Curse

Raz Silverwing · Nov 17, 2005, 03:12 AM // 03:12

Tonight me and my guild met a hacker that goes by bob(on TS). He was a all around jerk and destroyed our fourms.

He hacked one of my friends and threatened to delete his account, what should I do? Because he was using my friend's account to tell us so if i report, my friend will get banned. I took a screencap.

lg5000 · Nov 17, 2005, 03:19 AM // 03:19

Make sure that it wasn't your friend being stupid.

Get your friend to change password possibly email address on account

Get your friend to contact ANET with your screenshots as backup.

get him to scan his comp, just in case there is a keylogger there.. then hope that everything works out.

KamikazeChicken · Nov 17, 2005, 03:27 AM // 03:27

That's why you don't use the same password on GW as you do on a forum.

lg5000 · Nov 17, 2005, 03:57 AM // 03:57

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Originally Posted by KamikazeChicken

That's why you don't use the same password on GW as you do on a forum.

Uh.. from past posts here, there are a few people who have secure comps, have decent security when it comes to passwords and still have their account hacked...

Raz Silverwing · Nov 17, 2005, 01:09 PM // 13:09

And I know that it wasn't my friend that was being stupid.
The hacker only lives down the street from him so he might have made a mistake

. If he is able to get back into guildwars i'll have him do all that.

Raiddinn Beatdropper · Nov 17, 2005, 01:17 PM // 13:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raz Silverwing

And I know that it wasn't my friend that was being stupid.
The hacker only lives down the street from him so he might have made a mistake

. If he is able to get back into guildwars i'll have him do all that.

If he lives down the street he isnt a hacker, hackers dont hack people down the street.

Idiots that someone used to call friends are people that do stuff like that.

Worthless Player

Overnite · Nov 17, 2005, 03:14 PM // 15:14

If he lives down the street why don't you just ban him from real life for a few weeks ?

Raz Silverwing · Nov 17, 2005, 03:19 PM // 15:19

Down the street from from my friend on guildwars who lives 4-10 states away from me.

Xue Yi Liang · Nov 17, 2005, 03:25 PM // 15:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raiddinn Beatdropper

If he lives down the street he isnt a hacker, hackers dont hack people down the street.

Idiots that someone used to call friends are people that do stuff like that.

amen.

at best you might call him a lamer ... and a crappy one at that.

Nefertem · Nov 17, 2005, 06:26 PM // 18:26

It wasn't a hacker. It was a cyberidiot. Hackers don't 'hack' to destroy; we hack for the hell of it.

Imagine the shock of a sysadmin when I send them an email from themself saying, "Hi, I just wanted to let you know that your system is vulnerable. No damage done, here is a link to the fix."

Raz Silverwing · Nov 17, 2005, 10:54 PM // 22:54

Ah ok, that makes sense.

Nefertem · Nov 17, 2005, 11:00 PM // 23:00

To be serious.

Change all your passwords.

The Purple Pants Guy · Nov 17, 2005, 11:45 PM // 23:45

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Originally Posted by Nefertem

cyberidiot

THAT'S the word I've been looking for for such a long time. Thanks!

Lou · Nov 18, 2005, 12:06 AM // 00:06

If he lives down why dont you go to his house ambush him and bury him in the snow? He'll never hack anyone again...

Sir Skullcrasher · Nov 18, 2005, 12:20 AM // 00:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nefertem

It wasn't a hacker. It was a cyberidiot. Hackers don't 'hack' to destroy; we hack for the hell of it.

Imagine the shock of a sysadmin when I send them an email from themself saying, "Hi, I just wanted to let you know that your system is vulnerable. No damage done, here is a link to the fix."

Agree, hacker don't destroy stuffs, they do it to prove that your security sucks!....

EchoSex · Nov 18, 2005, 12:22 AM // 00:22

If he calls himself a "hacker", tell him to suck a duck. A "hacker" is a n00bie term used to describe someone trying to scare people by making statements like "I pwnz your IP."

A person who could do some damage is called a "cracker," and a real cracker wouldn't waste his time dealing with forums - I'm pretty sure he'd much rather be interested in bank accounts.

Xue Yi Liang · Nov 18, 2005, 12:39 AM // 00:39

Calling that joker a "hacker" is like calling a shoplifter a political protester.

(I'm running out of clever analogies ...)

EchoSex · Nov 18, 2005, 12:48 AM // 00:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xue Yi Liang

Calling that joker a "hacker" is like calling a shoplifter a political protester.

(I'm running out of clever analogies ...)

Let me help you.

Calling that joker a cracker is like calling a shoplifter Charles Manson.

Raz Silverwing · Nov 18, 2005, 02:28 AM // 02:28

And i changed my passes for everything to be so complicated that no one can get in.

SOT · Nov 18, 2005, 04:22 AM // 04:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by EchoSex

A person who could do some damage is called a "cracker," and a real cracker wouldn't waste his time dealing with forums - I'm pretty sure he'd much rather be interested in bank accounts.

Once again, your head is up your ass...

As for the OP, do not give out your, or your friend's account. And regarding forum hijacks, NEVER, under any circumstances, give someone shell access on your server where the MySQL files can be written to and/or accessed.

If your forums are based on a PHP/mysql system, one of you gave someone access in the past, and now are paying for it. If they are based some other way, the culprit is, most likely, not dissimilar. Keep your mod team small and filled with people you know, and that cuts your worries way down.