My password was changed on this forum

[krishnaverma]

Today when I tried to login, my  old password was not working. Was my account hacked ? Do I need to worry about it.

I was able to reset password as email was not changed.

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[Little Mouse]

If someone had the access and could change password, why would they not change the email address too? That doesn't make sense. Maybe you have changed the password but forgot?

[Nwada001]

Which among the below was not done by you


According to Bpip your password was changed 3 times since registration which the last one was done today using your email address.

If your are worried of security, then try checking your login device who have access to it, increase your security measures, and don't save your login in browsers. If this was actually a hack attempt you might not be lucky next time to use your email and reset the password because it will be removed and change completely.

[Faisal2202]

Today when I tried to login, my  old password was not working. Was my account hacked ? Do I need to worry about it.

I was able to reset password as email was not changed.

There is a password log thread shared by theymos where you can check either your password has been changed or not, source, you can check the source for further guidance and i personally checked the password log with your username and found only one entry with your username which is here.


According to timestamp, as you said, before making this post you changed your password and the time difference between this post and the password change is only 3 to 4 minutes so i am confirmed that log is yours and as there is no other password change log then i can tell you, your password has not been changed i think you have forgot it or maybe you didn't realize that, sometimes this happens, but dyor too from your side as do no rely on my reply only.

[krishnaverma]

Which among the below was not done by you


According to Bpip your password was changed 3 times since registration which the last one was done today using your email address.

If your are worried of security, then try checking your login device who have access to it, increase your security measures, and don't save your login in browsers. If this was actually a hack attempt you might not be lucky next time to use your email and reset the password because it will be removed and change completely.

I changed today few minutes before making this post as I was not able to login. I am sure that I did not change password since long time before this. I remember changing it once more few years back and that time also someone guessed , changed my password and made 1-2 unwanted posts from this profile.

[hosseinimr93]

As already said above by Faisal2202, no one changed your password. Most probably you had forgotten your password and you entered a wrong password.
Your password was changed via your email address today which was done by yourself and as displayed above in the image posted by Nwada001 from BPIP, the last time your password was changed before that was around 4 years ago.

Anyway, if you still worry about security of your account, you can visit the link below and check if you see any suspicious IP address.
https://bitcointalk.org/myips.php

[KingsDen]

Which among the below was not done by you


According to Bpip your password was changed 3 times since registration which the last one was done today using your email address.

If your are worried of security, then try checking your login device who have access to it, increase your security measures, and don't save your login in browsers. If this was actually a hack attempt you might not be lucky next time to use your email and reset the password because it will be removed and change completely.

I changed today few minutes before making this post as I was not able to login. I am sure that I did not change password since long time before this. I remember changing it once more few years back and that time also someone guessed , changed my password and made 1-2 unwanted posts from this profile.

They got access to your account and did not change your email, it means they don't want to take ownership of the account.
But it is risky someone making posts with your account. The person might use your account to spread malware or plagerise, and you know the consequences. You will lose your account. That will be a big challenge to you because you will first have to appeal for ban and then prove ownership of the account.

Since you still have access to the account, I think you should rather create a new email, change the email of the account and reset your password before you will be totally compromised.

[hosseinimr93]

They got access to your account and did not change your email, it means they don't want to take ownership of the account.

As already said, no one changed the password at all.
If the password had been changed, it should have been displayed on BPIP and Security log. All password changes are reported there.

Since you still have access to the account, I think you should rather create a new email, change the email of the account and reset your password before you will be totally compromised.

OP has already changed the password via email.

[Findingnemo]

Which among the below was not done by you


According to Bpip your password was changed 3 times since registration which the last one was done today using your email address.

If your are worried of security, then try checking your login device who have access to it, increase your security measures, and don't save your login in browsers. If this was actually a hack attempt you might not be lucky next time to use your email and reset the password because it will be removed and change completely.

I changed today few minutes before making this post as I was not able to login. I am sure that I did not change password since long time before this. I remember changing it once more few years back and that time also someone guessed , changed my password and made 1-2 unwanted posts from this profile.

What was the error you saw when you entered the password, incorrect or any other?

As everyone says no trace of password change and I doubt any hack attempt made because if they do they usually don't let you to have the old email which can be used to reset the password anytime when you want.

I think you have been using the forum in always logged in, but remember when you logout the account from one device it logout from every device where the account is currently logged in, so don't forget to manage your passwords wisely.

[hd49728]

The security log and BPIP show the password was changed by yourself.

If you check my IP page and see no strange IP in the last 30 days, I don't think something was changed with your account. Probably you got problems with your keyboard, caplock and the likes.

You got access to your account but now, you must check that did you stake any Bitcoin message and address in the forum?

It will be part of your information to prove account ownership for account recovery later if you will no longer able to access your email and reset password via email.

Stake your Bitcoin address here

[robelneo]

Today when I tried to login, my  old password was not working. Was my account hacked ? Do I need to worry about it.

