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Seun(m): 1:17pm On Jan 11, 2023
Fellow Nairalanders,

We have observed an ongoing guessing attack against Nairaland . The perpetrators have obtained a list of thousands of names and s from hacked websites & are systematically trying those s on Nairaland to take over your s.

If you have used your Nairaland name and on other websites, they may be able to to Nairaland as you, mutilate your profile and send spam messages with your name. To prevent this, please change your Nairaland to a unique asap.

For the dozens of Nairalanders whose s have been affected, you would have gotten an unexpected notification from Nairaland. All you need to do to secure your is to , reset your with this form, and correct your mutilated profile.

For those who are affected, we may scramble your and log you out to force you to change it. Don't be alarmed. Just and reset your with this form to regain access to Nairaland.

We have taken measures to slow the perpetrators down severely, but it's up to you to make sure that your is secure.

Best Regards,
Seun Osewa.

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God1000(m): 1:21pm On Jan 11, 2023
Thanks Seun, hackers have become very sophisticated in their nefarious activities.

But why is updating of profile not working?

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Seun(m): 1:25pm On Jan 11, 2023
God1000:
Thanks Seun, hackers have become very sophisticated in their nefarious activities.

But why is updating of profile not working?
It was a temporary measure to stop profiles from being mutilated. We will undo it shortly.

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God1000(m): 1:26pm On Jan 11, 2023
Seun:
It was a temporary measure to stop profiles from being mutilated. We will undo it shortly.
Oh I see, thanks.

Happy new year to you and your family.

Modified
Profile update is working now

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silvoclaira: 1:27pm On Jan 11, 2023
shocked

Seun, Nairaland needs a Redesign/Rebrand

It will go a long way in giving your platform the attention and credits it deserves in todays SocialMedia/discussion forum platform

Redesign/Rebranding is necessary over these years to ensure you’re capturing the new products, services, old/new attention.

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Cypress042: 1:28pm On Jan 11, 2023
Seun:
It was a temporary measure to stop profiles from being mutilated. We will undo it shortly.

Oil dey your head undecided

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GloriousGbola: 1:53pm On Jan 11, 2023
Seun:
Fellow Nairalanders,

We have observed an ongoing guessing attack against Nairaland . The perpetrators have obtained a list of thousands of names and s from hacked websites & are systematically trying those s on Nairaland to take over your s.

If you have used your Nairaland name and on other websites, they may be able to to Nairaland as you, mutilate your profile and send spam messages with your name. To prevent this, please change your Nairaland to a unique asap.

For the dozens of Nairalanders whose s have been affected, you would have gotten an unexpected notification from Nairaland. All you need to do to secure your is to , reset your with this form, and correct your mutilated profile.

For those who are affected, we may scramble your and log you out to force you to change it. Don't be alarmed. Just reset your with this form to regain access to Nairaland.

We have taken measures to slow the perpetrators down severely but we can't totally stop them.

Best Regards,
Seun Osewa.

Cc ibkayee
ibkayee(f): 1:56pm On Jan 11, 2023
GloriousGbola:


Cc ibkayee
Cool, an explanation is all people wanted

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Olamilekxy(m): 2:03pm On Jan 11, 2023
silvoclaira:
shocked

Seun, Nairaland needs a Redesign/Rebrand

It will go a long way in giving your platform the attention and credits it deserves in todays SocialMedia world.

Redesign/Rebranding is necessary over these years to ensure you’re capturing the new products, services, attention.

Redesign of what ?

Nairaland is a forum site not social media.

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nauto: 2:36pm On Jan 11, 2023
cool
Sammy07: 2:36pm On Jan 11, 2023
angry

Seun, add some features to Nairaland and bring back contest

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Mpox: 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
embarassed

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chriskosherbal(m): 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
pls we are all in love with this site ....so na to protect our crip remain oo

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Kingpalace11: 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
Thanks for this

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NomzyJust(m): 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
And please do not use incorrect as your .

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Donjazet2: 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
Seun what do you do about the pro-tinubu bots who open numerous s for the sake of generating fake likes on pro tinubu comments like these s below?

What do you do about the rampant hateful tribal venom being spewed by pro-apc s. The ones that tag all opponents chinedu or Emeka and outrightly single out Igbo tribe? How do you tackle this seun?

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whytediamond(m): 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
grin

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specialmati(m): 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
cool cool cool cool cool aright
iwaeda: 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
Seun:
Fellow Nairalanders,

We have observed an ongoing guessing attack against Nairaland . The perpetrators have obtained a list of thousands of names and s from hacked websites & are systematically trying those s on Nairaland to take over your s.

If you have used your Nairaland name and on other websites, they may be able to to Nairaland as you, mutilate your profile and send spam messages with your name. To prevent this, please change your Nairaland to a unique asap.

For the dozens of Nairalanders whose s have been affected, you would have gotten an unexpected notification from Nairaland. All you need to do to secure your is to , reset your with this form, and correct your mutilated profile.

For those who are affected, we may scramble your and log you out to force you to change it. Don't be alarmed. Just reset your with this form to regain access to Nairaland.

We have taken measures to slow the perpetrators down severely, but it's up to you to make sure that your is secure.

Best Regards,
Seun Osewa.

Ahhhh grin grin grin

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Thiefnubudrugki: 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
Gazelle garagara boys on the loose, God punish Tinubu punish buhari and apshit

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b0rn2fuck(m): 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
Walaha be like covid 19, na china cause ham, na the rest of the world follow suffer ham

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haybhi1(m): 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
Lol. Who would have thought scammers are working this hard?

Be like say Oyinbo no too pay them again.

But lol, what would a scammer do with my nairaland abeg, no be to dey beg money upandan?

Useless people that should have been prevented by ordinary withdrawal or month calculation method - you don't even need CD

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KnowledgePower7: 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
Ok

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LordviccoDaGuru(m): 2:37pm On Jan 11, 2023
Noted, thanks boss @ Seun more grace to ur elbows, cc mynd44 Nlfpmod dominique lalasticlala mukina more grace to ur elbows

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Highways: 2:38pm On Jan 11, 2023
Ok.. before they get into my bitcoin wallet connected to nairaland

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ipobarecriminals: 2:38pm On Jan 11, 2023
sad
maureensylvia(f): 2:38pm On Jan 11, 2023
Nice one Seun, pls work on the emojis as well

My signature is calling u

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ipobarecriminals: 2:38pm On Jan 11, 2023
sad
cheesy
sad

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Shortyy(f): 2:38pm On Jan 11, 2023
What if my is already strong, do I still need to change it?

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Light78: 2:38pm On Jan 11, 2023
Log out every member automatically.

Let the real ones

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OboOlora(f): 2:38pm On Jan 11, 2023
Ok

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