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Omnimaga => News => Topic started by: Jc on May 09, 2006, 01:09:00 am

Title: Warning...
Post by: Jc on May 09, 2006, 01:09:00 am
Not really sure how news-worthy this is on this site, but it's a pretty big warning, at the very least.

Calc Haven was hacked maliciously yesterday, no joke.  The perpatrator appears to have come from a sort of underground community called https://www.vniss.net... and my account was used to destroy the site.  I highly suggest you ban the following IP address:

203.160.1.*

Thanks for your time... and if I have the time, I'll remove affiliation links at the time being to protect other sites.

You all have no idea at how upset I am...   :(sad.gif  But carry on, please.  And thanks for your time.
Title: Warning...
Post by: Ranman on May 09, 2006, 01:34:00 am
Sorry to hear that!! I hope you were able to restore everything.


Some jerk started posting adult related SPAM in my discussion topic at Dino's Ultima page. The SPAM was coming in on an 8 day cycle. I had to have the topic locked to prevent further spamming.  :angry:angry.gif

Some people have nothing better to do than to destroy or tarnish the image of other's work. Very sad. <_<dry.gif
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Post by: tifreak on May 09, 2006, 02:18:00 am
Sorry to hear this. :(sad.gif I just recently went through that, I hope things go better for you... :(sad.gif
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Post by: lolje on May 09, 2006, 04:07:00 am
holy shit ...  o.oblink.gif
Maybe you should make backups more often to prevent loosing everything  :(sad.gif
Title: Warning...
Post by: spengo on May 09, 2006, 04:36:00 am
*nuisance I believe you mean. ;)wink.gif

@master jc: that sucks, I hope you can get the site fixed. :(sad.gif

@ranman: evil! are you sure it wasn't a spam bot though?
Title: Warning...
Post by: Spellshaper on May 09, 2006, 05:48:00 am
youch... O_O hackerz strike again... can't they use their destructive power on something else, say chinas censoring servers and/or punching bags??? Poor dudes with too little brain and too much time...
Title: Warning...
Post by: Ranman on May 09, 2006, 05:55:00 am
QuoteBegin-spengo+May 9 2006, 10:36 AM-->
QUOTE (spengo @ May 9 2006, 10:36 AM)
@ranman: evil! are you sure it wasn't a spam bot though?

Probably was a spam bot. Good point... but someone had to write that stupid spam bot! Hence, the person(s) still indirectly destroy and tarnish the image the work of others.
Title: Warning...
Post by: bfr on May 09, 2006, 09:49:00 am
I'm sorry to hear this.  CalcHaven was really awesome, and I loved its arcade.  
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Post by: rivereye on May 09, 2006, 09:58:00 am
Is everything lost there, I hope not. I hate hackers (and one thing I have done is I am the only one on my site with CPanel access). Do you know how the guy got in, just as a reffence for securing our sites?
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Post by: Radical Pi on May 09, 2006, 10:01:00 am
Sorry about this, hakors are teh idiotses! :(sad.gif
I hope you get it back up soon, and that guy ends reforms his dark ways.
Title: Warning...
Post by: Jc on May 09, 2006, 10:27:00 am
Calc Haven... sigh... is slightly lost.

Here's the deal.

We had a backup, but it was worthless.  The board would be extremely buggy if we tried to back it up.  So we're taking the opportunity to make a board out of IPB 2.0, which should be far more secure.  In the meantime, I'd like to suggest that people go to my personal website if you feel like keeping track of events.

