by Mario Alfonsi | Published on Apr 28, 2012 | Updated on Apr 28, 2012
The twoplustwo.com poker forums, one of the oldest and largest online poker forums in the world, were closed Friday after it was discovered that a hacker had accessed the site’s database of email addresses and s.The breach in security came on Thursday morning, and resulted in the hacker gaining access to email addresses, names, and s. In response, the forums were closed an emails were sent to all ed s letting them know why the site had been temporarily shut down.Most worrisome at all, it seems as though the hacker may have the ability to decrypt the data, giving them access to a database of names and s that might also be usable at other sites.“While it is unclear the extent of data to which he gained access, e-mail addresses and s on the Two Plus Two forums should be considered compromised,” the email to forum said. “If you have used your 2+2 on any other site, you are advised to change it.”Noah Stephens-Davidowitz – a on twoplustwo.com who is better known as NoahSD and the former editor of Subject: Poker – made a post on his blog that discussed the technical aspects of the hack, as well as steps that s should take in response.“First, if you use the same on 2p2 and some other sites, change the on the OTHER sites IMMEDIATELY,” Stephens-Davidowitz wrote. “However, do not change your on 2p2. As far as I know, the vulnerability still exists, so changing your 2p2 will just give you another potentially compromised to worry about.” He suggested that e-mail addresses, bank s and online poker sites be at the top of the list for poker changes.NoahSD also offered one other important piece of advice to s: “quit using the same for lots of stuff (if you do).” 2l6c2g
