Hi again (it seems like only yesterday that I last posted an announcement!). This is a request to everyone to please change your password. Any accounts that don't have their password changed within a couple of weeks will be temporarily deactivated (requiring email reactivation). You can do this easily here. I suggest you make it at least 8 characters if possible. Read on for the reasoning behind this.
Recently there was a brute-force attack on many users' accounts, which was in turn used to negatively affect the rating of a beatmap. This was corrected quickly afterwards, but it remains true that many of your accounts are currently vulnerable due to a someone farming account passwords. If your password was quite secure (not a common dictionary word) then it is likely you are safe.
I have taken measures to ensure this doesn't happen again, so once you change your password you can relax. I realise this should have probably been in place from the beginning, but unfortunately was overlooked (sorry).
Thanks for your time!
peppy out
tldr version: CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD HERE PLEASE (especially if it was 'password' or 'abc123' etc.)
edit: if you want to keep your current password and you believe it is secure enough, change it to something else then back again, please.
Recently there was a brute-force attack on many users' accounts, which was in turn used to negatively affect the rating of a beatmap. This was corrected quickly afterwards, but it remains true that many of your accounts are currently vulnerable due to a someone farming account passwords. If your password was quite secure (not a common dictionary word) then it is likely you are safe.
I have taken measures to ensure this doesn't happen again, so once you change your password you can relax. I realise this should have probably been in place from the beginning, but unfortunately was overlooked (sorry).
Thanks for your time!
peppy out
tldr version: CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD HERE PLEASE (especially if it was 'password' or 'abc123' etc.)
edit: if you want to keep your current password and you believe it is secure enough, change it to something else then back again, please.