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jpiniero

Lifer
Oct 1, 2010
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Yeah think they got hacked, some exploit seems to have given the "guest" account ban access. At least that's my guess.

It was more than that... it looked like they altered the theme and deleted the various forums. I think the hackers got full access.
 

jpishgar

VP, Global Community
Nov 24, 2014
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www.futureplc.com
We suspect that some forum data was corrupted earlier in the day over Black Friday, and our tech operations teams are investigating the matter.

-JP
 

DigDog

Lifer
Jun 3, 2011
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3,024
136
BEHOLD MY MIGHT, FOR I AM ALL POWERFUL !
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that, my friends, is a screeny of the admin section of AT; it's me lifting the ban of Mayne, which i did BECAUSE I CAN, as i am all powerful.

A couple hours ago i logged in, and it looked like i was banned; forum responsive, but a message saying "you have no authorization to view this content".

I thought i'd check if AT was down or broken, so i launched it in firefox, without login. Lo and behold, i had admin access.

I also noticed that some asshat called jsdavdson was banning everyone.

So i opened the ban list and started unbanning everyone. He must have gotten wind of this because some folks were re-banned, like, Mayne got banned 3 times. Probably some ex user who really hates him.

Obviously i messaged AT on Twitter and they rolled back the forums, which is a shame because all my godlike powers are now gone. But it felt good for an hour.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
70,683
13,839
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www.anyf.ca
I wonder if people were getting ban notification emails for this. LOL. I did not get any myself though and I presume I got banned too since I was getting accessed denied.
 

stormkroe

Golden Member
May 28, 2011
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Hahahaha, this is too perfect. A random member anonymously gave me a $20 amazon gift cert through Elfenix and that message is gone. HACKERS OWE ME 'BOUT $20!!1!!11
 

highland145

Lifer
Oct 12, 2009
43,973
6,338
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Hahahaha, this is too perfect. A random member anonymously gave me a $20 amazon gift cert through Elfenix and that message is gone. HACKERS OWE ME 'BOUT $20!!1!!11
lolol you've been had.



Sadly, all of my wit and humor has been lost for today. Damned radical squirrel terrorists.
 

Mike64

Platinum Member
Apr 22, 2011
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mine was all black and red, told me I didn't didn't have access and wasn't authorized for the action i was attempting.
^ Ditto. In addition to being told that Mayne, and a bunch of other people, had been permanently banned (though I don't recall seeing any sort of option to un-ban them...)
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And yeah, that was one nasty-looking "theme"...:eek:
 

FeuerFrei

Diamond Member
Mar 30, 2005
9,144
929
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Yep. Menu bar and Post buttons turned fluorescent red. I was told I have no permission to post. But I did actually ban Mayne. For two weeks. Under his name it said "banning" so maybe I wasn't the first. I didn't think it would actually work.
 

MrSquished

Lifer
Jan 14, 2013
26,067
24,397
136
The forums seem slow after today's red-colored fiasco. Maybe it's just the holidays but maybe some people can't log in?
 

Humpy

Diamond Member
Mar 3, 2011
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596
126
I was furiously banning as many names as I recognized, then felt bad and unbanned a few, then realized having so much power was boring.
 

Humpy

Diamond Member
Mar 3, 2011
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596
126
Yep. Menu bar and Post buttons turned fluorescent red. I was told I have no permission to post. But I did actually ban Mayne. For two weeks. Under his name it said "banning" so maybe I wasn't the first. I didn't think it would actually work.

From the moderator log you could see that Mayne was banned and unbanned about a dozen times LOL.

He's popular.
 
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IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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He's probably sipping his beer, scratching his pits, and wondering what he said this time.
 

Painman

Diamond Member
Feb 27, 2000
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I was blind fucking drunk, and whatever I said to y'all was surely bannable.

*whew*
 

Mayne

Diamond Member
Apr 13, 2014
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I was 6 tallboys in when i tried to log in. I was like "i'm pretty sure I didn't say anything stupid last night?" you guys are so mean lol.