Loss Of Data

ImAgIaNtInDaGrOwWoRlD said:

So all our I.P addresses are now open to the public???????!!!!!

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where do you people come up with this shit?? really...

At least it's back up...phew!!! I was just starting to get comfortable...I'll smoke to that

I hope you all had ip blocker.

Calm yourself, ImAgla. Jeez

Shit happens. I have a question for you: Where are YOUR backups? Hmmmm?

Did anyone else get a hacked e-mail from this site?

NLXSK1 said:

Did anyone else get a hacked e-mail from this site?

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Nope not me. You mean an email to your email addy (not a site msg)? What did it say?

nope..........

tisk tisk RIU... hope it doesn't make the site RIP...

NoGutsGrower said:

tisk tisk RIU... hope it doesn't make the site RIP...

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wtf is the big deal really?? ffs, even sony got hacked.. shit happens, it's the interwebs, lots of bored fuckers looking to fuck shit up.. no biggy imo, move on..
so we lost a month of info, could have been a lot worse imo..

tet1953 said:

Nope not me. You mean an email to your email addy (not a site msg)? What did it say?

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[email protected] [email protected]	10:40 AM (17 hours ago)		​
to me

Dear Anonymous,

The purpose of this message is to inform you about the Revolution:

OCCUPY HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN LONDON ON NOVEMBER 5, 2012.
OCCUPY CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON NOVEMBER 11, 2012.

STOP WAR.
CANCEL ALL DEBT.
REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH.

Please, watch the "Nazi Banksters' Crimes Ripple Effect" movie to find out why, how, and to have sound arguments to persuade others. The movie can be easily found with a search engine.

Please, print the flyers at 2012jubilee.info and distribute them.

Please, spread this message and the movie to everyone you know.



-Anonymous

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That is the e-mail I received

Just so you guys have a better understanding of what happened....someone found an exploit in vbulletin and manipulated the hell out of it. It could have been for many reasons....but usually the guys that do this shit do it for their own self satisfaction. If I was to do something like that it would have been for monetary gain. Take a bunch of forums...exploit vbulletin...redirect to site with ads or forced installs...make money. It wasnt the government...no one is out to steal your information. If you want to blame anyone...blame vbulletin for having too many holes in its forum software.

phishtank said:

Just so you guys have a better understanding of what happened....someone found an exploit in vbulletin and manipulated the hell out of it. It could have been for many reasons....but usually the guys that do this shit do it for their own self satisfaction. If I was to do something like that it would have been for monetary gain. Take a bunch of forums...exploit vbulletin...redirect to site with ads or forced installs...make money. It wasnt the government...no one is out to steal your information. If you want to blame anyone...blame vbulletin for having too many holes in its forum software.

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omfg, someone with half a brain chimes in.. thank you...

I was redirected to a anonymous political page, looking for pledges... Yesterday right before, people were posting about receiving emails from these people from there account which was exclusive to RIU... Safe to say they received all of our info

really comfy slippers said:

I was redirected to a anonymous political page, looking for pledges... Yesterday right before, people were posting about receiving emails from these people from there account which was exclusive to RIU... Safe to say they received all of our info

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omg, oh no, some random person has some made up email addy that i used to register to this site with.... ahhhhh, run for my life, lock the doors, lock the windows... put the plants in the trash compactor...do it now...

Didnt everyone start a seperate email account for this site unrelated to their real identity?

I'm just glad r i u is back up.

Harrekin said:

Didnt everyone start a seperate email account for this site unrelated to their real identity?

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well, duh, lol.. i know i did.. i have so many email accounts for this and that that sometimes i don't even remember them all, lol...

I delt with this vbulletin hack all day as I am a server admin by profession and I don't blame your staff for that at all even if it was not a new hack people get hacked everyday I probably deal with 10 sites getting hacked. However, I have to say I am very disappointed in your staff that the backups are so old. Why is there not a cron job to backup a site as popular as this or mirror it daily? I would like to volunteer my help with mysql replication setup and backups. I know you don't care but if the backup issue is not fixed I will honestly just stop visiting this site so much and probably rarely post here at all even though I have been a daily contributor for quite some time, I will just spend my time on my own sites as I probably should be anyway, at least I know its backed up.

really comfy slippers said:

I was redirected to a anonymous political page, looking for pledges... Yesterday right before, people were posting about receiving emails from these people from there account which was exclusive to RIU... Safe to say they received all of our info

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If anonymous was the one that did it...the last thing they would want is all of your personal information....nor would they give it to anyone. Their whole goal is to get out and spread their message. They might have snagged e-mails and spammed out a bunch of emails to you guys....but have you yet to see in the news that these huge companies being hacked have actually had vulnerable information that could have been obtained actually used in a negative way? Way to paranoid....if anything you should be on their side. Fck the government...Fck large corporation...Fck exploiting the average working man for profits.

phishtank said:

If anonymous was the one that did it...the last thing they would want is all of your personal information....nor would they give it to anyone. Their whole goal is to get out and spread their message. They might have snagged e-mails and spammed out a bunch of emails to you guys....but have you yet to see in the news that these huge companies being hacked have actually had vulnerable information that could have been obtained actually used in a negative way? Way to paranoid....if anything you should be on their side. Fck the government...Fck large corporation...Fck exploiting the average working man for profits.

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can't wait for the like system to get back up and running...