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RPG.net hacked

Started by Nexus, January 17, 2016, 10:45:07 PM

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Nexus

January 17, 2016, 10:45:07 PM
There was a massage about an administration account suffering a security breach and now the entire site appears to be down. Any other news?
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Kyle Aaron

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January 18, 2016, 12:03:27 AM
Given your sig, I wonder why you care.
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Nexus

#2
January 18, 2016, 12:08:46 AM
Quote from: Kyle Aaron;874046Given your sig, I wonder why you care.

Schadenfreude?

More seriously, there are some people that I like that still post there and though its much rarer these days (and has an oppressive sense of gloom) there's some interesting conversations there still. There's also a sense of morbid nostalgia. Like watching the old neighborhood where you grew up go to shit.
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

Nexus

#3
January 18, 2016, 12:17:37 AM
Looks like Matt Ceb's account was compromised.
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

Christopher Brady

#4
January 18, 2016, 12:21:34 AM
As much of a shit show and slow motion car crash, it still sucks.
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David Johansen

#5
January 18, 2016, 12:37:12 AM
Could it be they finally pissed off someone with actual hacking skills?

Honestly, it's sad, I fully expect that one day the internet will cease to exist due to the level of hacking and general bad faith abuses.

Similarly we'll be back to using cash due to identity theft scams.

But really, after all this time I'm a bit surprised it didn't happen sooner and more destructively.

It isn't that I approve or am applauding but all the same, it seems inevitable.
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#6
January 18, 2016, 01:43:54 AM
Quote from: Kyle Aaron;874046snip.

I miss your posts (especially your meetup reports) but it's good to know that you are still around reading.
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yosemitemike

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January 18, 2016, 02:21:30 AM
It will be a hassle for them for a few days and that will be that.
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One Horse Town

#8
January 18, 2016, 05:36:00 AM
Good grief. Who would have such a grudge against a message board that they'd waste their time hacking it?

Crawford Tillinghast

#9
January 18, 2016, 10:34:09 AM
Quote from: One Horse Town;874074Good grief. Who would have such a grudge against a message board that they'd waste their time hacking it?

Quixotism.  Look at it this way:

"A monolithic cabal; all powerful, answering to no one for their abuses.
"Enter a lone hero..."

Nah.  Can't see how that scenario would ever cross a gamer's mind.  ;)

Christopher Brady

#10
January 18, 2016, 10:38:22 AM
Quote from: Crawford Tillinghast;874087Quixotism.  Look at it this way:

"A monolithic cabal; all powerful, answering to no one for their abuses.
"Enter a lone hero..."

Nah.  Can't see how that scenario would ever cross a gamer's mind.  ;)

Gamer?  You've just describe a good chunk of human fiction.
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Mordred Pendragon

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January 18, 2016, 10:52:22 AM Last Edit: January 18, 2016, 10:57:19 AM by Doc Sammy
I'm sorry they got hacked, but given their arbitrary and ban-happy nature combined with their "no differing opinions allowed" policy, I'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner.

Still, I hope they get back on their feet for the sake of the few rational members left. Maybe this may cause the mods to rethink their policies...ah, who am I kidding? If anything, this will only make them more paranoid and tyrannical.
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Crawford Tillinghast

#12
January 18, 2016, 11:15:08 AM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;874088Gamer?  You've just describe a good chunk of human fiction.

True.  What I'm saying is that the ratio of people who would mount up and tilt at a windmill is much higher in our hobby circle than in most others.

Christopher Brady

#13
January 18, 2016, 11:17:31 AM
Quote from: Crawford Tillinghast;874092True.  What I'm saying is that the ratio of people who would mount up and tilt at a windmill is much higher in our hobby circle than in most others.

Honestly, I think it's more that some random person found RPG.net vulnerable and nailed it for his jollies.
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ArrozConLeche

#14
January 18, 2016, 11:39:15 AM
I doubt that the hacking will make them change anything other than their security. If anything, they'll dig in deeper into their stances.
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