#1 March 17th, 2005 09:43 AM

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getting a message about suspended usernames?

A lot of you - especiially the ones who post on the forum - are probably getting emails telling you your username has been suspended for too many incorrect password attempts.  That's becuase hackers are trying to guess ISM logins by running scripts to submit known usernames with common passwords.  The suspension applies only to your Forum account, not your ISM account.

If they get your ISM password - which can be different to your Forum password - your account will most likely get frozen too.  Password security is your responsibility so we recommend - very strongly - that you change your Forum passwords.  Also if your ISM site password is not a random  collection of characters, change it ~now~.  It staggers us that people still choose passwords which are common words or anagrams of their username.