I was able to reset password as email was not changed.

Are you copy-pasting your password and how complicated is your password if you follow the right security in creating your password, then it is a combination of small letters, big letters, special characters, spaces, and numbers and because of this, you may have mistyped some of the letters because your keyboard could be malfunctioning.
This was my case when I cannot log in.

But if you think that this is not the case then you are right in changing your password, if there's an intrusion you are lucky that the email was not changed.

But do an investigation if you think that there's an intrusion.

[acroman08]

As already said above by Faisal2202, no one changed your password. Most probably you had forgotten your password and you entered a wrong password.
Your password was changed via your email address today which was done by yourself and as displayed above in the image posted by Nwada001 from BPIP, the last time your password was changed before that was around 4 years ago.

it's probably what most likely happened, but I am curious, OP mentioned that someone other than him made a post on his account when he wasn't able to access it, I wonder which post/s are the ones that aren't his.

@OP you can also change your email just in case you are worried whether your email has been compromised or not.

[Faisal2202]

it's probably what most likely happened, but I am curious, OP mentioned that someone other than him made a post on his account when he wasn't able to access it, I wonder which post/s are the ones that aren't his.

@OP you can also change your email just in case you are worried whether your email has been compromised or not.

If i am not wrong, i think you got it wrong because his password was changed in 2019 and at that time someone made posts in his absence, not now. So if you thought the hacker changed password and made posts now then no, AFAIK, there was no post was made this time and as op said, when in previous time, then posts were made.

[acroman08]

it's probably what most likely happened, but I am curious, OP mentioned that someone other than him made a post on his account when he wasn't able to access it, I wonder which post/s are the ones that aren't his.

@OP you can also change your email just in case you are worried whether your email has been compromised or not.

If i am not wrong, i think you got it wrong because his password was changed in 2019 and at that time someone made posts in his absence, not now. So if you thought the hacker changed password and made posts now then no, AFAIK, there was no post was made this time and as op said, when in previous time, then posts were made.

I just reread his post again several times, and you are right, I misunderstood it, I thought the unwanted posts were made recently when he had "no access" to his account. thanks for clarifying that.

anyway, I still suggest OP change his email just in case it has been compromised, better to be safe than not.

[aysg76]

As already said, no one changed the password at all.
If the password had been changed, it should have been displayed on BPIP and Security log. All password changes are reported there.

Sometimes it happens that we when are trying to login with the password we enter some wrong keywords that might also display the error because it's not visible to us and we have to double check it or the case might be he has forgotten his password and now he was able to change it.Moreover if someone has access to his account the security log would detect password change and he would have not been able to login on the forum again with the email.

[Nheer]

Today when I tried to login, my  old password was not working. Was my account hacked ? Do I need to worry about it.

I was able to reset password as email was not changed.

This cannot be a hacking attempt because somebody attempting to hack your account would not be so stupid as to not change the email and password. My Facebook account was previously hacked, and the hacker made no mistake in changing the Email address, which is how I lost the account. It's possible you forgot your password or mistyped it; this happens to me all the time, especially when I'm in my beast typing mode and typing as quickly as I can. No need to worry, I don't believe it's a hack attempt. simply be extra cautious with your passwords and how you keep them, or better yet, change your email address to be secure.  Just as a member previously advised, you shouldn't save your password on any browser because anything that is online is accessible to anyone.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

krishnaverma, don't take pressure. Since you are currently accessing the account, I will say create a strong password, if you need then change the email address too. The devices you are using, you can reset the devices too. Other than all these, you can not do anything else.

anyway, I still suggest OP change his email just in case it has been compromised, better to be safe than not.

You already had one of my many ideas 😉

[Aikidoka]

Logs show that your password has been changed only once, which I assume was done by you. Based on that, it is unlikely that someone hacked your account. I think you just simply forgot your password and have been repeatedly entering it incorrectly. If someone had access to your account, they would likely change not only the password but also the associated email address making it much more difficult for you to recover it on your own, Because In order to recover your account you may need to provide additional details and verify your staked bitcoin address if it's quoted and it would take a while.

So long story short, It is most likely that either you have forgotten your old password or you remember it but consistently mistype it (possibly due to keyboard issues or forgetting a word or a few characters).

[skarais]

If someone has changed your password before you did, then you should receive an email notification about the password change. But some user findings prove that maybe you just forgot your password or some of your keyboard keys are not working, but to increase your account security in the future then follow some of the above mentioned advice.

Don't forget, sign the message from your bitcoin address to make it easier for you to recover your account if in the future you get hacked or lose your account for some other reason.

[Rizzrack]

Today when I tried to login, my  old password was not working. Was my account hacked ? Do I need to worry about it.

I was able to reset password as email was not changed.

Can you sign a message using an address you posted a while ago ? You can use the below format 

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
My account krishnaverma is OK and I have no more issues. The current date is <date>
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
<insert address here>
<insert signature here>
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----