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data breach

    • 11 posts
    December 24, 2019 1:54 PM PST

    hi everyone,

    just logged in today to check on updates and google informed me that there had been a data breach. 

     

    confirming that this is a thing: https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/23534509?hl=en

     

    may want to see if you're at risk

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    • 9115 posts
    December 24, 2019 2:07 PM PST

    Moved to Off-Topic as this is a Chrome feature and nothing to do with Pantheon or Visionary Realms.

    • 1281 posts
    December 25, 2019 7:34 AM PST

    I can confirm that this is a Chrome warning, and *NOT* a warning that the VR forums have been breached.  In addition, warning about a VR data breach wouldn't come from a Google pop-up.

    • 11 posts
    February 21, 2020 8:27 PM PST

    Let's hope individuals do not use the same passwords. Threat actors tend to get password dumps and run through multiple sites with those dumps. Hopefully everyone has a password manager and has those passwords different per site :) If not, reset your passwords and enforce second factor authentication (if the site offers it). 

    • 4 posts
    February 22, 2020 12:22 PM PST

    For any member who is supporting this game, MFA would be ideal!  (Multi-factor authentication) Is that possible to enable on this site? 

     

    -sYnFury


    This post was edited by sYnFury at February 22, 2020 12:22 PM PST
    • 1992 posts
    February 22, 2020 1:23 PM PST

    sYnFury said:

    For any member who is supporting this game, MFA would be ideal!  (Multi-factor authentication) Is that possible to enable on this site?

    -sYnFury

    I think you will get a quicker response to your question (which I don't know the answer to) if you submit it in a support ticket. Link at top of page. They are very quick and helpful as many on the forums will attest to.

    Alternately, you could just make a post in the "website support" section at the bottom of the main forum page.

    Welcome to the forums, thank for pledging :)

    • 1281 posts
    February 23, 2020 1:02 PM PST

    Jothany said:

    sYnFury said:

    For any member who is supporting this game, MFA would be ideal!  (Multi-factor authentication) Is that possible to enable on this site?

    -sYnFury

    I think you will get a quicker response to your question (which I don't know the answer to) if you submit it in a support ticket. Link at top of page. They are very quick and helpful as many on the forums will attest to.

    Alternately, you could just make a post in the "website support" section at the bottom of the main forum page.

    Welcome to the forums, thank for pledging :)

    I asked, to support, several months ago about MFA.  Here is their response, entire e-mail copied for reference.

    We are aware of the issues with the SMS authentication. Currently, we are using a system that works with an app on your phone. I don't know if that will be the system we use at launch.

    Thanks for contacting Pantheon Support

    Kilsin said to open a feedback ticket about this.

    A little background. I am a systems and network engineer that works in the InfoSec department of a large non-profit healthcare system.

    Question/Comment... If you guys are going to implement 2FA for accounts, please please please please do not tie it into SMS/texting. Please tie it into a real 2FA token (either physical or phone app) like RSA/Symantec VIP Access/Duo/etc.  If you need a semi-detailed explanation of why SMS based 2FA is bad, I can provide one.....hehehe




    Sincerely,
    Visionary Realms, Inc



    • 11 posts
    February 23, 2020 2:45 PM PST

    I work in Cyber Security as well. Nice to know you work in the industry :)