GSC has been hacked
Zazazu:
Nah, that's on my totally for real minister certificate from the Universal Church of Whatever or Such.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Inge on 2010 January 15, 09:08:14
But Pescado, what you're not seeing is that TSR don't *want* these hacking attacks that could look like TSR-related-originated-assisted to happen as it is bad publicity. So why would they do them?
e-Peen? It's a surprisingly common motivation for seemingly illogical and counterproductive acts.
Quote from: Inge on 2010 January 15, 09:08:14
It's not like they're getting rid of pirate content, as everyone knows the hacked site owner simply restores the site immediately. The anti-TSR brigade have far more motive to be doing this - "false flag" you call it?
Except for the catch: Assuming that TSR is NOT responsible, there is no plausible way an anti-TSR faction could acquire the technical data needed to carry out the attacks AND frame TSR for providing the data, without the complicity of at least one agent inside TSR. So even if they wanted to, they couldn't. In order to catch a large number of usable passwords like this, someone would either need to run a highly sophisticated phishing operation AND a means of verifying that the passwords stolen are shared WITHOUT simply trying them on TSR and thus setting off alarms.
Inge:
Well, all this theorising on what errors of judgement may have taken place and what loose cannons they may have fired is still firmly in the realms of speculation. The perp is as unlikely to be brought to justice as PMBD is, and for similar reasons.
What is the desired outcome, and how can this speculation help to bring it about?
Sysadmins - never use the same password on sites you have authority over, or investment in, as you do on ones where you are merely a visitor. Always change your password and other system details after falling out with a fellow admin, and ensure the ex-admin is removed from *all* his membergroups - or delete his account and ask him to make a new one as a regular user.
Johan:
Quote from: DrNerd on 2010 January 17, 01:01:21
The simsecret hacking over at LiveJournal has also been linked to Atwa/TSR, mainly because of IP similarities and the fact that the only posts that were deleted were ones with anti-TSR secrets.
Do we know who had the account and if that person had an account on TSR with the same password?
DrNerd:
Quote from: Johan on 2010 January 17, 22:50:27
Quote from: DrNerd on 2010 January 17, 01:01:21
The simsecret hacking over at LiveJournal has also been linked to Atwa/TSR, mainly because of IP similarities and the fact that the only posts that were deleted were ones with anti-TSR secrets.
Do we know who had the account and if that person had an account on TSR with the same password?
I don't recall which of the former admins it was (sinthe, maybe), but she did admit at the time that she'd used the same username and password on TSR.
The IP info is here.
Simsecret posts regarding the hacking are here and here.
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