Members Being Randomly Deleted

[Protégé]

Forum URL: mgckalhrizn.proboards35.com

I am a member of the forum Magical Horizons, and I am not an admin, so I am not sure I am the one who is supposed to be posting this, but since the administrator apparently has not, I shall. Recently, we have been having problems with member's accounts. Some accounts are being deleted, not by them or the administrator. The accounts seem to have no connection, so I do not think it is they are being hacked and deleted, but there may be something I have not seen. The full list of problems and possible causes are listed in this topic: mgckalhrizn.proboards35.com/index.cgi?board=muggle&action=display&thread=1136585113&page=1 . I would, and I know other members would also, appreciate it if we could hear some solution or cause that makes snese, so that we can do what we can to safeguard ourselves. A voice of authority would be nice, but if anyone is having or has had the same problem, please tell me so I can see if there is any link or possible way to sotp it.

Thank you in advance,

Protege

[frufru]

protege said:

Forum URL: mgckalhrizn.proboards35.com

I am a member of the forum Magical Horizons, and I am not an admin, so I am not sure I am the one who is supposed to be posting this, but since the administrator apparently has not, I shall. Recently, we have been having problems with member's accounts. Some accounts are being deleted, not by them or the administrator. The accounts seem to have no connection, so I do not think it is they are being hacked and deleted, but there may be something I have not seen. The full list of problems and possible causes are listed in this topic: mgckalhrizn.proboards35.com/index.cgi?board=muggle&action=display&thread=1136585113&page=1 . I would, and I know other members would also, appreciate it if we could hear some solution or cause that makes snese, so that we can do what we can to safeguard ourselves. A voice of authority would be nice, but if anyone is having or has had the same problem, please tell me so I can see if there is any link or possible way to sotp it.

Thank you in advance,

Protege

it is possible that something's been hackedcracked (PB cannot be hacked). You need to get the main admin to check the security log (admin>>view security log) for any suspicious activity.

[Snakeair]

Do you have a link to a thread in which these members display names are gone? It'll help. I'm thinking of something it could be but would like to see the thread in which there names are gone.

[Protégé]

All of the ones that we know have been deleted by something other than admin or the member is listed in the topic I have in my post. There could possibly be more, but the site has about 1,500 members and not all of them are active posters.

[Patrick [ASE]]

In the thread you linked to, someone mentioned accounts where the name had disappeared leaving a blank, do you have any of those on your site ?



If all the accounts you mention are now guests, then the account was deleted, check security log as above.
also might be a good idea to remove 'delete members' from any staff with that power.