Hello and welcome back.

We have recovered after a nasty hack into the forums. The database has been restored to its pre-attack state and in consultation with the software developers all security risks have been identified and corrected (until the script kiddies find another toy I guess )

I would like to personally apologise for the email sent out apparently from here containing a form of malware. I hope you read my warning before opening it, or did the sensible thing and deleted the executable file, as one always should. Thanks very much to Just David and MatB for immediately notifying me of what had happened. Without you guys it may have been much worse.

It has been recommended all members change their password as an extra precaution. Passwords are encrypted in the database and cannot be read, but there is a miniscule chance someone may be able to use your 'pre-attack' login here, which is why we're asking you to make the change.

Thanks everyone for your understanding

Matt

Glad you guys are OK now and very pleased to be able to help

....Hmmm, lets see if I can remember how to change a password

..might be the last you hear of me!

well - I hope not.
but thanks for your help anyway

This seems to be the new form of vandalism, pretty sad really that these people have nothing more constructive to do. Its like graffiti for the new generation.

Interesting to me though from a legal viewpoint, I had a case yesterday where a young man wanted to know how he goes about getting "sensitive" digital photo's of himself back from his ex-girlfriend that she took when they were together. Law really does need to keep up with technology.