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  • Adamcayce
    810 posts
    edited November 2013
    High school girls passwords are always "ilove___"
  • RynoJordan23
    470 posts Member
    edited November 2013
    How strong is your password? Do you use it in more than one place, if yes you may be asking for trouble. Is your password on this list of the 25 most used passwords?

    password
    123456
    12345678
    abc123
    qwerty
    monkey
    letmein
    dragon
    111111
    baseball
    iloveyou
    trustno1
    1234567
    sunshine
    master
    123123
    welcome
    shadow
    ashley
    football)
    Jesus
    michael
    ninja
    mustang
    password1

    I'm not trying to shift the blame on you, but a lot of people are guilty of lax passwords and are an easy target for a "hack".

    My password is pretty strong---a series of numbers and letters and capitalization. It is also specific for this game


    Well that's good to know, but I wonder how many other forum readers see their password on that list? :)

    Way back when I got my first computer, I used password1 for everything. Now after many years of experience, no one will ever guess my new password2. :mrgreen:
  • obake-odori
    650 posts Member
    edited November 2013
    Wow, that really sucks. Don't know much about programming, but surely it's an easy fix for ea. It should be as easy as having them reset your town to before the incident.
  • annettemarc
    7747 posts Member
    edited November 2013
    I'm surprised that passw0rd wasnt on the list, what with the spectacularly clever "zero" ... guaranteed to thwart any hacker.

    A month or so ago, I signed into my town and found I was proud owner of a hot tub. It couldn't have been someone spending my donuts, because I had none to spend. I have strong suspicions that somewhere out there is a very ticked off player who lost his/her hot tub. ( the only other scenario would be someone got into my town, bought donuts, and bought me a hot tub. But if so, they sure didn't use MY account to pay for it. )

    On the up-side, Fat Tony is forever grateful. He's spent many a happy day soaking in that tub. I'm sure he knows it was ill-gotten. (Wait a minute. You don't think Tony got it for free, do you? Like it "fell off a truck" ?)

    :roll:
    USA/UK Race To Throw Country Into Utter Chaos = TOO CLOSE TO CALL
  • marco_rosa833
    366 posts
    edited November 2013
    My town was "hacked" a couple of days before, too. Fortunately, all the person did was tap my last Squidport tile and build a bunch of Krustyland fences. My sympathies.

    From now on, I'm logging out after every time I play. I don't know if that actually helps against the random login bug at all; but, who knows?
  • darthraven0
    374 posts Member
    edited November 2013
    I'm not sure why but seeing master as one of the most used passwords bothers me.
  • shasurveyi256
    354 posts
    edited November 2013
    My town was "hacked" a couple of days before, too. Fortunately, all the person did was tap my last Squidport tile and build a bunch of Krustyland fences. My sympathies.

    From now on, I'm logging out after every time I play. I don't know if that actually helps against the random login bug at all; but, who knows?

    To add to the burn they too also tapped my last tile
  • lisaseviltwin
    207 posts
    edited November 2013
    I'm surprised that passw0rd wasnt on the list, what with the spectacularly clever "zero" ... guaranteed to thwart any hacker.

    A month or so ago, I signed into my town and found I was proud owner of a hot tub. It couldn't have been someone spending my donuts, because I had none to spend. I have strong suspicions that somewhere out there is a very ticked off player who lost his/her hot tub. ( the only other scenario would be someone got into my town, bought donuts, and bought me a hot tub. But if so, they sure didn't use MY account to pay for it. )

    On the up-side, Fat Tony is forever grateful. He's spent many a happy day soaking in that tub. I'm sure he knows it was ill-gotten. (Wait a minute. You don't think Tony got it for free, do you? Like it "fell off a truck" ?)

    :roll:

    Perhaps he was made an offer he could not refuse.
  • RynoJordan23
    470 posts Member
    edited November 2013
    I'm surprised that passw0rd wasnt on the list, what with the spectacularly clever "zero" ... guaranteed to thwart any hacker.

    A month or so ago, I signed into my town and found I was proud owner of a hot tub. It couldn't have been someone spending my donuts, because I had none to spend. I have strong suspicions that somewhere out there is a very ticked off player who lost his/her hot tub. ( the only other scenario would be someone got into my town, bought donuts, and bought me a hot tub. But if so, they sure didn't use MY account to pay for it. )

    On the up-side, Fat Tony is forever grateful. He's spent many a happy day soaking in that tub. I'm sure he knows it was ill-gotten. (Wait a minute. You don't think Tony got it for free, do you? Like it "fell off a truck" ?)

