TexasGunTrader allegedly breached

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 As the title states. A hacker, or a group of hackers, has allegedly breached TexasGunTrader.com earlier this week and has managed to get emails and passwords to all 250,000+ members  and is trying to pawn it of to whomever wishes to buy the information. According to some comments on this post states that if you click "forgot password," instead of an email with a link to reset it in your browser, it simply states your password so you can punch it in when you try to log back in. How this information is relevant to us is that as we are a firearm related forum just like TexasGunTrader — and we are just as subject to breaches despite the admin teams' best efforts to keep this place locked down and secure. Now, I don't know how things are run here administration wise, but this is a great example as to never duplicate your password across multiple logins for various websites. If your password for this site is also used for your facebook, mobile banking, etc, etc. I would highly suggest you changing it to something unique and definitely no where close to your previous password. As I have previously stated, we are a forum that practices and supports our second amendment rights. We are very much subject to attacks by groups of individuals who do not uphold or respect these values, and I'm sure the admin team is willing and doing everything they can to keep this place as secure as possible.

 

I am sharing the link to the post on the firearms subreddit to share the source of this information. Please proceed with caution with any links shared in the comments as I am unsure of everything that is posted there. Thank you.

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TexasGunTrader allegedly breached, 250k+ users info for sale - passwords in plaintext : r/Firearms (reddit.com)

 

Edited yesterday at 09:26 PM by Defunct Ammo
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Damn hackers, if they only put their smarts to good use we would have a better world.