
Former Site Admin
Posts: 1826
Joined: 03 Jan 2007, 23:00
KaM Skill Level: Fair
Website: http://www.knightsandmerchants.net
Location: The Netherlands
[IMPORTANT] SECURITY BREACH - CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD
Please take note that this is not an April's Fools joke!
I very much regret to inform you that our forum database has been compromised, because of sheer negligence on my end.
Other people than the ones responsible for running this forum have gotten their hands on our database password and forum back-ups (including database back-ups). These people have been identified and I know exactly who they are, but it is still unclear if they have distributed the information they have acquired.
Even though I'm hoping I can trust that these persons will not (mis)use the acquired data, we have to assume the worst. That's why all the original data they have gotten their hands on has been destroyed, including a known copy. At this moment, it is unclear how many copies have been made.
The few passwords they have acquired have been changed and thus no longer work, but is definitely possible they still have the database back-up.
We realise this news hurts the trust of our members in specifically me, but right now it's important to be transparant about the issue. That's why I call upon all members to change their passwords! Even though the passwords are encrypted, it isn't too hard to decypher them.
Right now we're still finding out if the acquired has been used by the 'attackers'. I will keep everyone informed about the issue.
When this has all been sorted out my position on KaM.net will be reviewed.
My sincerest apologies,
Tom