2FA account protection is a thing here in this forum since theymos posted the
announcement on evening of 2023-12-21. Sure, you might have missed that announcement but you should have seen the option to setup 2FA on the password change page when it was actually you who changed your password.
When you have a suspicion or signs that your account got hacked, why not bother to activate 2FA? How does your story add up here?
I wonder how many members have taken up the 2FA factor option. Though it might be impossible to ascertain how many hack attempts have been foiled as a result of members implementing the 2FA option, the actual number of members that have used the option (including those that might have reverted) should be available to theymos and it would be interesting to know the numbers involved.
... and for spreading phishing links through PMs (while
inactive).
That's how DTs make up there mind really, nice league you follow there.
Excuse me? What exactly are you accusing me of here? Can you be more specific? Did I say something untrue?
If the forum staff says that your account was used to send DMs with phishing links, I have no reason not to believe that information. And, considering your trust score, I have no reason to take your word at face value.
That is one of the problems, after a recent thread was created related to alleged hacked accounts asking for loans, there is no way to know if any of those (or this) hack actually happened. If members keep posting they should not receive bans because their account was hacked then that trend will continue until/unless something changes.
The member with a dubious account that recently asked for a loan and deleted the request citing his account was hacked (at least that is what happened if memory serves correct), is another example. I certainly do not believe the drama when by far the majority (if not all) claim their account was hacked and they did not ask for a loan and/or they did not send the phishing links but every member will come to their own conclusions.
