Hacking of password is this true?

Maybe its true. And why their id can be hacked? Maybe they use simple pasword that everyone can guess. Like "123456", its too easy for other users to guess. We should use atleast 16 character for our pasword and always change it every month.

cz sussete is correct...hackers may have been using "BRUTUS" software for password cracking...here's the definition of this tool...

Brutus is one of the fastest, most flexible remote password crackers you can get your hands on - it's also free. It is available for Windows 9x, NT and 2000, there is no UN*X version available although it is a possibility at some point in the future. Brutus was first made publicly available in October 1998 and since that time there have been at least 70,000 downloads and over 175,000 visitors to this page. Development continues so new releases will be available in the near future. Brutus was written originally to help me check routers etc. for default and common passwords
Features

Brutus version AET2 is the current release and includes the following authentication types :

HTTP (Basic Authentication)
HTTP (HTML Form/CGI)
POP3
FTP
SMB
Telnet
Other types such as IMAP, NNTP, NetBus etc are freely downloadable from this site and simply imported into your copy of Brutus. You can create your own types or use other peoples.

The current release includes the following functionality :

Multi-stage authentication engine
60 simultaneous target connections
No username, single username and multiple username modes
Password list, combo (user/password) list and configurable brute force modes
Highly customisable authentication sequences
Load and resume position
Import and Export custom authentication types as BAD files seamlessly
SOCKS proxy support for all authentication types
User and password list generation and manipulation functionality
HTML Form interpretation for HTML Form/CGI authentication types
Error handling and recovery capability inc. resume after crash/failure.

How fast could this be done? Well, that depends on three main things, the length and complexity of your password, the speed of the hacker’s computer, and the speed of the hacker’s Internet connection.

Assuming the hacker has a reasonably fast connection and PC here is an estimate of the amount of time it would take to generate every possible combination of passwords for a given number of characters. After generating the list it’s just a matter of time before the computer runs through all the possibilities - or gets shut down trying.

Pay particular attention to the difference between using only lowercase characters and using all possible characters (uppercase, lowercase, and special characters - like @#$%^&*). Adding just one capital letter and one asterisk would change the processing time for an 8 character password from 2.4 days to 2.1 centuries.

Using Brutus, wwwhack, or THC Hydra password cracking softwares:



So, considering the complexity of my merchant ID's password, I am confident to say they will be able to crack it, after at least 78,000 to 2 million years non-stop attempts using a PC with the fastest Intel Core 2 Duo processor & 4 Mbps DSL hi-speed internet connection. ROFL!!!

GENIUS.....REALLY FAST RYT? WHERE DID YOU GET THAT BRO R U A HACKER TOO. IVE WACTHED ON I WITNESS GMA PROGRAM THAT ONE OF THE FINEST HACKER EXIST IN THE PHILS. HMM IT REMINDS ME THE I LOVE YOU VIRUS HACKERS. IM WONDERIN WHATS THE HACKER LOOK LIKE IS IT THEYRE NEIRD? WEARING BIG EYE GLASSES HEHEHE. WELL ANYWAY TNX 4 THAT STUFF BRO IT MAKES ME AWAKE {INNOCENT}

Well not too fast. Your password is safe for 78,000 years if you use 13 characters in it

Change your password to eleven characters tol Jester and he can spend a century cracking it

sussete wrote:if mig33 allowed us to used especial charaters to create passowrd then it must be good.
one more thing better don't share your passwords to anybody whether he is your bf or gf im just kidding.

I agree with u sis. Don't allow anybody use ur id(s) even with ur gf or bf. It only creates gap between the both of you and you can't move/chat freely bcoz maybe somebody is watching over you (nakasanib as they say).

wheew!!! h0w can we be safe from this hackers?well as of n0w i have 29 characters with figures,and i changed it weekly,and h0pe they wll n0t able to, hack my password.change y0ur password every m0nth,if possible Good luck

Then you are safe tol.

i have 14 characters(letters with numbers)... well, i guess my password is safe enough...

29 characters wow kuyajh! i really admire me ..... give me half of it coz i have only 5 characters!!!! now i got the idea of changing password every month... thanks admin keen for the precaution....

my original id password has been hacked by someone and it's account is 50 riyals..lucky hackers!! hmp!!!

being a victim of a hacker is not cool huhuhu... my mesiah_force id been hacked i couldnt use it anymore... its almost 2 wiks since it was been hacked.... bro keen after they hack those ids what they gonna do bout that ids..? is it for fun?

d34thd34l3r_m3ssi4h wrote:being a victim of a hacker is not cool huhuhu... my mesiah_force id been hacked i couldnt use it anymore... its almost 2 wiks since it was been hacked.... bro keen after they hack those ids what they gonna do bout that ids..? is it for fun?

You can retrieve your ID bro by resending the password to the mobile number you used in registering that ID.

you are really right some 1 had also hacked 3 ids n change my password then i dnt know about force or i will complain for that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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