IIRC, accounts used to be locked automatically if you used this question to restore your account... It was a security feature that was added after the big database hack that happened around 2015 (IIRC, my memory is quite rusty). After the database was leaked, everybody who bought a copy could use the secret question to try to steal any account, so the admin decided to disable the feature and lock any account that attempted to use the secret question so hackers could not steal it...
At least, that's how i remember it... Could be wrong, memory is a tricky thing
That's correct.
That's weird. I can't find anything relevant in the seclog either, other than it was accessed in 2018 prior to this.
Is there an email together with the ban notice? Can you sign a message from any of the addresses below:
1NfKXqvoszUXyVE7H4vAjMiSiUaRb42VM9
1CVCaiSZWk5z96WPTmsUB6qYFa5DifmWfb
15d4cdy9TgUyLstnVf7MDDaPK5tM6UepKH
18Gcb9fsrktzp5n4iiEwBehx5ETc3pufVE
1EDJdbJrp2ZufAGYakFhnmwhSU2ZZVP5wB
Send an email to the email address stated and prepare a signed message for that. Instructions are in this thread[1].
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5089777.0I am not sure if I can sign a message with these addresses now. but why do I need to do that? my account is not hacked. I can still login into my account with my 3years old password. I don't think I need to sign a message in this case.