None of you went to ZU between the hours of 9pm last night to 7am or so this morning, did you? There was a horrifying hack of the site, and a lot of it-- a LOT-- was replaced with pictured of mutilation, humiliation, and gay pr0n. Now, post any questions or comments regarding this topic here-- and don't even try to go to ZU for a while, unless you're going to the forums. It's still being rebuilt.
thats disturbing :-[ . i hope my site never gets hacked :'(
Are you talking about Zelda Universe or something else?
who, me?
No, I'm sure Darth Wyndisis was speaking to Tacheon.
That's awful. I hope nobody hacks this site, because I don't think there's much I can do except keep them out of the forums.
Zelda Universe, right...
the same thing happened to Serebii.net once, I tried to show someone an alt. colour pokemon, and it ended up being porn...
thats why i dont browse(unless i really want a picture of a anime character ;) ) much or click on many links :-* that and viruses :-[
Dang... How do you think that happened? Has such a thing EVEN happened before?
It happened to Serebii.net before. o_o
Ugh, probably some immature jerk is like "LOL LETS DESTROY THIS SITE; ITS GAY" and thus, hacks it... what a waste of time.
I just checked, and it looks like its back to its normal self.
I just looked over at ZU for a minute and it saiid something about the Chans doing it. Who are they and why'd they do it?
mmmmmhmmmmm, thats rather disturbing, I can't lie. They probably got banned from the site and decided to make the site go Kaboom, but it seems their plan has failed. Just keep your eyes opened around here and make sure none of this happens here. or we'll all be screwed to a nightmare of evil pictures.
Quote from: Gamefreak on July 27, 2007, 09:51:09 AM
That's awful. I hope nobody hacks this site, because I don't think there's much I can do except keep them out of the forums.
Well, try your best, Gamefreak. :) Man, if people hack into sites, they gots lotta time on their hands because it may take them days to figure it out. Right...?
If anyone hacks this site I am going to be so po'ed at them.
And it shall be time to bring out the pain, ooh, and the suffering lol
And finding all those pictures. XDD
oh yeah, sorry, got a lil carried away there, but the happy is back, finding the pictures, can't forget about that one. ;)
I can't believe people have nothing better to do then go around and mess with stuff like that...I'm glad I didn't go there..
Ditto, Shika-kun. :)
Quote from: Shikamaru Nara on July 27, 2007, 01:18:29 PM
I can't believe people have nothing better to do then go around and mess with stuff like that...I'm glad I didn't go there..
yeah, expecially when it probably took that guy forever to get the site the way he wanted it, and some spoiled jerk had to go and ruin it for him or her, I'd be peed off at the guy who did that if it where my site.
The most horrifying thing, when you think about it, was the fact that the 'kind folks' over at 420chan had nothing better to do than look for pictures of that kind of crap just to post on the beloved Zelda Universe. They said they were going to do the same thing to TSA's site, or something along those lines.
Be warned!
Oh, and 420chan's basically some sort of hacking site or something... I'm not sure. Look it up.
Uh.. are you talking about 4chan?
Because... that's... a forum/porn place, I think. I've never actually been there, but... well, it's rather infamous. Though they did give us the joy of the ORLY owl, IM CHARGIN MAH LAZERS and who can forget, I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?
If ZU is an affiliate of TDC, then we're at a greater risk than if we weren't. We need to get access to the content of this site soon to ensure security. :-[
Well, I don't know if this is private or not, but the password to the server that they hacked was 'apassword11', so if it's any more complex of a password than that, you should be fine.
And besides, most servers have 64-bit, or even 128-bit algorithms that need to be bruteforced through in order to get in without administrative access... ZU just had weaker security...
Wait, so they threatened another site? Can't they get charged for this? There's gotta be some kind of law against this.
If the password is just a word, though, then it's possible that they could have a dictionary guesser (I forget what they're called) do it for them. They did it with one with numbers, so...
That's why I use passwords that are words, but not words anyone ever thinks of and aren't in the dictionary.
From Wikipedia
QuoteThe humor of /b/'s many users, who refer to themselves as "/b/tards,"[6] is frequently characterized by intricate inside-jokes. As a result, newcomers often find posts incomprehensible. In addition, /b/ is known to officially have "No rules," save for a ban on certain illegal content, such as child pornography and invasions of other websites, both of which are restricted by site-wide rules that also apply to /b/.[/u]
Say, TB, are you a moderator or something over at ZU?
I can honestly say that I am not, although I really, really wish that I was. However, I would like to pride myself on my knowings of the intricacies and whatnot of ZU.
...why do you ask?
Eh, no reason... How'd you get the password? Methinks the guys over there posted it after what happened last night...
