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vBulletin: Addressing User ID Theft with Required Password Resets

Calendar Nov 19, 2013 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Forumware giant vBulletin.com has admitted that it's been turned over by hackers who made off with customer user IDs and encrypted passwords. vBulletin said it was resetting account passwords in response the the breach, which it blamed on a series of "sophisticated attacks":

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