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Factorio email about password change
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:42 pm
by cpy
Few minutes ago i got mail saying: this is a notification about change in your Factorio account details. Namely: Your password has been changed
I went back to check it and my password is still the same. Should I be worried?
Re: Factorio email about password change
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 4:23 pm
by kinnom
I'd change it just to be sure.
Re: Factorio email about password change
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:32 pm
by inteljoe
cpy wrote:Few minutes ago i got mail saying: this is a notification about change in your Factorio account details. Namely: Your password has been changed
I went back to check it and my password is still the same. Should I be worried?
We call this spam or more specifically phishing. Chances are if you look at the email (and/or the headers) you will see that it came from somewhere other than the official channels. The phisher is probably looking to get you to respond to the email, usually with some identifying information. In some cases they just want a response because that way they know the email is legitimate (meaning a human on the other end) and can be sold to other spammers as part of some grey market profit making scheme.
Ignore the mail and continue with business as usual. But you can change your PW if you want or makes you feel better. It never hurts to change a PW every once and awhile.