Winamp Forums Hacked, Message from Winamp Management Team Released !
After Hacker Winamp Management Team Release a message for all Users, every bit given Below ...
Winamp Management Team —
Hello,
My scream is Geno Yoham together with I am the General Manager of Winamp. Our entire squad is dedicated to protecting the privacy of our users together with has seat extensive measures inwards house to ensure your information remains secure. As a upshot of these precautions, nosotros rapidly detected together with blocked an laid on on the Winamp Forums database. We have got confirmed that this breach was isolated to the Winamp Forum (forums.winamp.com) site only. Other Winamp sites together with products such every bit Winamp.com, dev.winamp.com together with the Winamp Desktop Media Player were non affected inwards whatever way.
We have got determined that your e-mail address was exposed every bit a upshot of this attack, thence every bit a precautionary measure, nosotros recommend that you lot alter that your password on the Winamp Forums. In addition, nosotros recommend that you lot alter your password every few months every bit a best practise for keeping your information secure.
We have got prepared the next FAQ for questions you lot may have got almost this incident. If you lot have got additional questions delight experience complimentary to contact us at support@winamp.com.
We apologize for whatever inconvenience this has caused together with desire to assure you lot that nosotros are taking steps to ensure that your information remains secure every bit a role of our ongoing commitment to protecting your privacy.
Geno Yoham
Winamp
1) What information was exposed inwards this breach?
We have got confirmed that your e-mail address was exposed every bit a upshot of this attack. As a safety precaution, nosotros recommend that you lot alter your password on the Winamp Forum.
2) How produce I alter my password?
You tin alter your password inwards your “User Control Panel” settings. Login to your account, click the “User Control Panel” inwards the Forum Nav, thence click "Edit Email & Password" nether “Settings & Options” Enter your one-time password together with your novel password, re-enter to confirm novel password together with click "Save Changes." Your password volition move updated. You tin too alter the e-mail associated to your Winamp Forums draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship on the same screen.
3) Should I move concerned almost my other online accounts? What if I used that password on other sites?
If you lot used your Winamp Forums (forums.winamp.com) password on whatever other spider web sites, nosotros recommend that you lot alter the password on those sites every bit well, especially if you lot used the same username or e-mail alongside that site.
4) What if I forgot my Winamp Forums password?
On the Login hide endeavor to log i time alongside no password. After you lot neglect that login, you lot volition run across “Forgot your password? Click here!”. Enter the e-mail associated to your draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship together with text/numbers inwards the ikon verification box (aka Captcha). You volition move sent an e-mail at that address that volition reset your password. Follow the link you lot volition move taken dorsum to Winamp Forums together with unopen to other e-mail volition move sent to the same account. Use that username together with temporary password to login. You tin reset your password directly yesteryear going to the User Control Panel.
5) How tin I delete my account?
We sympathize how of import trust is on the web, together with unopen to of you lot may want to delete your Winamp Forums account. To delete your draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship brand certain that you lot are logged into the Winamp Forums together with follow these uncomplicated instructions:
Scroll downward to the bottom of the forum dwelling theatre page together with click on View Forum Leaders. Scroll downward to the Root department to run across the listing of Administrators. Send your deletion asking to DJ Egg or DrO using the contact link to the correct of the administrator's name. The Administrator volition delete your draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship upon receiving the somebody asking message together with shipping you lot a confirmation e-mail i time the draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship is deleted.
6) What happened?
As a upshot of our continuous safety monitoring, nosotros identified together with blocked this attack. Additionally, novel safety measures have got been deployed to assistance proceed this type of breach from happening inwards the future.
7) How are you lot notifying those whose details were compromised?
We are inwards the procedure of notifying all users alongside a registered draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship for the Winamp Forums via email. If you lot have got whatever questions, you lot tin accomplish us at support@winamp.com.
8) What are you lot doing to ensure this doesn't hand off inwards the future?
The safety squad has introduced novel spider web application protections together with monitoring processes to abide by abusive activity.
9) I received an e-mail from "Winamp" on Feb 15, was that from you?
Yes, nosotros sent an e-mail on Feb xv to all Winamp Forums users informing them of this breach together with asking them to reset their passwords for the Winamp Forums together with whatever accounts where they utilization the same e-mail and/or password. The dependent plain was “Winamp Forums Security Notification.”
10) What tin I produce if I'm receiving spam because my e-mail was leaked?
You tin accept steps on your ain to wipe out spam from your inbox, but you lot too have got legal recourse:
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 allows for somebody correct of actions against spammers. If you lot have whatever spam inwards your inbox that you lot believe is related to your leaked e-mail address, delight written report it to the Federal Trade Commission. Send a re-create of unwanted or deceptive messages to spam@uce.gov. The FTC uses the unsolicited emails stored inwards this database to pursue police enforcement actions against people who shipping deceptive spam email. For additional information, delight see the FTC’s website. Note, you lot should non response to a spam email. By doing so, you lot confirm that your e-mail draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship is active, together with you'll probable move flooded alongside to a greater extent than spam.
