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They probably had easy to guess passwords, or they were re-using the same username & password combination from another site that was released on a list somewhere.
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I would guess that however they are doing it it is more complex than just guessing passwords. We are looking at 10 to 20 every day not a couple of individuals. These guys work in bulk!
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A database with a list of username and passwords for the forum may have been compromised and released at some point.
But if that was the case, they'd already have probably taken over yours and mine. I just changed my password to something more complex as a precaution.
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Huh. Very strange.
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Could start by running a current version of vBulletin. This version is EOL.
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Well that would be a good start, yes.
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Plenty of publicly released lists and services to look up passwords by email.
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Ok bot
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augh... it's a joke
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butthurt bots smh
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Password re-use across platforms + one of those platforms getting pwnd is almost certainly the cause of this issue.
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Ok bot.
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