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Offline Snoopy

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google said my forum password was leaked
« on: 25 December 2021, 09:49 »
Sorry if this is the wrong section but I just got a notification from google that my details to login on this  forum were leaked.

password now changed.

Sorry if anything odd has happened from my account.

« Last Edit: 25 December 2021, 09:51 by Snoopy »
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Offline jv

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Re: google said my forum password was leaked
« Reply #1 on: 27 December 2021, 14:09 »
Did you use the same username/password combination anywhere else?

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Offline Snoopy

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Re: google said my forum password was leaked
« Reply #2 on: 27 December 2021, 14:58 »
My login username is unique to here as it's different to my displayed username. Password wasn't used elsewhere. Probably why Google said it was the only one compromised.
I've now change my password and also email address linked to this account.
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