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#247120 - 12/06/11 01:18 AM Admin account breached
Myke Offline
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Registered: 07/07/06
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I have evidence that the "Admin" account was breached. What are the necessary immediate steps I should take? For now, all I've done is closed the board.

  1. Can I ban the account "Admin" (note: my normal account is an Administrator)
  2. Can I revoke Administrator stats on the "Admin" account?
  3. Can I force a logout on the "Admin" account?


Any quick help would be much appreciated. I'm feeling rather exposed right now blush
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#247122 - 12/06/11 10:43 AM Re: Admin account breached [Re: Myke]
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1. revoke admin rights
2. change all other admin account psws
3. have you applied the security patches?
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#247125 - 12/06/11 05:20 PM Re: Admin account breached [Re: Myke]
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1. I actually "banned" the admin account - is it preferred I just revoke Admin rights on the account? Does something break if it's banned?
2. Done.
3. Yes (although I wish I had patched earlier).
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#247129 - 12/06/11 07:16 PM Re: Admin account breached [Re: Myke]
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i'd revoke admin rights as well, since it isn't an admin account as used on your forum..

only have admins that are *REAL* admins and as few as possible wink
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#247130 - 12/06/11 07:25 PM Re: Admin account breached [Re: Myke]
Myke Offline
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Done and done!

Thanks for the quick response.
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#247133 - 12/07/11 02:11 AM Re: Admin account breached [Re: Myke]
Myke Offline
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BTW, can I force an account to logout on their next visit to the site?
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#247134 - 12/07/11 02:28 AM Re: Admin account breached [Re: Myke]
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change the cookie prefix does this, but it also forces EVERYONE to relogin

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