almost hacked? [noted]

by **a.sub** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:09 am

So i was logging on to my account when CC told me that the max attempts for logging on had been reached and i had to wait 30 mins to try again, this was the first time i had gotten this message.
to me this means someone was trying to break into my account through some brute hack method which concerns me.
help?

by **owenshooter** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:44 am

a.sub wrote:So i was logging on to my account when CC told me that the max attempts for logging on had been reached and i had to wait 30 mins to try again, this was the first time i had gotten this message.
to me this means someone was trying to break into my account through some brute hack method which concerns me.
help?

yeah, i mis-typed my password yesterday and had the same thing pop up... sucked, because i had 35 minutes on a turn and i was sweating my perfect 100% turn rate!!! wonder when this was implemented and what the intention of it is...-0

by **jpcloet** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:49 am

This has been around for a while. I noticed this when someone asked me to sit their account for a weekend and they gave me the wrong password. Needless to say, they missed all their turns that weekend.

by **sailorseal** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:09 am

Actually at our school since we have like 20 people all logging on at once, sometimes 2 people mess up but then someone trying to log in a minute after has to wait, it does not mean your account it just means that IP has been trying to log on.
Now if you are the only one at your IP, then there might be a problem

by **owenshooter** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:40 am

sailorseal wrote:Actually at our school since we have like 20 people all logging on at once, sometimes 2 people mess up but then someone trying to log in a minute after has to wait, it does not mean your account it just means that IP has been trying to log on.
Now if you are the only one at your IP, then there might be a problem

again, it specifically says YOUR ACCOUNT. it has nothing to do with the IP. however, thank you for once again adding your insightful and incorrect banter to the conversation...-0

by **FredVIII** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:49 am

owenshooter wrote:
sailorseal wrote:Actually at our school since we have like 20 people all logging on at once, sometimes 2 people mess up but then someone trying to log in a minute after has to wait, it does not mean your account it just means that IP has been trying to log on.
Now if you are the only one at your IP, then there might be a problem

again, it specifically says YOUR ACCOUNT. it has nothing to do with the IP. however, thank you for once again adding your insightful and incorrect banter to the conversation...-0

wrong. my brother once got password wrong and i couldnt get on my account either, even from different computers.

by **sailorseal** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:54 am

FredVIII wrote:
owenshooter wrote:
sailorseal wrote:Actually at our school since we have like 20 people all logging on at once, sometimes 2 people mess up but then someone trying to log in a minute after has to wait, it does not mean your account it just means that IP has been trying to log on.
Now if you are the only one at your IP, then there might be a problem

again, it specifically says YOUR ACCOUNT. it has nothing to do with the IP. however, thank you for once again adding your insightful and incorrect banter to the conversation...-0

wrong. my brother once got password wrong and i couldnt get on my account either, even from different computers.

Exactly (Damn he got here first to prove my point)

by **owenshooter** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:00 am

i could get on other accounts from the same computer, that i was sitting for after i got the message, just not mine... so, i would love for someone with some knowledge to come in here and give a response...-0

by **FredVIII** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:09 pm

ye would be interesting coz ever since it happened to me i just assumed it blocks ip after typing it wrong a certain amount of times

by **demonfork** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:16 pm

FredVIII wrote:ye would be interesting coz ever since it happened to me i just assumed it blocks ip after typing it wrong a certain amount of times

Jeff, no one believes that you were hacked. Quit the charade.

by **ManBungalow** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:33 pm

owenshooter wrote:i could get on other accounts from the same computer, that i was sitting for after i got the message, just not mine... so, i would love for someone with some knowledge to come in here and give a response...-0

"I am a multi" is just on the tip of your tongue. I can tell 8-)

by **owenshooter** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:57 pm

ManBungalow wrote:
owenshooter wrote:i could get on other accounts from the same computer, that i was sitting for after i got the message, just not mine... so, i would love for someone with some knowledge to come in here and give a response...-0

"I am a multi" is just on the tip of your tongue. I can tell

yeah, sitting for happy2seeyou while she is travelling makes me a multi... :roll:

...-0

by **alster** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:16 pm

Mmmmm.... such a shame that they tweaked the freestyle setting, these days opening up the games half-way through. Had quite a few great games where the opponent was sitting there ready when I started the game at 23.59.15 (and vice versa of course). Imagine that, a minute or two before that, just blocking the other guy's account by typing in the wrong pw a few times. Damn, that would have been beautiful.

by **EagleofGreenErth** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:17 pm

Pretty sure that this has been a feature for at least a year.... I remember getting it a few months after I started (mistyped pw).

by **Timminz** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:24 pm

EagleofGreenErth wrote:Pretty sure that this has been a feature for at least a year.... I remember getting it a few months after I started (mistyped pw).

It happened to me once, over 2 years ago. It took more than one failed try though.

by **ManBungalow** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:36 pm

owenshooter wrote:
ManBungalow wrote:
owenshooter wrote:i could get on other accounts from the same computer, that i was sitting for after i got the message, just not mine... so, i would love for someone with some knowledge to come in here and give a response...-0

"I am a multi" is just on the tip of your tongue. I can tell

yeah, sitting for happy2seeyou while she is travelling makes me a multi... ...-0

Thank you very much, would one of my multis please quote this post before it's locked ?

by **EagleofGreenErth** on Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:21 pm

Timminz wrote:
EagleofGreenErth wrote:Pretty sure that this has been a feature for at least a year.... I remember getting it a few months after I started (mistyped pw).

It happened to me once, over 2 years ago. It took more than one failed try though.

Yeah same with me (more than one try). I really had THOUGHT I had typed the right password so I just kept pressing enter... then it locked me out. AHAHA

by **bigdaddyslim2** on Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:26 pm

It happens and i do think its like 2 or 3 wrong trys

by **FredVIII** on Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:01 pm

owenshooter wrote:again, it specifically says YOUR ACCOUNT. it has nothing to do with the IP. however, thank you for once again adding your insightful and incorrect banter to the conversation...-0

i just typed in a random username and got the password wrong 5 times, then tried to log into my own account and couldnt. its not just for your account. if you dont believe me try it yourself.

by **sailorseal** on Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:39 pm

FredVIII wrote:
owenshooter wrote:again, it specifically says YOUR ACCOUNT. it has nothing to do with the IP. however, thank you for once again adding your insightful and incorrect banter to the conversation...-0

i just typed in a random username and got the password wrong 5 times, then tried to log into my own account and couldnt. its not just for your account. if you dont believe me try it yourself.

Thanks for proving my point

by **king achilles** on Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:39 am

You can always have us check your account if it was hacked or not. As for being locked out temporarily for exceeding the number of attempts to sign in, we can only assume if someone did try to do that or not.