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CheapyD

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Sorry for the inconvenience this has caused.  We are taking steps to make sure our data is as secure as possible.

1)  Your passwords are combined with a random set of characters and then hashed to create a unique fingerprint, and only this is stored in our database.  This is impossible to reverse engineer, so if you use your CAG password on other sites, they would not be compromised.

2)  While we don't have any evidence that any data has been taken, we can't rule out that it wasn't taken.  This means your email address and your username might have been taken.

3) A required password change will be incoming.  We need to regenerate new salts (the random strings used to make a hash more unique) and that screws up the stored passwords.

More information soon.  Thanks for your patience.

Big thanks to John for getting us back up fast.

 
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Must have been a Slickdeals user....kidding

Sorry about what you had to deal with CheapyD and the rest of the staff. Thanks for keeping us updated.

 
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Finally back. 

Despite knowing it was hacked, I kept clicking on my bookmark out of habit.

 
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Thank you for all your hard work in getting the site back as quickly as possible!

If it's impossible to reverse engineer the password, then why the mandatory password change?

 
While the site was down, Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition came back in stock at Best Buy! Glad you guys are back up! And I'm kidding about Fire Emblem. Sorry, couldn't resist
 
Nick51705 said:
Thank you for all your hard work in getting the site back as quickly as possible!

If it's impossible to reverse engineer the password, then why the mandatory password change?
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We need to regenerate new salts (the random strings used to make a hash more unique) and that screws up the stored passwords.​
 
I was worried about what happen soon as I seen it.'

I'm glad the site is backup pretty fast.

phantomphoenix said:
They were very philosophical asking questions like "Why are you here?" Makes you think, why are any of us here, really...?
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To get cheap deals and run away with it!

 
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CheapyD said:
We need to regenerate new salts (the random strings used to make a hash more unique) and that screws up the stored passwords.​
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I think I've listened to enough of your podcasts to know that this is the type of thing that gets a snarky comment from you guys.

 
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CheapyD said:
Sorry for the inconvenience this has caused. We are taking steps to make sure our data is as secure as possible.

1) Your passwords are combined with a random set of characters and then hashed to create a unique fingerprint, and only this is stored in our database. This is impossible to reverse engineer, so if you use your CAG password on other sites, they would not be compromised.

2) While we don't have any evidence that any data has been taken, we can't rule out that it wasn't taken. This means your email address and your username might have been taken.

3) A required password change will be incoming. We need to regenerate new salts (the random strings used to make a hash more unique) and that screws up the stored passwords.

More information soon. Thanks for your patience.

Big thanks to John for getting us back up fast.
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Very impressed with this response and very impressed that passwords were not compromised. Thank you for not taking any chances with our information!

 
CheapyD said:
We need to regenerate new salts (the random strings used to make a hash more unique) and that screws up the stored passwords.
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You should add some pepper too. (seriously tho that adds another layer and pretty much eliminates rainbow tables - at least for now)

 
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Wheelchair-bound loser thinks he's awesome.  Should check out his Twitter.  Dude isn't well.

And LOL @ NeoGAF, what a bunch of libtard nutjob turds linking this thread.

 
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Was the child molester caught?!

I'm glad that you guys got the site back up fast. 

 
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no658ea3 said:
Was the child molester caught?!

I'm glad that you guys got the site back up fast.
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There was no molester.

That jackass just goes to random forums and takes them down and leaves that message all the time.

Complete and utter troll.

 
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