pinnacle forcing players to change passwd

G.MONEY · Jan 27, 2006

Just logged in had to change my password..But worked fine after that.

Dante · Jan 27, 2006

well G I can not even log in....to get that message

JimmyHoffa · Jan 27, 2006

Changed my password quickly, no problems.

Up and running smoothly...

TOW · Jan 27, 2006

Commendable move by Pinnacle. Players' sensitive data protection should always be books' main concern. Excellent move.

steeser · Jan 27, 2006

TOW said:
Commendable move by Pinnacle. Players' sensitive data protection should always be books' main concern. Excellent move.

That's why we have passwords in the first place. The only way it is commendable is if they were somehow compromised...in which case the commendable move should have been to not have it happen at all.

But in the scheme of things, forcing me to use a different password is a very minor blip in the radar.

TOW · Jan 27, 2006

steeser,

I think Pinnacle is properly reacting on the growing concerns sparked by the several reported hack jobs to the damage of account balance holders with the North American operations of Sportingbet PLC.

I would call it wise prevention rather than a measure to safeguard compromised security.

Dante · Jan 27, 2006

I agree 100% with you Roberto.and nothing wrong with great security like pinny has..I just think its fustrating that some can not even get in to change there passwords...maybe since they did this at the spur of the moment it caused many at once to try to log in overloading there system...as the site is down for me

steeser · Jan 27, 2006

TOW said:
steeser,

I think Pinnacle is properly reacting on the growing concerns sparked by the several reported hack jobs to the damage of account balance holders with the North American operations of Sportingbet PLC.

I would call it wise prevention rather than a measure to safeguard compromised security.

Fair enough. I wasn't aware of these hack jobs. My money's security is the top priority, so kudos to them. Top book in nearly every regard.

Frankie5angels · Jan 27, 2006

Lander is correct! Forcing us to give at least 6 letters or numbers is a pain in the azz for anyoine who bets 2h's.

Sounds like Pinny was hacked to me.

Dubpoet · Jan 27, 2006

Better safe than sorry! When Horizon started they hired a pinny CS guy and he had my account number and password at pinny! Also When pinny started they got guys from the old Heritage and they "pinny" had all the accounts and passwords.

OMNIVOROUS FROG · Jan 27, 2006

steeser said:
That's why we have passwords in the first place. The only way it is commendable is if they were somehow compromised...in which case the commendable move should have been to not have it happen at all.

But in the scheme of things, forcing me to use a different password is a very minor blip in the radar.

And the only way it could get compromised is if you wrote it down, left it in plain view and had a nephew dump in all your accounts while you were away. Anyone like that here?

Best Wishes...OF :103631605

D2bets · Jan 27, 2006

Now I can't even seem to login with the new password. It's all messed up.

OMNIVOROUS FROG · Jan 27, 2006

Make sure you follow the new required parameters.

REQUIRED 6 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH, ONE MUST BE A NUMBER.

Best Wishes...OF :toast:

D2bets · Jan 27, 2006

OMNIVOROUS FROG said:
Make sure you follow the new required parameters.

REQUIRED 6 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH, ONE MUST BE A NUMBER.

Best Wishes...OF :toast:

Yeah, I did. And I was able to login a couple times. Now I try it and it says it's invalid. I know I have it right. Pinny is all screwy. I emailed them.

JimmyHoffa · Jan 27, 2006

C'mon now boys, it's not that difficult.

May changing you Pinnacle password be the toughest thing that confronts you all day.

OMNIVOROUS FROG · Jan 27, 2006

I changed it, tested it, let the account timeout without dynamic, retested, no fails. Works for me.

Best Wishes...OF :toast:

Dante · Jan 27, 2006

Jimmy Hoffa said:
C'mon now boys, it's not that difficult.

May changing you Pinnacle password be the toughest thing that confronts you all day.

jimbo...its not hard to change the password its a great idea ...but it is hard to try to do it when you can not log in....I finnally was able to..

what im saying is they may have gotten overloaded with people trying to do that all at once

JimmyHoffa · Jan 27, 2006

Dante said:
jimbo...its not hard to change the password its a great idea ...but it is hard to try to do it when you can not log in....I finnally was able to..

what im saying is they may have gotten overloaded with people trying to do that all at once

I had faith in you Dante, good job.

Maybe some truth in an overload condition there, and most likely attributable to everyone fading Tiger this morning.

SteamDaddy · Jan 27, 2006

There are some disgruntled ex-employees of more then one book offshore who have the player's info lists including all account info.

At this point it would be wise to change all your passwords and do so regular just to be on the safe side :103631605

OMNIVOROUS FROG · Jan 27, 2006

Is this thread breaking the "wil" rule of dangerous heresay? First Boberto and I think it is because someone else got hacked, now disgruntled former employees with customer info. Maybe one of our illustrious moderators can find out the real reason so we do not speculate this into a heresay nightmare. No, the sky is not falling.

Best Wishes...OF :nopityA: