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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: tintmaster on January 26, 2013, 03:18 am

Title: has sr ever been breached
Post by: tintmaster on January 26, 2013, 03:18 am
I know cops have probably looked here is this as secure as everone thinks or am i getting caught just being on this sight
Title: Re: has sr ever been breached
Post by: Busy Bee on January 26, 2013, 03:31 am
Yes, there was an SQL injection attack not too long ago - the "SR Quickbuy Scam." In addition, the site has fallen to DDOS-like attacks for days at a time on a couple of occasions now. There's no way of knowing if these attacks advanced any further though. Most worrying of all perhaps is the attacks/breaches we will never hear about - and it would be foolish to say that such an event is impossible.

All of this should be of little worry to you, however, if you are encrypting your information! Excluding the possibility of a man-in-the-middle attack, PGP encryption means SR won't be able to read or store your personal info. Moral of the story: join the PGP club if you haven't already done so!
Title: Re: has sr ever been breached
Post by: 00OOIlI00lO1O0 on January 27, 2013, 06:08 am
Just assume it is compromised/cracked.
Encrypt your personal info.
Don't reveal anything too personal.
Don't use ridiculous passwords.
Don't keep more BTC on SR (or any e-wallet) than you can afford to lose.
Then it won't really matter if it all disappears tomorrow.
Title: Re: has sr ever been breached
Post by: ke100788 on July 27, 2013, 01:51 am
Im sure it has with all these hackers that are in hiding all over the world...those bastards!
Title: Re: has sr ever been breached
Post by: Kassandra on July 27, 2013, 08:23 am
I understood that what appeared to be DOS attacks preventing users accessing SR was actually a large influx of new users and that the particular problem has now been solved ? One can only imagine what an attractive honeypot SR is to hackers however and that they will not stop trying to gain access..
Title: Re: has sr ever been breached
Post by: jackofalltrades on July 27, 2013, 08:26 am
they had a pretty severe hack attempt recently but nobody has ever gotten through