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A person (or group of people) has taken it upon himself/herself to mount an attack on DA

The attack comes in the form of links which appear on Deviant's pages and provides them with a link.... this link takes you to a fake DA login page. DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT enter your login and password here! If you do the attacker then has access to your deviant account.

So far the attack has been quite civil and thus only a minor annoyance, simply spamming other deviants.... but with access to a seemingly large number of deviants' accounts so far if it escalates there could be some serious damage done.


The links take the following forms (that I have seen so far)...

Check out this blog... link

A Valentine for you... link

I saw your picture on someone's blog... link


So please be careful with your account info and if you've already been 'hacked' be sure to change your password right away to avoid any major issues!
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:iconfreakingcookie:
man...
all this stupid hacker-stuff...
why do people do things like that???
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:iconsirenwater:
*sirenwater Feb 14, 2009  Professional General Artist
Thanks for the warning.
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:iconevanesces:
thanks for the heads up....

is the site itself (deviantART) doing anything to protect members?
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:iconcrazy-over-anime:
~CrAZy-OvER-AnImE Feb 23, 2009  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Yeah, that's the admins' job (delete spam and such)
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:icontigerfreako1:
~tigerfreako1 Feb 8, 2009  Student Filmographer
Thanks heaps for the warning I'll look out for those things to keep myself safe =)
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~caitlin-day Feb 8, 2009  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
thanks i noticeds this too and was wondering what it was about
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:iconspasmatic-jellyroll:
*Spasmatic-Jellyroll Feb 7, 2009  Student General Artist
Thanks for the warning:hug:
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:icongabixa:
thanks for warning :)!
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:icongethsemane-butler:
I'd also like to add something. If you do happen to click on the link, take note of the URL in your address bar; the link's URL is NOT the customary dA login page's URL. When inputting your information, please take note of the URL; if it doesn't say deviantart.com, DO NOT put in your info.
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