Just been forced to password reset on MSE

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  • GibbsRule_No3
    GibbsRule_No3 Posts: 610 Forumite
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    edited 9 February 2018 at 5:02PM
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    fermi wrote: »
    Password update prompt

    No! I won't be having a nice weekend. I will admit I don't change my password, no idea what it was and now no way of getting it back because I no longer have the email account I signed up with. Guess it means eight years of being GibbsRule No3. goes out the window as I will have to sign up again. That name has seen me through a DMP so I am rather attached to it.

    In fact they gave me a badge for the 8 years the other day. I guess I'll lose my Paddle No 21 as well.
    Paddle No 21 :wave:
  • Ms_Chocaholic
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    Me too #nuisance
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  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 20,571 Forumite
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    4675 days for me. I guess I shouldn't be proud of it but is that a record?
  • shellsuit
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    Mine was only 44 days, I wondered what happened so I'm glad I stumbled upon this thread.
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  • happyandcontented
    happyandcontented Posts: 2,768 Forumite
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    Yes, me too. I can't recall it ever happening before.
  • wibblewibble
    wibblewibble Posts: 200 Forumite
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    Yup me as well 3000 odd days unchanged but it wouldn't let me reuse my old one as it was "too weak" its been perfectly fine for all those 3000+ days though. I had used an email account I can no longer access so had a LOT of faff to try and reset it but eventually it let me change the email address at the same time as updating the password - which come to think of it wasn't exactly a secure thing if I was someone trying to hack my account now was it? But at least I'm all back in at last.
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  • emptybox
    emptybox Posts: 442 Forumite
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    They must have been hacked I suppose?
    I don't see any other logical reason why everybody should need to change their password.
  • GibbsRule_No3.
    GibbsRule_No3. Posts: 392 Forumite
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    Had to sign up again, so have lost my 8 years and Paddle No.21. Probably not many paddle numbers left. Really annoyed with MSE.
    Paddle No 21:wave:
  • Witless
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    Likewise.

    Any chance of being told what's going on?

    If the site's than insecure then probably time to leave.
  • System
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    Yep, I had to change mine as well.....was worried it was all above board after the problem the other day with posts going missing etc. Have done it but am a bit worried. Hoping for some reassurance from somebody in the know.
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