[Proposal]2 Factor Authentification via email / mobile

[Andrew1337]

Hi . I want to propose adding 2 factor authentification through email or mobile so we can avoid stolen accounts / hacked accounts .
So each member who logg in needs to confirm first time from email or mobile , but I think is more easier from email because confirmation from  mobile needs paid numbers , hosting etc .
I travell so much so I am logging from new devices / public computers so I am afraid my account could be stolen one day .

Thanks for your time, I hope you agree my proposal
Have a great day !

[hilariousandco]

Several 2-factor options are coming with the new forum (whenever that may be).

Use a safe proxy or vpn if you're worried about having your stuff stolen.

[erikalui]

Yeah please, we need this. Too many accounts are getting hacked and plus due to the earlier DDoS attack, all the emails too are exposed due to which so many times even I've received phishing emails as well as messages on this forum and I'm scared about my account too. Setting secondary password it seems makes the account more vulnerable?

The new forum will take over 12-13 years to come as someone proposed 2030.

[Joel_Jantsen]

Yeah please, we need this. Too many accounts are getting hacked and plus due to the earlier DDoS attack, all the emails too are exposed

Was it really due to the Ddos attack ?  
From my understanding, DDos attacks don't breach data or leak information as the are only intended to overload the servers.
The data breach certainly just wasn't a Dddos but a planned hack through BitcoinTalk’s ISP provider (that's what I know and I could be wrong )

[mocacinno]

Yeah please, we need this. Too many accounts are getting hacked and plus due to the earlier DDoS attack, all the emails too are exposed

Was it really due to the Ddos attack ?  
From my understanding, DDos attacks don't breach data or leak information as the are only intended to overload the servers.
The data breach certainly just wasn't a Dddos but a planned hack through BitcoinTalk’s ISP provider (that's what I know and I could be wrong )

Don't realy remember how the hackers succeeded in getting their hands on a database dump, but you're 100% correct about DDos'ing...
Even a DDos using a huge botnet will not lead to a data leak.

It's right there in the name: Distributed Denial of Service... Basically, and attack that's aimed at hurting a company by sending so much requests using a distributed system that the service becomes unavailable

[erikalui]

Yeah please, we need this. Too many accounts are getting hacked and plus due to the earlier DDoS attack, all the emails too are exposed

Was it really due to the Ddos attack ? 
From my understanding, DDos attacks don't breach data or leak information as the are only intended to overload the servers.
The data breach certainly just wasn't a Dddos but a planned hack through BitcoinTalk’s ISP provider (that's what I know and I could be wrong )

Not due to it but during that time there was a hack and I remember theymos was giving some reward to identify the hacker.

Bitcoin Talk: In May 2015, the Bitcoin forum Bitcoin Talk was hacked and over 500k unique email addresses were exposed. The attack led to the exposure of a raft of personal data including usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, birth dates, security questions and MD5 hashes of their answers plus hashes of the passwords themselves.

Compromised data: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, IP addresses, Passwords, Security questions and answers, Usernames, Website activity

Source: https://haveibeenpwned.com/