Password compromised warning

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Password compromised warning

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Just navigated to RTTL, found I was logged out. Logged in using my saved password*

Pop-up from Google warning that password had been compromised.

Now changed

* which was only reset recently bý Admin
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Re: Password compromised warning

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Interesting. Not really sure on that one. I've had it in the past, but not on here
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Re: Password compromised warning

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Your username/password is cached by the browser.

Your clever browser will check them against known lists of compromised usernames/passwords.

You might have used the same username/password on another site that has known to have been compromised. Your browser is being nice and letting you know.
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Re: Password compromised warning

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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:31 pm Your username/password is cached by the browser.

Your clever browser will check them against known lists of compromised usernames/passwords.

You might have used the same username/password on another site that has known to have been compromised. Your browser is being nice and letting you know.
It was a rather simple password 😅😅
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Re: Password compromised warning

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weeksy wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:35 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:31 pm Your username/password is cached by the browser.

Your clever browser will check them against known lists of compromised usernames/passwords.

You might have used the same username/password on another site that has known to have been compromised. Your browser is being nice and letting you know.
It was a rather simple password 😅😅
Yup :) And I should have changed it sooner.

But although I have used the same username (it's a pre-internet nickname) on many sites, I haven't created a new login anywhere for ages.


As an aside @weeksy , any idea why I've been logged out (twice)?
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Re: Password compromised warning

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Horse wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:42 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:35 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:31 pm Your username/password is cached by the browser.

Your clever browser will check them against known lists of compromised usernames/passwords.

You might have used the same username/password on another site that has known to have been compromised. Your browser is being nice and letting you know.
It was a rather simple password 😅😅
Yup :) And I should have changed it sooner.

But although I have used the same username (it's a pre-internet nickname) on many sites, I haven't created a new login anywhere for ages.


As an aside @weeksy , any idea why I've been logged out (twice)?
Welcome to my world! I get logged out at frequent intervals although I've set the stay logged in flag. However, this seems to be an artefact of the service/infrastructure at this end and nowt to do with the system at the server end. I think others have reported it but haven't checked to see if we have the same BB supplier.
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Re: Password compromised warning

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I think I've been logged out twice in the 3+ years we've been running, I don't see any logouts in the logs, so sadly I'm not a lot of use in terms of answers.
I very very rarely get logged out of any sites though
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weeksy wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:56 pm I think I've been logged out twice in the 3+ years we've been running, I don't see any logouts in the logs, so sadly I'm not a lot of use in terms of answers.
I very very rarely get logged out of any sites though
It used to happen to me as long back as on Visordown, sometimes I even get logged out in the middle of typing a post and lose the carefully crafted prose. :lol: Doesn't happen on other sites but I'm not on many. I guess it's a combination of things.

Not the end of the world though. :D
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Re: Password compromised warning

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Logged out again this morning.

Trying the newly-changed password failed. Then worked with Captcha thingy.
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Re: Password compromised warning

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I have been getting that warning for ages and not done anything.

I should change my password. Can anyone point me towards where on the site to do that? I've looked and can't see it. Maybe I'm missing the obvious.
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Re: Password compromised warning

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User Control Panel
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Edit Account Settings :thumbup:
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Re: Password compromised warning

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Count Steer wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:50 am User Control Panel
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Edit Account Settings :thumbup:
Done. Thank you.
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Re: Password compromised warning

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Count Steer wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:50 am User Control Panel
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Edit Account Settings :thumbup:
Pah! Since I've created it, posting anyway :D
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