SECURITY ALERT!! -- Please Read!!

[Citrus]

Spammers....the parasitic slime of all good internet sites....have found a new technique for infiltrating our site and spreading their filth.

I highly encourage...strongly encourage...EVERYone who reads this, if you have a registered account here at BP.net, whether you post every day, or just lurk and read (especially if you just lurk and read, I fear) CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD. Make it something truly secure, with a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, special symbols and no obvious, actual words.

Hopefully our tech guy can find this security leak and plug it up tight. I don't really know how this is being done. But changing to a truly secure password is the first logical step to keeping the bad guys out.

I have a concern. I'm using Tapatalk and I rarely look at messages or notifications because there is no banner to show that they're there like on the bp.net website. I looked at it and it said there was something there from someone (can't remember name) and all I was able to read in the preview was something like this "we've found new ways for you to sell your snakes" or something similar. The app failed and it didn't appear in my messages after that. Is this what you were referring to? The message looked like spam and so I brushed it off but now that this thread exists....


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[George1994]

I have a concern. I'm using Tapatalk and I rarely look at messages or notifications because there is no banner to show that they're there like on the bp.net website. I looked at it and it said there was something there from someone (can't remember name) and all I was able to read in the preview was something like this "we've found new ways for you to sell your snakes" or something similar. The app failed and it didn't appear in my messages after that. Is this what you were referring to? The message looked like spam and so I brushed it off but now that this thread exists....


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But it wasn't from you, it was sent to you, no? So no one was using your account.

[Citrus]

But it wasn't from you, it was sent to you, no? So no one was using your account.

Yes and,

If you receive any suspicious private messages in the future please report them and we will take care of the issue right away.

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[George1994]

Yes and,






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It is most likely in regards to phising or identifying accounts taken. Either way, it is gone now so I wouldn't worry about it.

[Citrus]

It is most likely in regards to phising or identifying accounts taken. Either way, it is gone now so I wouldn't worry about it.

That's exactly what a person who is trying to take over accounts would say..... Lol just kidding


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[mlededee]

Citrus, that is one of the spam messages that was sent. We deleted the spam messages which is why you can no longer see it.

[Citrus]

Citrus, that is one of the spam messages that was sent. We deleted the spam messages which is why you can no longer see it.

Thank you, I knew that was sketchy


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[Popeye]

I just received this email today:

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Dear Popeye,

Someone has tried to log into your account on Ball-Pythons.net Forums with an incorrect password at least 5 times. This person has been prevented from attempting to login to your account for the next 15 minutes.

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 117.169.1.158

All the best,
Ball-Pythons.net Forums.

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Maybe time to change my password?

[Citrus]

I would


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[Popeye]

Password changed!