Anyone getting their forum password "hacked"?

Call me a newbie, but check out this warning from the forum. I've gotten it twice in the last 2 days. I've been using the forum for the last 2 months, and I've never seen it. And before you ask "have you forgotten your password", no, I haven't, and I've never gotten a "bad username/password combo, please try again" type of message - I log in perfectly each time. Except now I am getting this (screen shot attached).

This fix seems to be to click "I forgot my password", and let it reset your password. However, I get this error 24hrs later, and regardless of how I enter the Captcha, I can't get in until I give it a "I forgot my password".

Anyone else getting this?

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[matt (support)]

I've actually gotten the message twice the last couple of days as well. Based on this forum thread we aren't the only ones experiencing this hack attempts.

Now would be a good time to make sure you have a solid hard-to-guess password. Example of a bad password:

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abc123

Example of a strong password:

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noOne84193shouldGuessThis8141aeiouAndSometimesY

I don't use it, but you can also use something like a random password card.

Yup, it looks like the hackers are trolling, but this one isn't about them guessing my password, it's about them trying to guess it.

As long as it's not just me, I'll just deal with it. If it's the patterns I have seen in the past, they will soon leave and move onto their next target.

And yes, my passwords are very secure. I used to run an email security company, so I'm a little anal about long, unique passwords. And I don't keep them in my wallet