Up until then, as a classical guitar student my guitar world was populated by the likes of Carulli, Sor, Aguado and their books, so EVH's arrival, with his flair, tone, pyrotechnics and tricks was really like witnessing an alien spaceship land for me.Įver since then, actually, ever since I saw Eddie's B+Y Charvel on the back cover of VHII, I've always thought that was the coolest guitar ever, but to be honest I've never dreamed one day I would own a replica made by the same company, during the golden years. Well, EVH has been my original guitar hero since I heard Eruption at a friend's birthday party in 1978, and my then 11yo bright eyes nearly popped out!
We have opened a discussion thread in the Pub section discussing this. We will include a very detailed password checklist. We want to highly recommend that members turn on and use TGP's two-factor authentication option. We highly recommend every member reading this change their passwords as a precaution. We have forced email revalidation for all members that have not signed on for a while. None of the accounts compromised were using two-factor authentication. Talking to one member as I am working through getting his account back in order, he informed me that his Apple password manager had been compromised and made available on the dark web. In today's world, that is false confidence you can no longer afford.Įvery account that I've restored so far to the original owner was using compromised passwords. It is heartbreaking to see that the lure of saving some money will still fool people into using those methods to save a few dollars. Unfortunately, we cannot control how members do deals. However, the best way to prevent this is for members to exercise proper password hygiene (which I'll detail below), turn on two-factor authentication, and - I implore every single person here - only use payment methods that have buyer protection. We've made security changes that I don't want to detail here to stop them. They have scammed members in the Emporiums by creating ads with stolen photos and requesting Paypal F&F or Venmo exclusively for payment. Some fraudsters have compromised TGP accounts have in the past few days.