Well, you would be correct. They have a PR person over there right now who's talking to us to survey the confusion, and to console any of us who have questions about it at all. They're handling it like it was some kind of experiment, but some of the things they did to the site were horrifying, and disgusting (even if a few of the pics they posted were not inappropriate, and even mildly funny, imagine Seaking nuking Hyrule castle...)
F******.
*coughs*
Ahem, usage of certain swear words (Not all, though) is not tolerated, but since you're new, I edited your post and let you off easy for now. S, F, A, and B words would be the banned ones... >_>
You mean stuff like at Goatse?
[NOTE: DO NOT TRY TO LOOK FOR GOATSE UNLESS YOU'RE PREPARED TO GOUGE YOUR EYES OUT! I'M SERIOUS PEOPLE!]
Aye, they even posted the infamous goatse pic itself... ::sob sob::
Caution: Faint at heart, do not read
They also had shock pics of cat mutilation, ending up in an inside-out cat.
What is wrong with these people...God, if that ever happens, I don't care what Jack said, Whocares had better call him again.
What's wrong? Never heard of internet shock sites? There's a fair bit of stuff out there that isn't porn, but is meant to just shock you and make you very very sick.
Some people have a VERY sick sense of humor...
It's true. Some people look at shock sites just for the almost-euphoric feeling of having your mind destroyed (I am not one of these people), and the pics on these sites are often used by hackers to frighten and disturb innocents for 'lulz'.
Ever seen the movie Copycat? It's like that email with the moving corpse-thing. It's nasty stuff, but it's purely for shock value.
Ah yes, Goatse... u_u I think 4chan may have been the source of that, but don't quote me on it. ...though I don't think anyone's really brave enough to type in "source of Goatse" into Google.
Shock sites... Ugh. I hate animal abuse. Setting cats on fire, turning them inside out, grabbing puppies by the legs and bashing them into trees... seriously, are people really that heartless nowadays?
The world is a sad place, sometimes.
By the by, I'm extremely glad that TDC is not the type of forum to bash people/sites for no real reason. o_o Just thought I'd throw out a little appreciation to you guys.
*Shudders* I can't even imagine how sick and twisted people can be when they really want to. It's people like this that make the entire human race look bad.
Ours is a relatively small one. Places like ZU, Gfaqs, and 4chan have a LOT of immature people that will do anything to start a fight or screw with people's minds in the worst possible way(s).
People are indeed cruel nowadays
And Goatse... I think that started back in 1999 or so, not sure. It's just another thing that helped influence the sick minds across the internet.
First of all, I'd like to think that ZU doesn't have that kind of people on it, but obviously, it does... :(
Secondly, I found the picture that they used while they were busy hacking the site. A sort of a 'do not disturb' sign, if you will...
Don't worry, kids, it isn't anything inappropriate. (http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/7006/holykw6.png)
In fact, it's actually pretty funny.
Who's the guy with the afro?
I don't know. I don't know anything about the pic other than the fact that they posted it before they had finished uploading all those shock pics and Quicktime sound files that were creepy to the server.
you have to admit, in some grotesque, macabre, twisted, demented, humorless, selfish, evil sense, they've got style...
:(
HOLY CRAP! I think it's Borat.
What kind of sound files are we talking about here?
They were a bunch of Quicktime files all saying the same thing in about fifty different voices, along with lots of Modern-Gothic music that lagged up the computer a lot.
Meh, what's done is done, no ifs ands or buts about it.
Man. This sucks big time. I mean like this :-X :-X :-X ??? ??? ??? :-[ :-[ :-[ :o :o :o all at the same time.
Goatse, thats just disgusting. >:(
This is one reason why I don't like the human race that much, because many are sadistic jerks that need to die and have their memory erased from everything.
People that torture animals because they can't talk, or because they are different, need to except them.
Even though I agree, that word isn't allowed, I've censored and warned for it.
Anyways, they do this for the sick pleasure of shock. It's like that killer in Idaho who got sexually excited out of slowly killing his victims.
>:(
Those are the kinds of people I hate. >:(
Quote from: Azure Kite on August 01, 2007, 09:07:05 PM
This is one reason why I don't like the human race that much, because many are sadistic jerks that need to die and have their memory erased from everything.
You speak as if you're not a member of said race yourself. Don't hate it entirely for how erratic only a select few people are. It's like saying all Muslims are bad, even though only few are radicals. It's not really fair judgment for the rest of the human race, is it?
Anyway, hopefully all of this should be sorted out in due time. Do we have any updates as to how recovery and resistance against future attacks are coming?
