Fasthosts customer? Change your password now

rob · 18-10-2007, 11:54:18 AM

From the register:

"Fasthosts customer? Change your password now"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10...investigation/

"As a precautionary measure, Fasthosts has asked its customers to update their passwords. This includes their control panel, email, FTP, and database passwords, all of which can be changed via the customer control panel. Fasthosts has now implemented customer password encryption to further protect customer data."

Not good for those who use them ...!

grandin · 18-10-2007, 12:05:18 PM

Surely it depends on when you started using them? If you started using them after the implementation of encrption then its ok???

Lee

Jeewhizz · 18-10-2007, 12:09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grandin

Surely it depends on when you started using them? If you started using them after the implementation of encrption then its ok???

Lee

This reads like a recent security breach.

This, coupled with losing a lot of client emails, doesn't bode well for them

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10...mail_deletion/

rob · 18-10-2007, 12:14:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grandin

Surely it depends on when you started using them? If you started using them after the implementation of encrption then its ok???

Lee

I believe mails were sent out earlier today so yes, in theory, if you became a client today at some point you could be fine

julian · 18-10-2007, 12:29:33 PM

yeah not good

Quote:

Originally Posted by rob

From the register:

"Fasthosts customer? Change your password now"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10...investigation/

"As a precautionary measure, Fasthosts has asked its customers to update their passwords. This includes their control panel, email, FTP, and database passwords, all of which can be changed via the customer control panel. Fasthosts has now implemented customer password encryption to further protect customer data."

Not good for those who use them ...!

domainseller200 · 18-10-2007, 12:40:40 PM

I just got this email as well !

I have a reseller package with them with over 100 domains listed !

Johnp · 19-10-2007, 04:09:23 PM

Yep

I got the same email in relation to my ukreg.com account. I have also as a precaution changed my password on my 1&1 account - but I was not contacted about the problem by 1&1.

Best Regards

JohnP

retired_member3 · 21-10-2007, 07:16:29 AM

Same here. I changed my password as a precaution. Perhaps I should check my domains are still in my control panel

18-10-2007, 11:54:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
rob Founding Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,976 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 37)	Fasthosts customer? Change your password now From the register: "Fasthosts customer? Change your password now" http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10...investigation/ "As a precautionary measure, Fasthosts has asked its customers to update their passwords. This includes their control panel, email, FTP, and database passwords, all of which can be changed via the customer control panel. Fasthosts has now implemented customer password encryption to further protect customer data." Not good for those who use them ...!

18-10-2007, 12:05:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
grandin Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,273 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 26)	surely Surely it depends on when you started using them? If you started using them after the implementation of encrption then its ok??? Lee __________________ Buy To Let Mortgages Buy To Let mortgages Discount Mortgages landlord insurance student loan Commercial Mortgages Fixed Mortgages UK Hotels UK Holidays

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18-10-2007, 12:40:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
domainseller200 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: wales Posts: 2,594 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 55)	I just got this email as well ! I have a reseller package with them with over 100 domains listed !

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21-10-2007, 07:16:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
retired_member3 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,040 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 1)	Same here. I changed my password as a precaution. Perhaps I should check my domains are still in my control panel