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Security warning and open-telemac forum access 10 years 7 months ago #12575

  • special_20
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Hello all,

After the security warning I changed my password and I tried to connect from my computer at work and I failed two times (I already forgot it !). Since then I can't connect from my computer, I have the following error message : "Banned due to security breach".

Luckily I recovered my password later and now I'm connected from another computer. My question is : what can I make to access the forum again from my computer ?
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Security warning and open-telemac forum access 10 years 5 months ago #13326

  • sebourban
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Hello,

Because the TELEMAC sites are becoming more and more popular, we are being more and more targeted by spams and other pirates trying to break in and use the websites' popularity as a way to launch new attacks or fraudulent websites.

Following a major upgrade of the site security -- we had to step up our game -- we have increased the number of rules controlling login failures, amongst other things. You now have to wait a number of days before your can start login in again.

Two options:
- wait at least 5 days, clear your cookies / stored passwords (at east for the opentelemac.org site) and try again with the correct password.
- send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your IP address and we will
unlock it the same day manually for you.

Hope this helps,
Sébastien.
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