Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA

Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by MildlySerious on Friday February 10, 2023 @07:31AM (#34738812)

The last time I tried to change the password of a reddit account I lost access to it.

I attempted to change the password, got an error saying something went wrong. I figured I'd try again later. so I also didn't save the newly generated password.

Got logged out, and couldn't log back in with the old password.

And there's no way that I know of to contact anyone at reddit to try and get help.

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Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by djbusby on Friday February 10, 2023 @08:17AM (#34739262)

Try the Forgot Password link?

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Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by MildlySerious on Friday February 10, 2023 @12:10PM (#34742489)

The email provider that account was tied to doesn't exist anymore, and the domain is taken. I didn't notice until after it happened, so I am not putting all the blame on reddit. It's more of a string of unlucky circumstances. Who knows if I could have even changed it without access to the email account, anyway.

Fun fact: Reddit for the longest time didn't require an email address to create accounts.

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Re:Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA by ridgered4 on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:17PM (#34744321)

Reddit still doesn't require an email to create accounts, even if it now heavily implies it does. Just click next without entering one.

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