stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Is it possible for someone to hack and old account that's not being used? Like for instance, if you keep getting banned come back as someone else on an earlier account. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Is it possible for someone to hack and old account that's not being used? Like for instance, if you keep getting banned come back as someone else on an earlier account. Funny you should say that, there was not so long ago a spate of people posting on accounts that had registered 8 to 10 years ago and had a post count in single figures. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lid 194 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 It's perfectly possible and can be achieved in a number of ways. Some forum software allows admins to check the IP addresses of members posting and determine if they have posted from the same IP before. However if the poster has dynamic IP addresses, which is normal for home broadband, this may not help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 You can normally tell by some of the stuff they come out with. IP addresses don't mean much especially on mobile networks. If you have someone's password from an old account and they aren't banned, you would be able to use that. Stealthy, please pm me with any information you might have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Is it possible for someone to hack and old account that's not being used? Like for instance, if you keep getting banned come back as someone else on an earlier account. Funny you should say that, there was not so long ago a spate of people posting on accounts that had registered 8 to 10 years ago and had a post count in single figures. TC So it's not just me then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 You can normally tell by some of the stuff they come out with. IP addresses don't mean much especially on mobile networks. If you have someone's password from an old account and they aren't banned, you would be able to use that. Stealthy, please pm me with any information you might have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fieldsporthunter 1,864 Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Davidw1992 was in my account two weeks ago, I logged on tryed to use my account and it kept saying word (something) error and there was that user name at top of screen. Edited because I wrote user name wrong. ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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