Hacked, reinstall, etc info

SuperJETT

So long and thanks for all the fish
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I'm still reinstalling from scratch, so bear with me on A LOT of things.

So far it looks like they got in through a flaw in the chat system which was widespread in the hacker community this weekend. miketrin pointed it out to me after the first hack, but it was too late by then. Ironically, this morning I got my e-mail notification of a security fix for the chat, about 2 days too late.
 

Matt_E

steals hub caps from cars
Site Supporter
Location
at peace
Glad it's back up.
Thanks a bunch, Darin. Makin' me socialize with locals instead. :rolleyes:

No really, thanks for your efforts and time.
 
soooo, did a hacker need your name and password supplied to him to do all of this? or was the hacking done through the flaw alone?


hey! welcome back, everybody!
 

romack991

homebrewed
Location
Warsaw, IN
so what were they hacking? just wondering what was the point or if its just to cause problems.


thanks for all that you do here darin!
 

SuperJETT

So long and thanks for all the fish
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Bryan, you have been reading stuff on x-h2o ALL MORNING. That is called obsessive. OMG, go do some work that actually makes money for SBT.
 

SuperJETT

So long and thanks for all the fish
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hehehe - why not pull up the activity log for his IP, take screen shot and post it?

why not just totally ban his IP's????

IP banning doesn't do much good against anyone that has some knowledge, especially since they won't register a username and are just browsing.

It's just obsessive. I would never pay an employee's salary just to do what he does.
 

eschberg

Boycotting Winter.
Location
San Marcos, TX
Bryan, you have been reading stuff on x-h2o ALL MORNING. That is called obsessive. OMG, go do some work that actually makes money for SBT.
Cuz he wants to try and emulate what we do over here. Everyone knows this is the best place for technical knowledge now.

I know I'm not very technical yet, but Ive learned a hell of a lot of information from this site.

Edit----
I forgot, he doesn't even own a jet ski (from what was mentioned on the board earlier)... so he is just looking for more ppl from the X to ban.
 

SuperJETT

So long and thanks for all the fish
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isn't there a setting that does not allow browsing the forum without being registered & logged in?

Yes, but we've never done that, and don't plan to. I'd rather the site be open to everyone, plus the registration process is kinda hard for some other languages, so if they just want to browse, that's fine with us.
 

Matt_E

steals hub caps from cars
Site Supporter
Location
at peace
Mr Lardman needs something to do.....after all, there's less and less people to moderate over at SBToday.
And half of those are SBT accounts, anyways.

In all seriousness - I don't think we have anything to hide. Let him browse.
 

SuperJETT

So long and thanks for all the fish
Location
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Mr Lardman needs something to do.....after all, there's less and less people to moderate over at SBToday.
And half of those are SBT accounts, anyways.

In all seriousness - I don't think we have anything to hide. Let him browse.

matt, drop the personal insults.
 

The Penguin

triple secret probation
Yes, but we've never done that, and don't plan to. I'd rather the site be open to everyone, plus the registration process is kinda hard for some other languages, so if they just want to browse, that's fine with us.
what about setting that up such that the main General board has to be registered & logged in to view it?

that way others can just browse the whole rest of the site and BG would be kept out in the dark.

Did he ever take you off the frustration mode on PWCT?
 

sclevela

X-H2O
why not just leave it the way it is and ignore him........ anything else gives him a big smile inside knowing full well hes getting to u.......... how pathetic would that be to change the entire board (and the vision in which it was originally created) because the guy that originally caused u guys to want off pwctoday is still getting to you............ seriously
 
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