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AI Hackers are after your Account!


IamSam

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This is a quick announcement letting ALL MEMBERS know that the AI hackers are out in force now trying to hijack your accounts in order to post spam.

There are currently 30 pages (20 Bots per page) of bots viewing PSG at this moment!

What they do is that they look at your profile to get your username, then they go to our login page and start running a hack to break your password. Once they have your password they post spam on your account! When I see these hacked accounts I change the passwords and contact the accounts owner. If I don't hear back from an owner I will deactivate the account.

If you have not changed your password recently please do so now! Make it strong!

This is just one Bot looking at profiles right now!
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Hi @IamSam
What is the maximum character length password allowed for photoshop gurus? I don’t recall seeing that documented in the info posts on this site and it may have changed with the new software that was announced.
Thanks
 
thebestcpu said:
What is the maximum character length password allowed for photoshop gurus?
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To be honest, I'm not certain. I know you could go as high as 40 characters in the previous XF version, so I doubt that's changed. But I will check!

EDIT: After checking, there is no maximum, only a 10 character minimum.
 
I have been asked: "Why should bots hack our account when they can create a new account themselves?"

Because they can't spam the forum with a new account. They need older established accounts to post spam.
 
Here's an example. This just happened today. This is an older account from 2019 so it didn't work for the AI/spammer.

It attempted to post ten (10) CHILD porn spam links!

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Hacked! Another older account from 2019. 13 threads of Child porn spam!

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The worst inventions in the World are nuclear warheads, atomic bombs and artificial intelligence. What they don't get is that if AI can control the internet, it can control the nuclear warheads aswell... It's bigger than just simply hijacking some accounts.
 
If spam and deception appeared as soon as mobile phones came into being, I dread to think what disasters will take place as a result of AI misuse, via the internet and other associated routes..
 
Starman said:
I dread to think what disasters will take place as a result of AI misuse, via the internet and other associated routes..
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There's no dreading!! AI misuse is going strong and getting better day after day!! You guys can't see what goes on behind the scenes with AI spamming! It's a daily battle! The day is coming when we won't be able to defend against them and the spam here on the forum.
 
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