Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
for stuff like that... it is easy enough to run DDU and those type of step if you ever have issue, just trying to do nothing has little cost outside enterprise/critical infracstructure.
When I replaced my 6900XT with my 7900XTX, I didnt do anything. Just unplugged the old card put the new one in, booted up redetected and rebooted and good to go.