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Data breach?

Postby Fanvm Tax » Thu Dec 12, 2024 5:00 am

Tried to log onto my account on my phone, and it said my password appeared in a data breach. Should I be concerned?
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Postby Phydios » Thu Dec 12, 2024 5:53 am

Fanvm Tax wrote:Tried to log onto my account on my phone, and it said my password appeared in a data breach. Should I be concerned?

I believe those warnings come from your phone's operating system or browser, not from NationStates. That is, do not assume that NationStates had a data breach just because you got one. However, changing your password when you get a warning like this is a good practice.
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Postby United Calanworie » Thu Dec 12, 2024 8:50 am

Solution: change your password.

It has nothing to do with NS, but it’ll make the warning go away at least. And you should be using a different password for every website you’re on — if this password showed up in a data breach, then you’re using it somewhere *other* than here too, and that’s not good for security and you should fix that.
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