yikes!

Oct. 12th, 2008 01:53 pm
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I just noticed that someone seems to have hacked my lj account.

Fortunately, all that they did was change one of my userpics -- my circle of multicolored question marks turned into a little animated Stephen Colbert icon saying 'FAIL.' I think it may have been meant as a comment on my account security. :-(

Anyway, I deleted the icon, changed my lj password and question, reset my email address a couple times, and changed all my email passwords as well -- a new and different one for each account. (I should have done that a while ago, but I got lazy and figured I had nothing worth hacking. Clearly I do not understand hacker mentality.)

*crosses fingers and hopes that works*


ETA: I am informed that this is simply one iteration of a site-wide icon glitch thing that's been going on for a while. While that's much less creepy than a hacker, it's still not terribly reassuring for my account security status. *sigh*

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Date: 2008-10-12 06:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lanoyee.livejournal.com
Oddly, this has occurred to me, as well (on two RP accounts), and when I asked someone else if "LJ was replacing icons for you, too", they said "I think it does for everyone".

... strange.

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Date: 2008-10-12 06:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lanoyee.livejournal.com
Yeah, I guess. My personal journal also hasn't been affected yet - only my two RP accounts with, as you say, several dozens of icons.

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