Have Access... Now what?

I have just gained access to the moderater section of a pretty big forum - (not this one!) accidentally. I have access to over twelve thousand email addresses.

What can I do with this?

Murk said:

Some ideas,
crack the MD5 password hashes to crack idv. accounts
Harvest email addresses
Create back links
Replace ad code / add ad code

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Okay super blackhat man, I'm a newb to BH -

1. crack the MD5.. no idea what you're talking about.
2. Get that one.
3. How would I create backlinks using email addys?
4. Replace ad code... what?

pdaguy9 said:

Okay super blackhat man, I'm a newb to BH -

1. crack the MD5.. no idea what you're talking about.
2. Get that one.
3. How would I create backlinks using email addys?
4. Replace ad code... what?

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Crack MD5= in some forum software the passwords are stored using a hashing algorithm that allows you only one way encryption... if you are a noob id say ignore the tech part.. what it means practically is that the password of each user is stored encrypted, if it is encrypted using mD5 you can decrypt it with some accuracy as the algorithm is proven to be weak and some passwords especially those that are common words from a dictionary can be broken...

If you have admin level access, id say harvest all the emails, add them to a mailer software and keep spamming them offers related to the topic the forum is about.. eventually a lot will unsubscribe, but you would get some sales from curious people... of course then again this is assuming that you send them new unheard of offers that appeal to them

Don't have admin level, only Mod level. But still can see all of the email addresses.

A Blackhat forum with a conscience... who'd of thunk it?

I'll leave it be for now, and they can figure out their own security breaches.