that we can enjoy all the features the 'Stamporama' website and its members offer to us.

Liz

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04 Oct 2015
02:17:38pm
re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

I'd like to echo Patches kudos to the volunteers who do so much (for so little compensation) to make this such a great site for stamp collectors. Contrast the rapid response to the hacking here to what happens when a major commercial database gets hacked!
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06 Oct 2015
07:19:16am
re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

Thanks Tim,
I too just reset my password. I agree with other comments that we should learn to change our passwords on a regular basis but like human nature, just too lazy until something like this happens. Only took 20 seconds away from "stampin". Thanks again,

Bill

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Tim
Collector, Webmaster
04 Oct 2015
07:02:48am

Hi Everyone,
In response to the website being hacked recently, I have made a significant change to the password security. All the passwords are now held in encrypted format so that should the website be hacked again, the passwords will not be in a visible format to the hacker. This means that neither the system nor I can retrieve your password for you because I can't read it either. If you forget your password, use the "Forgot Password" link on the login screen. Enter your username as requested and you will be sent an email to the main email account in your profile which will include a link that enables you to reset your password.

Let me know if you have any problems using this or if you have any problems generally after the website being hacked.

Regards ... Tim.

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Tim
Collector, Webmaster
04 Oct 2015
07:27:51am

re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

Following up on the change to the Password storage policy described above, I have reset the passwords for everyone who didn't change their password after 9:00am Oct 3, 2015 EST (yesterday). If you only just received the email that I sent out yesterday or haven't got to change your password yet, the password that you have been using will not work. You will have to reset your password using the process I described in the above posting.

If you did change your password yesterday as requested and because of time differences your new password has been wiped by the global reset that I have just done, I do apologize. Please use the "Forgotten Password" link on the Login screen and reset your password.

Regards ... Tim.

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amsd

Editor, Seal News; contributor, JuicyHeads
04 Oct 2015
07:58:05am

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re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

thanks Tim.

it will be interesting to see who, and how many, show up

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TheStampCellar

04 Oct 2015
11:11:31am

re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

Hi Tim,

Just reset my password, no problems here.

Thank-you to you and everyone at SOR for your openness about this. You must be very busy sorting this out and I, like many other members, appreciate what you are doing.

Best wishes to all,
James

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ScanStamps

04 Oct 2015
11:51:57am

re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

Just reset mine-- worked without problems; the reset email took about 10 minutes to reach me.

~Peter

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Liz
04 Oct 2015
12:19:12pm

re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

Thank you Arno and Tim for picking up on this problem and for encrypting the passwords. We are so fortunate to have all the volunteers & contributors who give up so much of their personal time so that we can enjoy all the features the 'Stamporama' website and its members offer to us.

Liz

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Larryd

04 Oct 2015
02:17:38pm

re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

I'd like to echo Patches kudos to the volunteers who do so much (for so little compensation) to make this such a great site for stamp collectors. Contrast the rapid response to the hacking here to what happens when a major commercial database gets hacked!
LarryD

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bernie2000

06 Oct 2015
07:19:16am

re: Change to Stamporama Password Security

Thanks Tim,
I too just reset my password. I agree with other comments that we should learn to change our passwords on a regular basis but like human nature, just too lazy until something like this happens. Only took 20 seconds away from "stampin". Thanks again,

Bill

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