I don't hate all of us, but if you've seen the right episodes of Yu Yu Hakusho, you know what I mean. But I definetly hate people who torture other people for fun, or worse, sexual pleasure.
But what are we going to do about the hackers at 420chan? They leave a huge amount of evidence to all the hacking they do, so that might help us.
Hiro tracked them down, got the name and other information of the site owner.
Quote from: Haseo, the Terror of Death on August 02, 2007, 08:25:59 PM
They leave a huge amount of evidence to all the hacking they do, so that might help us.
Would that include a unique code signature? Maybe it could be helpful to keep our eyes out for such...
They say the raid their going to do, where they meet, and usually who they're going to hack.
I just hope they don't hack the Yugioh abridged series site, cause if they do, my life will be over.
If they do, it'll be back up right away. LK pays serious attention to it.
Yeah, Lk is the bomb, lol, and I do hope it doesn't, cause if it might interupt with him making any episodes.
It won't affect him making the episodes, just posting them.
Quote from: Azure Kite on August 02, 2007, 07:43:28 PM
>:(
Those are the kinds of people I hate. >:(
Yeah, that's just sick!
There's a big problem with people who post gross stuff on Zelda Land. And since I'm one of the mods, I have to get delete their posts and tell the admin to ban them. ??? (They get an automatic ban if they post vulgar content) Sometimes they use the image code and I can see a bit of the picture before I delete it. :o(I try to delete it a fast as I can) Believe me, I've seen WAY too much on that sight for a fourteen year old. *Shudders* :-*
I feel sorry for the people at Zelda Universe. That was a really great website. :(It's where I first read the Link's Awakening Manga, and where I got my Vaati wallpaper.
I'm surprised that the goverment hasn't made Hacking illegal or something.
It's illegal to hack into government computers/servers/property, but that's about the extent of the law on that matter.
Yeah, but they should make hacking illegal period.
If it were illegal, it would illegal in name only. Do you have any idea how many illegal activities go on over the internet, but the legal guys don't really caer about them? A-freakin'-lot!
But hacking IS considered a form of terrorism, but in most cases, it probably won't get pursued in a court of law, unless of course, it relates to personal information/identity theft/theft of property, money, credit cards... Oh yeah, and damage to government property.
Also, if they tried to hack into a major site like google, myspace, or ebay, said companies WILL use legal action to find and prosecute whomever that did it.
But in this case, there really isn't much you can do. They (The man) simply does not care.
:'( Well, thats not good. I wonder if it's possible to trick them into destroying part of the site...
I'll work on this.
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Does all the illegal drugs do anything for us?
I don't think it's entirely ethical to trick someone into doing something wrong. The ends don't justify the means in my opinion.
Would you rather have them them wreak havic on all Zelda sites, taking out all the new members on all the sites? ZU can fix itself, and recover quickly. We would have fewer hackers, thus less risk to the community.
Does they're evidence of growing/distributing drugs do anything for us?
What drug related evidence?
Weed, hallucinagins, tha kinda stuff. If you look at their navigation menu, it has a large list of drug related boards.
-_-*
And since WHEN is talking about drugs illegal?
When you are growing them and selling them. ???
If they've got full boards devoted to them, then one can't help but wonder if some kind of online dealing goes on in there.
Right, right... *coughs*
But drug dealing isn't the issue here; it's hacking. We want to stop the hackers, if the drug dealers go down, that's fine too. But our main priority are the hackers.
Individual boards on there are so big, it's like individual communities within communities. Some boards go over a million freaking posts. Different groups of people go to different boards, so if you think you're going to catch the hackers by going with the whole 'drugs are illegal' schtick, then it simply won't work because you've got the wrong people.
>_>
<_<
Some people are too naive and think that they can do whatever to improve whatever and stop all crimes of "A" nature.
I was hoping the whole site might be shut down.
Quote from: JQ Pickwick on August 04, 2007, 02:46:06 PM
If it were illegal, it would illegal in name only. Do you have any idea how many illegal activities go on over the internet, but the legal guys don't really caer about them? A-freakin'-lot!
But hacking IS considered a form of terrorism, but in most cases, it probably won't get pursued in a court of law, unless of course, it relates to personal information/identity theft/theft of property, money, credit cards... Oh yeah, and damage to government property.
Also, if they tried to hack into a major site like google, myspace, or ebay, said companies WILL use legal action to find and prosecute whomever that did it.
But in this case, there really isn't much you can do. They (The man) simply does not care.
I agree. Those hackers won't care if it's illegal. They're gonna do it anyway. I mean, murder is illegal, but people still do it.
Yes. Since when has a law physically stopped someone from breaking that law.
If anything it just encourages them...