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General Support / Re: Administration Password
« Last post by sydgrew on December 07, 2018, 01:14:59 am »I am the founder (in 2009) and owner of the artmusic forum mentioned here.
It is quite untrue that I "wished to retire from my duties". Far from it.
At the end of September my administrator account had a password set by me. No one else knew it.
On 2nd October or thereabouts my administrator account was hacked and the password was changed.
This would not have been done by SMF staff, as they would be obliged to consult me and obtain my advice. So the password must have been changed by some one using some hacking tool.
Since then the fellow writing here as "Cairnwell" has been posing as administrator using the stolen account.
He has not only refused to tell me the hacked password and how he hacked it, but he has also banned me from my own forum, and even banned my IP address. Also he has been deletng many posts by other people.
How can I recover control of my wrecked forum?
Many thanks in advance for any assistance - and
I hope I have posted this in a suitable place.
Sydney Grew
It is quite untrue that I "wished to retire from my duties". Far from it.
At the end of September my administrator account had a password set by me. No one else knew it.
On 2nd October or thereabouts my administrator account was hacked and the password was changed.
This would not have been done by SMF staff, as they would be obliged to consult me and obtain my advice. So the password must have been changed by some one using some hacking tool.
Since then the fellow writing here as "Cairnwell" has been posing as administrator using the stolen account.
He has not only refused to tell me the hacked password and how he hacked it, but he has also banned me from my own forum, and even banned my IP address. Also he has been deletng many posts by other people.
How can I recover control of my wrecked forum?
Many thanks in advance for any assistance - and
I hope I have posted this in a suitable place.
Sydney Grew
