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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #30 on: December 30, 2011, 12:18:54 PM »
Mine appears to have been a brute force crack of a weak password (hotmail and xboxlive etc). It sounds like most of the others ITT are accounts that were hacked by a trojan keylogger.
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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #31 on: December 30, 2011, 12:46:35 PM »
Where are they getting the email addresses from ? Has an APAT account been hacked and getting our emails from that ? Is there a issue with the APAT Facebook page ? Going to remove APAT from my Facebook until we know more.
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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #32 on: December 30, 2011, 12:49:27 PM »
huh? there"s no suggestion the problems emanated from APAT, or any other of the several online communities that link the various people in this thread

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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #33 on: December 30, 2011, 12:58:32 PM »
Think about it logically, just because a few APAT/Blonde people have been hacked will not point to it being a forum related problem. We are all friends with people who post on numerous forums and if any one of our friends on facebook have been hacked then the list of the hacked persons friends email addys will be available to the hacker. Changing passwords periodically (and making them "strong") and scanning regularly will of course reduce the risk of infection from whatever source significantly.

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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #34 on: December 30, 2011, 13:12:50 PM »
And don"t ever answer those seemingly harmless questions that do the rounds on forums/facebook etc, like: What is your pornstar name? (name of first pet, mother"s maiden name). That"s a phishers paradise! :D
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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #35 on: December 30, 2011, 13:57:32 PM »

Where are they getting the email addresses from ? Has an APAT account been hacked and getting our emails from that ? Is there a issue with the APAT Facebook page ? Going to remove APAT from my Facebook until we know more.


I"d be more inclined to remove anyone from your friends list that you don"t actually know.  Plenty of times I"ve accepted a request purely because we had mutual friends in common.  That may be a mistake.  Very likely the rougue is coming from facebook after thinking back.

The email addy I"ve listed on FB is my "junk" mail account.  I use it when I"m concerned I"ll be hit with spam by signing up to a site.  I also used it a couple of years ago to sign a non-techy friend up to Poker Stars so she could play "play chip" sit n go"s and freerolls. 

I"ve just remembered an email I received from Stars a few weeks ago regarding that friend"s account.  It said we"d requested a password change for the account and I was to click on a link to complete this.  I didn"t click on it obviously and I didn"t bother the friend with it because she was dealing with a death in their family.  Haven"t heard anything since and thought no more of it until these threads popped up. 

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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #36 on: December 30, 2011, 14:34:30 PM »
The other is Pokerstars, just a shot from the hip, but has anyone been locked out of any other poker site?

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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #37 on: December 30, 2011, 16:16:38 PM »
This has nothing to do with APAT.  I saw one of the Chatta brothers post about it on FB earlier and they have no link with APAT.  Also, my accounts are unaffected thankfully.
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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #38 on: December 30, 2011, 19:17:14 PM »

This has nothing to do with APAT.  I saw one of the Chatta brothers post about it on FB earlier and they have no link with APAT.  Also, my accounts are unaffected thankfully.


Have to agree, read up loads on different forums last night , and seems that Pokerstars is main link , with facebook a close second , check out facebook  account settings > secuirity > Active Sessions and check out if there are any strange log ins , also many other options to tweak here.

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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #39 on: December 30, 2011, 19:35:31 PM »


This has nothing to do with APAT.  I saw one of the Chatta brothers post about it on FB earlier and they have no link with APAT.  Also, my accounts are unaffected thankfully.


Have to agree, read up loads on different forums last night , and seems that Pokerstars is main link , with facebook a close second , check out facebook  account settings > secuirity > Active Sessions and check out if there are any strange log ins , also many other options to tweak here.


I think the pokerstars connection is a red herring.

Whoever"s doing it knows enough to try and take advantage of the Stars account - but I think the only reason why it connects everyone is because everyone has a Stars account.
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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #40 on: December 30, 2011, 19:38:05 PM »



This has nothing to do with APAT.  I saw one of the Chatta brothers post about it on FB earlier and they have no link with APAT.  Also, my accounts are unaffected thankfully.


Have to agree, read up loads on different forums last night , and seems that Pokerstars is main link , with facebook a close second , check out facebook  account settings > secuirity > Active Sessions and check out if there are any strange log ins , also many other options to tweak here.


I think the pokerstars connection is a red herring.

Whoever"s doing it knows enough to try and take advantage of the Stars account - but I think the only reason why it connects everyone is because everyone has a Stars account.


fair point Jon
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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #41 on: December 31, 2011, 08:57:46 AM »
After spending all day yesterday changing passwords and doing scans on pc, wake up today and have been hacked again!!  Spent £35 on new malware software sigh... So cant get in my Facebook as been hacked, Emma tells me i have new friends!!! Im really sorry guys DO NOT ACCEPT ANY FRIENDS REQUESTS FROM ME AS ITS THE HACKER!! So far 6 new people was added and i believe they are all APAT members so it looks like we are being targeted on FB. If a mutal friend can warn the following people to remove themselves from my FB friends list hopefully they also wont be affected... new additions added last night are..
Stuart Ward.
Jay Horne
Mary Kivlin Martin
Dave Green
Gerry Thomas
Michael Lacey

Apologies to these ppl it was out of my control  :(
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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #42 on: December 31, 2011, 09:18:21 AM »

After spending all day yesterday changing passwords and doing scans on pc, wake up today and have been hacked again!!  Spent £35 on new malware software sigh... So cant get in my Facebook as been hacked, Emma tells me i have new friends!!! Im really sorry guys DO NOT ACCEPT ANY FRIENDS REQUESTS FROM ME AS ITS THE HACKER!! So far 6 new people was added and i believe they are all APAT members so it looks like we are being targeted on FB. If a mutal friend can warn the following people to remove themselves from my FB friends list hopefully they also wont be affected... new additions added last night are..
Stuart Ward.
Jay Horne
Mary Kivlin Martin
Dave Green
Gerry Thomas
Michael Lacey

Apologies to these ppl it was out of my control  :(


Wish i had read this first , i had accepted carl , will remove now
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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #43 on: December 31, 2011, 09:27:45 AM »
Have forwarded the messsage to Mary and the others i have managed to find on FB only one i cant find is Dave Green

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Re: Hacked Computer
« Reply #44 on: December 31, 2011, 09:53:02 AM »

Have forwarded the messsage to Mary and the others i have managed to find on FB only one i cant find is Dave Green

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Thanks Gerry..really sorry have only just regained control over my FB account.. so far i have had a dozen new friends added that i dont know personally.. all added have mutal friends that are poker players.. getting ridic not alot i can do, so frustrating.. apologies again to you and any other APAT members who get requests  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
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