The sole founder and administrator of a forum has managed to delete his own account, leaving the forum without any admin. He achieved this by impersonating me, registering a new account with my email address, transferring founder status to that new account, and then deleting his own!
As a result I received, unexpectedly, an automated email asking me to authenticate the account by clicking on a link, but all that happens when I do that is to receive a message that the account doesn't exist (not sure why).
Is there any way I can gain admin access to the forum? I don't have an account myself (not even a restricted user account) but, in principle, I can access the phpBB files and the database (at the phpMyAdmin level).
(Sorry I can't even tell you the phpBB version).
As a result I received, unexpectedly, an automated email asking me to authenticate the account by clicking on a link, but all that happens when I do that is to receive a message that the account doesn't exist (not sure why).
Is there any way I can gain admin access to the forum? I don't have an account myself (not even a restricted user account) but, in principle, I can access the phpBB files and the database (at the phpMyAdmin level).
(Sorry I can't even tell you the phpBB version).
Statistics: Posted by RichardRussell — Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:14 pm