Warning, be careful

[TheLastSuperman]

I was contacted as well along with a current staff member from vb.com not too long ago. Its not details from vb.org, its actual details from vb.com database when it was compromised (imo). When they contacted me, they pasted my 1) Password at the time the site was hacked 2) Answer to my security question on vb.com 3) My Customer Number and all associated license numbers. I'm not personally aware of vb.org storing our security answer from vb.com database, so this is why I assumed when contacted that it came from vb.com database and not the vb.org db or tables if sharing a db etc.

So its scary yes, but this is also why it was stated long ago for you to change your passwords to those pertinent areas i.e. members area and such.

*The key thing to remember about skype is that, simply accepting friend/contact requests will not have your skype account hacked... accepting attachments and downloads from said people can though so ** DO NOT ACCEPT anything not even a file or click on a link they sent you IF you do not know them **.

I'd imagine Lionel that your skype account had the same if not very very similar password to one of the compromised accounts, I had changed all my passwords long ago even before they contacted me but I forgot one, as I prefer facebook over twitter and rarely login there I forgot to change my twitter account password - it was the same used on vb.com back (I rarely use the same password but when I did twitter I did a quick and crude run-through on new acct etc) then and about 2 months back a email notification from twitter about unauthorized [S]logins[/S] tweets so they locked my account - I promptly requested a new password and sorted that issue.

Needless to say, you all be careful and don't click on links, accept anything incuding attachments from people you don't know OR just literally added on skype. If dealing with a hacker, I don't care who they're, what they want from you or what DB Tech or any other companies mods they try to attach and send you - DO NOT ACCEPT.

Edit: If you have accepted any files in situations like this - Stop what you're doing and promptly google how to do a BOOT-TIME scan using your current anti-virus software, do whatever steps it takes to get that scan going and be patient. The reason why I say this is viruses and malicious programs can be transmitted via those files you just casually accepted and a program could literally be running on your pc now doing whatever it was designed to do - and no its not anything good.