Pixmania hacked ...

twigsirl

Not sure where this should go but as quite a few people in BA seem to use Pixmania, I thought I'd post it here. Mods, move/copy as you see fit.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/02/eharmony-hacked/

In addition, this miscreant also is selling access to the customer database for online electronics store pixmania.com and computer game vendor eidos.com, for similar amounts. Neither diversitybusiness.com nor pixmania.com responded to requests for comment. The general counsel for eidos.com, a division of the Square Enix Group, said the company was investigating the claim but declined to comment further.

If you have an account on Pixmania (or indeed Eidos), you should change your password immediately.

Antar Bolaeisk

You also need to change passwords if they're the same for any other account.

God I rue the day I ever used pixmania, it's only ever caused heartache and they still owe me money.

chin_grin

Future reference it might go here. But thanks for the heads up.

thebackbar

twigsirl wrote: »

Not sure where this should go but as quite a few people in BA seem to use Pixmania, I thought I'd post it here. Mods, move/copy as you see fit.

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/02/eharmony-hacked/

If you have an account on Pixmania (or indeed Eidos), you should change your password immediately.

there is no evidence to suggest that Pixmania has been hacked, the only basis for the statement is that some person claims to have passwords for Pixmania accounts. If they do have passwords for Pixamania its more than likely this is a result of people using the same password for eharmony and Pixmania, and not Pixmania getting hacked.

If you never registered for eharmony I wouldn’t be overly concerned by this. In general its advisable to use different passwords for each website you use.

skywalker

Can anyone advise how to change your pixmania password? I cant see the option for it.

Basq

Moved to 'Online Buying & Auctions'..

And there it is, yet another reason to avoid Pixmania.

skywalker wrote: »

Can anyone advise how to change your pixmania password? I cant see the option for it.

+1

Doesn't look like you can..

dilallio

Pixmania do not allow you to change your password online - you have to contact their Customer Service.

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/page/cmr5_cmp2987_cm.html#cgv_1

Creating or editing your account
You can use your user account to track orders, manage subscriptions to newsletters, create PIX’lists for future purchases and recap all the products you have recently viewed in just one click. You can now even get personal purchasing tips!


Setting up a user account
Just enter your name, surname and e-mail address into the relevant fields to instantly create a user account. Your username will be your e-mail address. You won’t need to use your password to sign in until you place your first order.

How can I change my personal details?
If you want to change your e-mail address or password, please contact our customer services team.

darrenw5094

skywalker wrote: »

Can anyone advise how to change your pixmania password? I cant see the option for it.

Can't. :rolleyes:

Mr E

I googled for info about the hack, and the only info I got was on this site.
Plus some guy on Twitter who said it was hacked on the 11th (10 days ago).

Mr E

How to change password:

Click the "If you are not Dave, click here" link once logged in.
(replace name with your own!)

That will log you out.

You can then reset your password from the login screen (it will send you a random password by email)

skywalker

Just did that, the weird thing is when you log in, it still doesnt give you an option to put in a password of your own, so your stuck with their random one. How odd!