Someone Hacking? Help!!!

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I was auto logged out of the forums and when I tried to log back in my username was changed to Raven X_02. What's going on?  I tried changing it back to Raven X and got the message that some of the characters I used were invalid.  I changed it back to Raven_X, but I'd really like to know what's going on or who's changing my account without my permission.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Same thing for me... o0

 

Edit: Except my old one is apparently still in use.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

The DB guys did a pass to clear out duplicate names (we'd done it a year or two back and changed the system to prevent new ones, but it seems to have slipped a number through), but it appears that the check for activity to determine who gets to keep the name didn't work correctly, and there was no notification as there should have been.

Hold tight and don't change your nick, I'm told we're going to revert it.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Yep, working again, thanks for the fast response.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting kryo, reply 2
The DB guys did a pass to clear out duplicate names (we'd done it a year or two back and changed the system to prevent new ones, but it seems to have slipped a number through), but it appears that the check for activity to determine who gets to keep the name didn't work correctly, and there was no notification as there should have been.

Hold tight and don't change your nick, I'm told we're going to revert it.
End of kryo's quote

I already changed mine lol. It's ok, all is working now :)