Tonight's account hijacker/spambot: We think we know how he did it.

[Alas Babylon!]

Wow!

Went to bed early, woke up late...

Missed all the fun.

Am I logged in? (Sorry, had to ask, for FReeperdom sakes).

[hoagy62]

I was on FR last night and never saw a single spammed post.

Oh, well. Have a happy Sunday!

[devane617]

...or those evil Mormons.

[Drew68]

Great! This now explains why I can’t log in from my other computer.

[DCBryan1]

It was Eschior. It is always him. Always.

[AFreeBird]

Thanks, Jim, for the update.

I had seen a,post regarding the hack, especially mentioning ID’s from 98~2000.

So I figured I should change my password. I did so and logged out and tried to log back in. The disabled login makes sense but I didn’t know it.

Thankfully,, I didn’t log out all my devices. :-)

[kristinn]

Thanks for getting on this so fast. It was pretty sporty for awhile. At least they weren’t spamming the site with bullwhip photos.

[Beowulf9]

“In my opinion some very old accounts are still being used. They simply don’t make it as obvious. I wish there was a way to verify people better. I suggest a secret word on top of the password.”

Oh! Good idea! A double secret password!

[WildHighlander57]

Were you able to log in from your phone?

[Larry Lucido]

I blame Steve1999. He’s just about the only hit-and-run poster who hasn’t been zotted yet. I see he’s back posting for the NNNeonNNNettle blog past couple of days. That’s what did it, most likely.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Logged in now. Can’t log in from desk top.

[Rebelbase]

I wonder if the real BeauBo slept through the whole thing?

[egfowler3]

I got hit at the start, refreshed several times, then shut down for the night. Never thought of the link to report abuse!

[Salamander]

Or when it says bicycles but some are motorcyles and you endless up Endless Loop Captcha Hell.

[luvie]

Stupid hackers! Go git’em, Jim and John!

[WildHighlander57]

Were you already logged in on the phone before this mess started?

And did you logoff the on again, on the phone?

[RandallFlagg]

Exactly the same for me. Phone still logged in, desktop logged out.

[hecticskeptic]

Logged in now. Can’t log in from desk top.
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Same here.... I always use ‘in private’ mode when I open up a browser. When I couldn’t sign in, I had to fire up an old computer where I was previously signed in to FR using a regular browser... and I guess that worked because it was shut down without every actually logging out.

[sodpoodle]

Thank you JR for your tireless work.

I finally was able to sign on - had been feeling as if I was lost in the desert!!!!

God bless

[zeugma]

## What did I miss?

I apparently missed all the fun too!