Oanda Hacked
Jul 19th 2012 | 9:03 pm
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Oanda Hacked
Hi, had an email from Oanda last night to tell me there system had been hacked into and members details taken. The email advised me to let my bank know what had happened, as it is linked to my Oanda account. However, my bank has been about as much help as a chocolate teapot!
Anyway, the reason I thought I should post this is the email alert I received from Oanda went into my junk mail and others may not check their junk folder. So just wanted to warn others.
Anyway, the reason I thought I should post this is the email alert I received from Oanda went into my junk mail and others may not check their junk folder. So just wanted to warn others.
Jul 19th 2012 | 9:26 pm
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Re: Oanda Hacked
There have been a spate of different websites hacked recently.
Although in some cases the security has been very light (LinkedIn failed to salt their hashed passwords, which makes it easy to build up a list of common passwords and their associated hash and thus retrieve the majority of passwords), it's worth remembering that no system is 100% secure. Always use different passwords for different sites; try to make the length of your password at least 10 characters long; try to include a mixture of character case, numbers and symbols in your password.
Some longer articles here on password security
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...rd_advice.html
http://www.troyhunt.com/2012/06/our-...o-clothes.html
One way to create a longer stronger password that you can remember is to think of a saying or music lyric eg "we are off to sunny sunny Spain". Then use the initial letters, and make sure at least one is capitalised weoTssS - then add in some digits, perhaps a son's birthyear, plus a couple of letters from the website concerned, eg "brX" for british expats, so making the password "weo95TssSbrX" - remember you should aim for greater than 10 characters where possible. And don't use "we are off to sunny sunny Spain"
Although in some cases the security has been very light (LinkedIn failed to salt their hashed passwords, which makes it easy to build up a list of common passwords and their associated hash and thus retrieve the majority of passwords), it's worth remembering that no system is 100% secure. Always use different passwords for different sites; try to make the length of your password at least 10 characters long; try to include a mixture of character case, numbers and symbols in your password.
Some longer articles here on password security
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...rd_advice.html
DON'T use the same password for different sites. Otherwise, someone who culls your Facebook or Twitter password in a phishing exploit could, for example, access your bank account.
One way to create a longer stronger password that you can remember is to think of a saying or music lyric eg "we are off to sunny sunny Spain". Then use the initial letters, and make sure at least one is capitalised weoTssS - then add in some digits, perhaps a son's birthyear, plus a couple of letters from the website concerned, eg "brX" for british expats, so making the password "weo95TssSbrX" - remember you should aim for greater than 10 characters where possible. And don't use "we are off to sunny sunny Spain"
Jul 20th 2012 | 5:45 am
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Re: Oanda Hacked
Hi, had an email from Oanda last night to tell me there system had been hacked into and members details taken. The email advised me to let my bank know what had happened, as it is linked to my Oanda account. However, my bank has been about as much help as a chocolate teapot!
Anyway, the reason I thought I should post this is the email alert I received from Oanda went into my junk mail and others may not check their junk folder. So just wanted to warn others.
Anyway, the reason I thought I should post this is the email alert I received from Oanda went into my junk mail and others may not check their junk folder. So just wanted to warn others.
Jul 20th 2012 | 5:56 am
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Re: Oanda Hacked
Hi not sure it would be appropriate to display the email as some unscrupulous people may copy the email and use it as spam.
Anyone who has been affected would have received the email. I just wanted to make people aware that it may have gone into their junk folder.
Is there something specific you want to know?
Anyone who has been affected would have received the email. I just wanted to make people aware that it may have gone into their junk folder.
Is there something specific you want to know?
Jul 20th 2012 | 6:03 am
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Re: Oanda Hacked
Hi not sure it would be appropriate to display the email as some unscrupulous people may copy the email and use it as spam.
Anyone who has been affected would have received the email. I just wanted to make people aware that it may have gone into their junk folder.
Is there something specific you want to know?
Anyone who has been affected would have received the email. I just wanted to make people aware that it may have gone into their junk folder.
Is there something specific you want to know?
Jul 21st 2012 | 2:04 am
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Re: Oanda Hacked
booking.com has been hacked, for sure. They wont admit it though. I keep getting confirmations of my bookings with an attachment, even when I havent made any.
