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  • 12-02-2013 6:15pm
    #1
    rancher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭


    This warning is on British Farming forum at the moment, think we have dual members here

    It would appear this server has been illegally accessed (hacked) this morning. There is a danger email addresses and passwords have been stolen as well as private messages. Anybody who is using the same password on this site as other sites (including email accounts) is encouraged to change all their passwords immediately. You may wish to view http://www.stop-idfraud.co.uk


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  • #2
    agricamera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭agricamera


    If you're a member on their it would be highly recommended to go and change your password everywhere else you use the same email address.

    If the database has been compromised badly the hackers now have a huge list of emails & passwords. They can automatically test them against thousands of login forms and see which ones work.

    Say you used the same email and password on BFF as you used for an online shop which saved credit card details. The hacker could then login to the online shop with your BFF email & password and spend money on your card.

    Identity theft is a huge problem.


  • #3
    keep going
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,551 ✭✭✭keep going


    is it out of action,cant browse it at the moment


  • #4
    agricamera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭agricamera


    keep going wrote: »
    is it out of action,cant browse it at the moment

    everyone seems to be jumping ship and going over here:
    http://thefarmingforum.co.uk


  • #5
    Marooned75
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Marooned75


    Never seen it as busy


  • #6
    Arrow in the Knee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭Arrow in the Knee


    If you want to join BFF and be a full member you are able to use your gmail email address.

    www.thefarmingforum.co.uk seems to me thats in buzz now.

    So am I right in my thinking that
    BFF was hacked.
    BFF old threads cannot be accessed.
    BFF offline for a period.
    Clive starts www.thefarmingforum.co.uk

    So at the moment everything is up in the air.


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  • #7
    Conmaicne Mara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭Conmaicne Mara


    Arrow in the Knee wrote: »
    If you want to join BFF and be a full member you are able to use your gmail email address.

    www.thefarmingforum.co.uk seems to me thats in buzz now.

    So am I right in my thinking that
    BFF was hacked.
    BFF old threads cannot be accessed.
    BFF offline for a period.
    Clive starts www.thefarmingforum.co.uk

    So at the moment everything is up in the air.

    I could not join bff with a gmail address, yesterday I think I tried, they may have changed that since.


  • #8
    49801
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭49801


    Arrow in the Knee wrote: »
    If you want to join BFF and be a full member you are able to use your gmail email address.

    www.thefarmingforum.co.uk seems to me thats in buzz now.

    So am I right in my thinking that
    BFF was hacked.
    BFF old threads cannot be accessed.
    BFF offline for a period.
    Clive starts www.thefarmingforum.co.uk

    So at the moment everything is up in the air.

    yes you are spot on. the new tBFF seems to be the buzz.


  • #9
    Arrow in the Knee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭Arrow in the Knee


    Okey so its over a week since the '**** hit the fan' so to speak.

    So from an outsiders point of view who do you think will win the Power Struggle of the farming forums?

    TheFarmingforum vs BFF

    I can't see both forums uniting in the near future IMO.


  • #10
    49801
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭49801


    Arrow in the Knee wrote: »
    Okey so its over a week since the '**** hit the fan' so to speak.

    So from an outsiders point of view who do you think will win the Power Struggle of the farming forums?

    TheFarmingforum vs BFF

    I can't see both forums uniting in the near future IMO.

    i'am staying with tFF for the moment and not registering on BFF.


  • #11
    Cran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭Cran


    Tff can't make it through the firewall at work, but Clive as mentioned releasing an app which would swing it I think


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  • #12
    Fish out of water
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭Fish out of water


    Good riddance that BFF has fcuked up.

    I believe that it is a blessing in disguise that BFF was hacked and that there now is a power struggle between both sites.

    The downside is that the archive is lost or they won't recover it.


  • #13
    Arrow in the Knee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭Arrow in the Knee


    Clive could of picked a better name for the forum.


  • #14
    oldsmokey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 802 ✭✭✭oldsmokey


    Who's Clive?

    I loved the old BFF, loads of new stuff every day, not all applicable to our little operations, but interesting..registering was a mad affair, dunno why they made it so difficult.
    Is there a chance it'll be resurrected?..it really is a shame to lose all that archived knowledge/opinion...Farming forum to my eyes is a long way behind in terms of popularity / number of posts / readers / posters.
    Will the famous 'Duck' abscond?
    Is the farming forum partly Irish / run?


  • #15
    iverjohnston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭iverjohnston


    Pity if the archive is lost. Lots of good advive, machinery wise, etc. I liked the "I built it myself" section of the forum. Iver in cavan


  • #16
    6480
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 725 ✭✭✭6480


    its a pitty whant happened , i use to look in every other day but i coulnt relpy or make new posts on it ,but i waited to join for over a year and i never was accepted on , after the crash i got accepted in a few minutes , it will take it a good while to get to where it was


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