AIBU to say Mumsnet have lost my trust.

[Beelzebop]

We discuss all sorts on here. From colours of duvet covers to rape. And you let someone steal all our secrets and honest conversation.
It takes you 48 hours to tell me.
Daily Mail anyone?
Poor show indeed Mumsnet.

From the highly reputable Urban Dictionary

coff
A sly way to tell someone, fuck off. Normally used by pupils towards their teachers, or by any one towards a person of authority. Sometime followed by a pretend cough (the more sarcastic the better).
Teacher : Ben, i know you've just arrived in class but are you messing about already.
Pupil : coff.
#fuck off#don't talk to me#go away#piss off#i don't like you

What info are you guys sharing on here that makes you so worried?

Exactly hedda
It’s a commercial platform that will get hacked or have data fuck up just like the hundreds of other companies .....it’s in the new virtually every month......
Saks - 5 million records
Facebook - 87 million records
Under armour - 150 million records
Strava - 13 million records
Norway national health - 2.9 million
British airways - 500,000 records
Marriot - 500 million records

If you are posting stuff on open websites that you don’t want other people to ever trace back then set up a disposable email address and regularly change password and, in MN site case, name change. It’s personal internet safety 101 or just .....don’t!

Donkey.. password. Email address. Linked to other accounts.

My Spotify & Netflix breached on Wed & Thur. coincidence?

I was thinking about people in vulnerable situations who ask for help about violence, abuse etc. Yes we know it's a business etc.

Agree bbcessex.

we know it’s a business.

It’s the cavalier way Mumsnet seem to have so many ‘incidents’

I haven’t had an email. Was I supposed to?

Two people who logged in at the same time as each other are confirmed as accidentally having access to each others details. 46 people who logged in within a limited time frame may also have been affected. All these people are registered Mumsnet users and are unlikely to be any risk to each other.

It was a software fault which was rectified as soon as Mumsnet were made aware.

You are dangerously naive if you think that using the internet can ever be made risk free. But the risk of private information being shared publicly as a result of this incident is so tiny, I really do believe that anyone who is making a fuss about it is just being a drama llama.

I really don't understand the problem,if you're not happy with how mums net is run,simply leave mums net surely!!!

I would agree with all of your post but I can’t read it due to the fecking adverts covering content!! I ageee with the bits that i can see

Hedda - you are repeating the Mumsnet email
Word for word.

May I suggest that you are the naive one 😄

It seems odd to post on a site that you don't want to post on to tell people that you're not posting on that site.

I mean, if they've really lost your trust, why are you still logged in?

Didn't know anything. I wandered why I wasn't logged in though. Been using mn today and just logged in now as I don't always post

Ok, safe place, blah, blah, blah. NEVER ASSUME T'INTERNET IS Secure and be happy to face consequences, a la Ashley Madison.

Ok, safe place, blah, blah, blah. NEVER ASSUME T'INTERNET IS Secure and be happy to face consequences

This. Sign up with a throwaway email, don't post revealing personal details, etc.

You’re all quite right.
The difference is, Mumsnet HQ set out to deliver a facade of a ‘safe’ experience. “Now now, posters? Ahem, play nicely”
“May we remind you that whilst you’re all loeblu , not everyone is who they say they are”
“Let’s take this post down whilst we protect you all from the nasties”

if you create that kind of ‘nurturing’ , faux-controlled enironment, you can understand why people feel let down.

In reality - Mumsnet are not commercial enough or savvy enough to protect the environment from breach.

The Australian Parliament was hacked this week www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-mps-computer-network-hacked-forcing-passwords-to-be-changed-20190208-p50wgm.html so get a grip, no matter how hard you try someone will try and someone will succeed to get through. That's what I teach my kids, do not trust the internet, don't write anything you wouldn't want everyone to read

As one of the breached account holders I am VERY pissed off.

Hmmm I didn't get an email.

@whatamessthisis

How did you know you were affected?

@VanGoghsDog I have had an email saying

"We’re very sorry to say that we’ve become aware of a data breach affecting your user account which means that another user inadvertently had access to your account for a short time."

Ah, OK, so they sent a specific email to those affected, that's good.

Mumsnet explained why it happened, a it upgrade which they have now backed out off. Often until they go live with something you may not find an issue. Look at all the issues across all the different companies. It’s one of the downsides of technology. That said they sorted it as soon as they were aware, have apologised and confirmed that no one could actually get into your account. Mumsnet posts can be read by anyone at anytime and if you don’t want people to see the info don’t put it up

...confirmed that no one could actually get into your account

That's not the case. Mumsnet has said:

When someone other than you logs into your account, they can see:
your email address
Your “About You” page and account settings
your personal messages
your posting history.