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After Hacker Winamp Management Team Release a message for all Users, every bit given Below ...
Winamp Management Team —
Hello,
My scream is Geno Yoham together with I am the General Manager of Winamp. Our entire squad is dedicated to protecting the privacy of our users together with has seat extensive measures inwards house to ensure your information remains secure. As a upshot of these precautions, nosotros rapidly detected together with blocked an laid on on the Winamp Forums database. We have got confirmed that this breach was isolated to the Winamp Forum (forums.winamp.com) site only. Other Winamp sites together with products such every bit Winamp.com, dev.winamp.com together with the Winamp Desktop Media Player were non affected inwards whatever way.
We have got determined that your e-mail address was exposed every bit a upshot of this attack, thence every bit a precautionary measure, nosotros recommend that you lot alter that your password on the Winamp Forums. In addition, nosotros recommend that you lot alter your password every few months every bit a best practise for keeping your information secure.
We have got prepared the next FAQ for questions you lot may have got almost this incident. If you lot have got additional questions delight experience complimentary to contact us at support@winamp.com.
We apologize for whatever inconvenience this has caused together with desire to assure you lot that nosotros are taking steps to ensure that your information remains secure every bit a role of our ongoing commitment to protecting your privacy.
Geno Yoham
Winamp
1) What information was exposed inwards this breach?
We have got confirmed that your e-mail address was exposed every bit a upshot of this attack. As a safety precaution, nosotros recommend that you lot alter your password on the Winamp Forum.
2) How produce I alter my password?
You tin alter your password inwards your “User Control Panel” settings. Login to your account, click the “User Control Panel” inwards the Forum Nav, thence click "Edit Email & Password" nether “Settings & Options” Enter your one-time password together with your novel password, re-enter to confirm novel password together with click "Save Changes." Your password volition move updated. You tin too alter the e-mail associated to your Winamp Forums draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship on the same screen.
3) Should I move concerned almost my other online accounts? What if I used that password on other sites?
If you lot used your Winamp Forums (forums.winamp.com) password on whatever other spider web sites, nosotros recommend that you lot alter the password on those sites every bit well, especially if you lot used the same username or e-mail alongside that site.
4) What if I forgot my Winamp Forums password?
On the Login hide endeavor to log i time alongside no password. After you lot neglect that login, you lot volition run across “Forgot your password? Click here!”. Enter the e-mail associated to your draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship together with text/numbers inwards the ikon verification box (aka Captcha). You volition move sent an e-mail at that address that volition reset your password. Follow the link you lot volition move taken dorsum to Winamp Forums together with unopen to other e-mail volition move sent to the same account. Use that username together with temporary password to login. You tin reset your password directly yesteryear going to the User Control Panel.
5) How tin I delete my account?
We sympathize how of import trust is on the web, together with unopen to of you lot may want to delete your Winamp Forums account. To delete your draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship brand certain that you lot are logged into the Winamp Forums together with follow these uncomplicated instructions:
Scroll downward to the bottom of the forum dwelling theatre page together with click on View Forum Leaders. Scroll downward to the Root department to run across the listing of Administrators. Send your deletion asking to DJ Egg or DrO using the contact link to the correct of the administrator's name. The Administrator volition delete your draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship upon receiving the somebody asking message together with shipping you lot a confirmation e-mail i time the draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship is deleted.
6) What happened?
As a upshot of our continuous safety monitoring, nosotros identified together with blocked this attack. Additionally, novel safety measures have got been deployed to assistance proceed this type of breach from happening inwards the future.
7) How are you lot notifying those whose details were compromised?
We are inwards the procedure of notifying all users alongside a registered draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship for the Winamp Forums via email. If you lot have got whatever questions, you lot tin accomplish us at support@winamp.com.
8) What are you lot doing to ensure this doesn't hand off inwards the future?
The safety squad has introduced novel spider web application protections together with monitoring processes to abide by abusive activity.
9) I received an e-mail from "Winamp" on Feb 15, was that from you?
Yes, nosotros sent an e-mail on Feb xv to all Winamp Forums users informing them of this breach together with asking them to reset their passwords for the Winamp Forums together with whatever accounts where they utilization the same e-mail and/or password. The dependent plain was “Winamp Forums Security Notification.”
10) What tin I produce if I'm receiving spam because my e-mail was leaked?
You tin accept steps on your ain to wipe out spam from your inbox, but you lot too have got legal recourse:
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 allows for somebody correct of actions against spammers. If you lot have whatever spam inwards your inbox that you lot believe is related to your leaked e-mail address, delight written report it to the Federal Trade Commission. Send a re-create of unwanted or deceptive messages to spam@uce.gov. The FTC uses the unsolicited emails stored inwards this database to pursue police enforcement actions against people who shipping deceptive spam email. For additional information, delight see the FTC’s website. Note, you lot should non response to a spam email. By doing so, you lot confirm that your e-mail draw of piece of occupation concern human relationship is active, together with you'll probable move flooded alongside to a greater extent than spam.
Read More : http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?p=2747002
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