Essential Clix
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Yes, we've been discussing SMF for a short while now. We were hoping that just switching to a barebones vBulletin (no mods installed) would be enough. Apparently not.
3rd time is a charm?
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snowwhite
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because they are not of value
BHW is a society of brilliant minds
The forum itself is powerful blackbook
We are being hacked for the very same concept you will read on history books
booman
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I don't think it's as simple as changing something like a WP template...
booman
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now I see why you are dabbling with the paid membership idea.
boomboomer
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Couldn't agree more ..
idk12
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Thank you for that post diamond dave i totally understand the only reason i made this topic was to find out whats happening and how to get things secure! so that this great community can keep thriving off of all the members and info we all share.
either way i still believe we should switch the board software to smf. (as i hear that is the most secure board software as of now.) there are database converters out there to make the switch quite a bit more simple.
thank you again,
either way i still believe we should switch the board software to smf. (as i hear that is the most secure board software as of now.) there are database converters out there to make the switch quite a bit more simple.
thank you again,
Essential Clix
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I spoke with one of the guys formally with thelevel, and he says they used a 0day vbulletin hack he wrote without his permission. It was a hack for vbulletin itself, not a mod. More complicated than I originally gave these guys credit for.
wealthcreation
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I think legal means is the only way to go. Look at the various rules and regulations from your ISP to your host have. What they are doing is very criminal and the owner should be handled by legal means as well as the hackers.
Daniel-MD
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First of all I ask you to remain calm .. the vbulletin database use MD5 encoded passwords ..so they do not have your passwords .. they have the email , ip and other unimportant infos.. We are black haters and we do not reveal our personal infos right?!
Secondly ..It seems the gay thing pissed them off so they decided to sell the DB .. I understand you guys are mad .. but this is the way this game is played ... You fuck up someone ..you should stay str8 ... as revenge is a powerful resource .. love and revenge can bring up powers you didn't thought you have
Thirdly ..... Shouldn't we pay a server specialist (freelancer) to format the hard drive , install fresh software and latest patches ?! I see big communities way bigger than BHW that are ok ..and I'm sure they get attacked more often than us...
So let's take it as a growing pain ,learn our lesson and move on ..
And as my DDOS hoster advices me ... If you get attacked never piss of the attacker just install better protection
Secondly ..It seems the gay thing pissed them off so they decided to sell the DB .. I understand you guys are mad .. but this is the way this game is played ... You fuck up someone ..you should stay str8 ... as revenge is a powerful resource .. love and revenge can bring up powers you didn't thought you have
Thirdly ..... Shouldn't we pay a server specialist (freelancer) to format the hard drive , install fresh software and latest patches ?! I see big communities way bigger than BHW that are ok ..and I'm sure they get attacked more often than us...
So let's take it as a growing pain ,learn our lesson and move on ..
And as my DDOS hoster advices me ... If you get attacked never piss of the attacker just install better protection
Daniel-MD
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Oh yeah ..and we all smile when the investigators will find our gold mind full with cracked and nulled software
Smart move
The Scarlet Pimp
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If you know the IP number, then could you ban it via htaccess?
That's how I keep hackers off my site...
tsp
That's how I keep hackers off my site...
tsp
idk12
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yea anyone can ban an ip but an ip is just an ip as we all know they can be masked and even changed.
Essential Clix
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I'm sure the IP is just a proxy of sorts, they probably port hopped a dozen times before attacking the server.
wealthcreation
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I hope everyone know I meant Levl3 not our owner!
Olly
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Essential Clix
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Actually, you can use rainbow tables on md5 passwords like that. I'm sure you could decrypt them all in no time. In fact, I'm almost 100% sure they already have.
Again I restate, change your email and paypal passwords -- if its the same password you use to log in to BHW.
Again I restate, change your email and paypal passwords -- if its the same password you use to log in to BHW.
PixelMuse
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I agree with you but from the posts I've read I don't know how much effort they are willing to put into taking legal action (they meaning the host not BHW admin). They seem to offer limited support hours and take their time when it comes to reviving the site after an attack.
Essential Clix
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vBulletin uses salt? I didn't know that. That changes things considerably.