    :roll:

    Perhaps he was made an offer he could not refuse.

    And it was the day of his daughter's wedding.
  • annettemarc
    7747 posts Member
    edited November 2013
    I'm surprised that passw0rd wasnt on the list, what with the spectacularly clever "zero" ... guaranteed to thwart any hacker.

    A month or so ago, I signed into my town and found I was proud owner of a hot tub. It couldn't have been someone spending my donuts, because I had none to spend. I have strong suspicions that somewhere out there is a very ticked off player who lost his/her hot tub. ( the only other scenario would be someone got into my town, bought donuts, and bought me a hot tub. But if so, they sure didn't use MY account to pay for it. )

    On the up-side, Fat Tony is forever grateful. He's spent many a happy day soaking in that tub. I'm sure he knows it was ill-gotten. (Wait a minute. You don't think Tony got it for free, do you? Like it "fell off a truck" ?)

    :roll:

    Perhaps he was made an offer he could not refuse.

    And it was the day of his daughter's wedding.

    And we all know just how well THAT marriage turned out.
    USA/UK Race To Throw Country Into Utter Chaos = TOO CLOSE TO CALL
  • crosby357
    3051 posts Member
    edited November 2013
    Adamcayce wrote:
    High school girls passwords are always "ilove___"
    I used to have a neighbor (removed in my clearing a few months back) with the username iloveaiden.
  • shasurveyi256
    354 posts
    edited November 2013
    One of the things I found hidden in my Springfield is some gold or bronze bull statue they placed---Anyone know what that is and what it cost me? EA wants to know how much donuts and money I lost---I'll have to calculate this all myself I guess???? :cry:
  • RynoJordan23
    470 posts Member
    edited November 2013
    One of the things I found hidden in my Springfield is some gold or bronze bull statue they placed---Anyone know what that is and what it cost me? EA wants to know how much donuts and money I lost---I'll have to calculate this all myself I guess???? :cry:

    You get it in Kirk's quest line. Free, if I remember correctly.
  • ipitythefo906
    14 posts
    edited November 2013
    If you get to calculate it, be sure to be a little liberal with the amount lol. Anyway, the gold calf statue is worth 30 donuts, if that is what you're referring to, but you do get a free one through Kirk Van Houtens' questline. So it's possible maybe he completed part of it for you?
  • zicoboo
    354 posts
    edited November 2013
    How strong is your password? Do you use it in more than one place, if yes you may be asking for trouble. Is your password on this list of the 25 most used passwords?

    password
    123456
    12345678
    abc123
    qwerty
    monkey
    letmein
    dragon
    111111
    baseball
    iloveyou
    trustno1
    1234567
    sunshine
    master
    123123
    welcome
    shadow
    ashley
    football)
    Jesus
    michael
    ninja
    mustang
    password1

    I'm not trying to shift the blame on you, but a lot of people are guilty of lax passwords and are an easy target for a "hack".
    Why is michael one of the most used passwords? :hunf:
  • HomerClone702
    91 posts
    edited November 2013
    This isn't my town. Logged in one day, and saw this. I knew something was wrong. I play daily. Plus, I never bought that limo.
    I regret not buying it. I'm an honest person. I hit collect 150, and shut my iPad down. Logged back into my town later with no problem.

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    Sorry about your troubles, OP. Hope EA can help you.
  • mbaron312775
    133 posts
    edited November 2013
    Happened to me once, then I realized drank a few too many duffs, blew all my donuts on Mt Carlmore, and woke up with a head ache...and Mt Carlmore.
  • shasurveyi256
    354 posts
    edited November 2013
    So here is the BIG question :lol: Since EA has not responded 12+ hours....should I collect from these buildings and send the new character(s) on tasks/questlines?
  • shasurveyi256
    354 posts
    edited November 2013
    If you get to calculate it, be sure to be a little liberal with the amount lol. Anyway, the gold calf statue is worth 30 donuts, if that is what you're referring to, but you do get a free one through Kirk Van Houtens' questline. So it's possible maybe he completed part of it for you?

    And then placed it---weird
  • bee88161
    2976 posts Member
    edited November 2013
    Happened to me once, then I realized drank a few too many duffs, blew all my donuts on Mt Carlmore, and woke up with a head ache...and Mt Carlmore.

    Haha! You should make this post into another meme, like the one in your sig.
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