I think the reason these accounts are being hacked is reusing the same password across different sites. If one less secure site suffers a data breach, then that username and password can be tried on other sites, and if it works, then the account on that site is compromised.
On the topic of "commenting on the Veri**pro posts can get you hacked", no. Unless the hackers somehow compromise the SimplePlanes website itself (even then hacking users would be unlikely), you cannot get hacked if you don't provide any personal information or download malware.
My recommendations, at least for now, are pretty simple: change all your passwords to strong random character passwords (unique to each site), and don't click any suspicious link.
Seems to be happening with a lot of forum sites.
This isn't like the old scam pill ad bots, this is a hacking attempt on a much larger scale.
Frankly I have no idea what they'll do, or any of the other forum owners. But if the problem is big enough someone will likely post about it on youtube, with some solution or at least to spread awareness.
Blocking the posts with a spam filter would also be a bad idea, since then there'd be no way to know what accounts have been breached.
Change your damn passwords people.
I think the reason these accounts are being hacked is reusing the same password across different sites. If one less secure site suffers a data breach, then that username and password can be tried on other sites, and if it works, then the account on that site is compromised.
On the topic of "commenting on the Veri**pro posts can get you hacked", no. Unless the hackers somehow compromise the SimplePlanes website itself (even then hacking users would be unlikely), you cannot get hacked if you don't provide any personal information or download malware.
My recommendations, at least for now, are pretty simple: change all your passwords to strong random character passwords (unique to each site), and don't click any suspicious link.
Seems to be happening with a lot of forum sites.
This isn't like the old scam pill ad bots, this is a hacking attempt on a much larger scale.
Frankly I have no idea what they'll do, or any of the other forum owners. But if the problem is big enough someone will likely post about it on youtube, with some solution or at least to spread awareness.
Blocking the posts with a spam filter would also be a bad idea, since then there'd be no way to know what accounts have been breached.
@crazyplaness
It has nothing to do with stealing planes. It's about stealing people's personal information and doing (often bad) things with it.
Why hack simple planes users? If i was a hacker I would steal something useful like credit card numbers not digital airplanes
@FoxtrotCharlieCharlieX what is that
finally a worthy opponent after that Giorgio
verifpro deez nuts