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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2009-03-05 05:13 am

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Two and a half things:

1 -- you're probably already aware of things like this happening to comms all over LJ. If you notice this happening on F!S, just pm me and I'll delete posts/report to LJ abuse/whatever.

2 -- what do you guys think about this? Maybe at the start of each new week, same time as the new submission post at 12 AM Saturday EST (that's 5 AM Saturday GMT, 1 PM Saturday GMT+8)?

.5 -- and something sort of random but what kinds of memes would you like to see on F!S?

[identity profile] ryttu3k.livejournal.com 2009-03-05 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
There's a very easy way to circumvent this. In the comms that I'm in that've been affected (shoebox_project and iheartmyroom), the hacker got in because the maintainer's email address on this was expired, and the hacker could use a back door to reactivate the account and gain control that way.

Since you're the sole maintainer, MAKE SURE that the email address attached to this comm - and your account - is up to date! (I'm basically just being really glad that my biggest comm is still small enough that no one would pay it any attention XD)

[identity profile] sashwizzled.livejournal.com 2009-03-05 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
I've heard about that little trick. :/ Jeez, I didn't know people were starting to use it on active accounts. That's just nasty.

[identity profile] haruhiism.livejournal.com 2009-03-05 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't matter if the email is up to date as long as the hacker can get into the very first email you joined lj with. It's a glaring hole in how lj handle accounts, but -_-

In that case, you should add a secret question (https://www.livejournal.com/set_secret.bml) for extra security.