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almost hacked? [noted]

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:09 am
by a.sub
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?

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:44 am
by owenshooter
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

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:49 am
by jpcloet
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.

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:09 am
by sailorseal
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

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:40 am
by owenshooter
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

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:49 am
by FredVIII
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.

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:54 am
by sailorseal
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)

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:00 am
by owenshooter
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

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:09 pm
by FredVIII
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

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:16 pm
by demonfork
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


:lol:

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

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 3:33 pm
by ManBungalow
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-)

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:57 pm
by owenshooter
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 8-)

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

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:16 pm
by alster
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. :D

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:17 pm
by EagleofGreenErth
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).

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:24 pm
by Timminz
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.

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:36 pm
by ManBungalow
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 8-)

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

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

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:21 pm
by EagleofGreenErth
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

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:26 pm
by bigdaddyslim2
It happens and i do think its like 2 or 3 wrong trys

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:01 pm
by FredVIII
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.

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:39 pm
by sailorseal
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

Re: almost hacked?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:39 am
by king achilles
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.