Moderator Account Accessed By 3rd Party

[Texasclucker]

but I have to say this I kinda laughed when I read that the post is "now shit" excuse my language

 

[BYC Project Manager]

Can you access pms or passwords?

BYC deploys the latest forms of security and from what we can see in the logs, NO USER INFORMATION WAS ACCESSED OR CHANGED!

And, to clarify, moderators can NOT access Private Message conversations, passwords, etc.

We have limits on what our moderators can see/do, and fortunately, those limits proved themselves very effective in this situation

Your accounts were and still are safe and secure.

 

[Everose]

but I have to say this I kinda laughed when I read that the post is "now shit" excuse my language

They certainly weren't very sly our mods are very selective in their language and super kind. The bad language made it so obvious

 

[Texasclucker]

Good deal! thanks again byc

 

[Texasclucker]

Yeah It SAID This Thread Has Been Hacked Lol

 

[MattW]

Can you access pms or passwords?

No one can access passwords. They are stored in a salted and hashed column in the database.

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Thank Y'all for fixing that, I find hacking scary.

 

[CarpCharacin]

Can you access pms or passwords?

Conversation messages are stored as plain text in the database, however a separate username and password is required to access the DB (it can't be done through the forum), and that login info is limited to very few people. Moderators don't have access to it, and even I never had access to it. The answer to the second part of the question is no, because passwords are hashed.

 

[BYC Project Manager]

Yeah It SAID This Thread Has Been Hacked Lol

Not anymore...

 

[HappyClucker7]

Whew! Glad that's over! You all did a great job stopping that person so quickly!