As a newbie, I always login to check if my forum account is still intact. I want to know if it's possible for my account to be hacked.
The answer is preety simple that anything connected over internet has potential risk of being hacked and the forum account is also one of them if we are pretty negligent about it like sharing your mail over public in the forum or giving someone you don't trust the access to your device where you have logged in to the forum.There are many ways but you should always be careful in these matters and follow above links for your safety.
The safety lies in your hand and you need to take necessary steps as precautionary measures against these hacks.