http://www.calchaven.org/lightwing

Thanks for the support, guys... I really need it right now.
Title: Warning...
Post by: shadow on May 09, 2006, 10:39:00 am
i could say a lot of things now, but i can't becouse i would proberlty be banned if i say them :Ptongue.gif
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Post by: elfprince13 on May 09, 2006, 02:41:00 pm
what lusers. I will ban that IP on my phpBB board as well. thanks for the tip, and I hope you get Calchaven repaired.
Title: Warning...
Post by: rivereye on May 10, 2006, 03:54:00 am
true, I can ban it from my entire server
Title: Warning...
Post by: something1990 on May 10, 2006, 10:22:00 am
QuoteBegin-Ranman+May 9 2006, 07:34 AM-->
QUOTE (Ranman @ May 9 2006, 07:34 AM)
Some people have nothing better to do than to destroy or tarnish the image of other's work. Very sad. <_<dry.gif

 It's those kinds of people that make the world a bad place to live in. How I hate people that take credit for other's work or destroy it intentionally!
Title: Warning...
Post by: elfprince13 on May 10, 2006, 02:53:00 pm
I just spread the news to the other calc sites around.
Title: Warning...
Post by: g28401 on May 11, 2006, 02:56:00 pm
hacking is only useful against the govenment.  I am sorry about Calchave, the rp forum rocked.
Title: Warning...
Post by: elfprince13 on May 12, 2006, 05:16:00 am
hacking is cool.
cracking is not.
Title: Warning...
Post by: Jc on May 13, 2006, 08:03:00 am
http://www.calchaven.org/forums is back online!  If you had an account on one of the other sites, you'll have to reregister... but either way, I hope to see some of you there!

(BTW, the arcade isn't back up yet, and some of the scripts don't currently work, but heck, the forum is done and the graphics are done, so I'm proud.)
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Post by: g28401 on May 13, 2006, 11:34:00 am
yay!
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Post by: DJ Omnimaga on May 14, 2006, 03:31:00 am
it really sucks it got hacked, glad its back online now, stupid crackers :(sad.gif
Title: Warning...
Post by: kalan_vod on May 14, 2006, 12:09:00 pm
Man, Idk why people attack calculator forums so often....I am happy it's up again and now you can try to prevent it from happening the same way :Ptongue.gif
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Post by: tenniskid493 on May 14, 2006, 12:36:00 pm
cuz we're all programmers and computer geeks so we all know how to do it to eachother.  My guess is it was some member from way back when who just thought it'd be funny to test his hacking skills.
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Post by: DJ Omnimaga on May 14, 2006, 01:50:00 pm
same here

anyone remember this?

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:64JSc0_WsKUJ:omnimaga.dyndns.org/index.php%3Fshowtopic%3D801+site:omnimaga.dyndns.org+hacker&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=8
Title: Warning...
Post by: kalan_vod on May 14, 2006, 04:12:00 pm
I see, but yeah it could be the another calc team though....

@kevin: I wasn't around Omnimaga back then :Ptongue.gif
Title: Warning...
Post by: tenniskid493 on May 15, 2006, 02:03:00 am
LOL..it still has the gold thing.  I remember that back when thats all we cared about was getting tons of gold
Title: Warning...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on May 15, 2006, 02:07:00 am
Maxcoderz got hacked three times from what I remember

first time was the summer before I joined back in july 2003, all posts got deleted as well as kozak account, I remember the post count not being reset to zero (the board stats said there was 15000 posts while the forum were empty)
second time was fall 2004, someone sent some innapropriate files to joe hosting providers using his account and they shutted down the account

they got hacked a third time later duirng winter 2005 but it was just someone who changed Maxcoderz to MaxFaggot or something like that

I dont remember UTI being hacked and Omnimaga didnt got hacked so far. It's true both use IPB though
Title: Warning...
Post by: kalan_vod on May 15, 2006, 08:24:00 am
Yeah, but the server omni uses is pretty safe (crosses fingers >.>) and I am sure that UTI protects theirs.
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Post by: rivereye on May 15, 2006, 08:54:00 am
I have yet to be hacked on my site (the hosting company server get DoS a lot it seems, but beyond that, it seems secure
Title: Warning...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on May 16, 2006, 08:46:00 am
The only way to hack omnimaga would be to delete posts or move them everywhere and edit ppl accounts/email/pass I think, or someone would have to guess my password