TSR: In Ur Accounts, Deletin Ur Stuffs!

[Anouk]

Hmmm... Nouk, are you saying that maybe TSR did all this in order to blame Coconut? 

If so, that's pretty freakin' clever of them. And risky as hell too.  They hack Simsecrets, then use Buggy's complaint as an excuse to hack her site.  They leave a lot of calling cards to draw attention to the fact that it's TSR, and everyone goes, "Those bastards!" But some of us wonder, how stupid do you have to be?

So, TSR comes forward and says, "We wuz haxed!" 

And who is the logical person to blame?  Coconut.  Because Coconut has the motive.  And, from the screen shots, it's known that Coconut has access to TSR, higher access than other people. 

EDIT to add:  Also, I think all of us would agree that Coconut is pretty intelligent.  He/She has to be clever to get away with everything they have.  So, I think even Coconut would know not to leave too much evidence that it was Thomas, if Coconut was doing all this damage.  But, if you were Thomas, and wanted to make sure that TSR would get the blame until they could claim they were hacked, he'd make sure the evidence was as crystal clear as possible, so there would be no doubt that the hacker wants to frame TSR. 

To explain more clearly: TSR is making up/has been staging the hacking of their site 3 months ago.

The proof that they are lying is that TSR used the same method of attack (using their TSR passwords to gain entree to accounts on other websites) on Sinthe's Simsecret as they did yesterday on MTS2, except back then they hadn't prepared a scape goat. And, they used the same Proxy Service to do it.

There is no-one sabotaging TSR except Thomas or maybe Atwa.

[Darqstar]

And who is the logical person to blame?  Coconut.  Because Coconut has the motive.  And, from the screen shots, it's known that Coconut has access to TSR, higher access than other people. 

But Coconut doesn't have the motive.  Coconut is doing just fine with bringing down TSR's reputation already by reporting on stuff that TSR already do.

Why would Coconut need to contrive something like this, when TSR are already handing out plenty of rope to hang them with?

BINGO!  But, would it be that hard to convince people that Coconut did have the motive?  People that are on the fence, that TSR wants to lure to their side.  Yes, they took a huge risk today by setting themselves up, but that can also work to their advantage.

1: Get everyone pissed at TSR by hacking something and being so obvious that they were the ones who hacked it.

2: Let people foam and froth and work themselves into a true lather over this.

3: Come forward and "confess" that you have a security breach.  

4: Watch as everyone in a foaming lather looks for a scapegoat, after all, we're all MAD, and when you're mad you don't want to be played for a fool.

5: Point out slyly, that there is someone in the community, well known in the community, that has inside information.  

6: Watch lathering crowd turn on Coconut.  

7: Sit back, cry victim, and wait for the sympathies (and $$$) to roll in.  

[Sinthe]

If anyone should want more evidence, here is the screen I took of my LJ's logins after it was hacked. The entries with blue dots next to them are not me.

[Anouk]

FAIL, as ANYONE can now confirm that the ip's have the same source, and the Simsecret hacker is the MTS2 attacker, and the first hacking happened BEFORE TSR's fake security breach. The Simsecret evidence points to Thomas, and the new evidence just supports that.

It was a great idea, Thomas. If you wouldn't have forgotten about Simsecret, you could have won this one. 

[SnarkyShark]

Same service. The configuration is identical and everything. Probably another exit node for their network. We can thus consider the SimSecret hacker and the Buggybooz hacker to be the same, entry vector, also the same. It's confirmed to be TSR, and refutes Thomas's "3 months" claim because the SimSecret break is nearly 5 months old!

The dots. Funny how they connect, isn't it? Well, maybe the EA "team" can now coach Thomass on how to handle the fallout.

[Anouk]

I like your shape, Snarky.

[Skoria_Bay]

Good point Darqstar. I think perhaps it might really be Anita with orders from Thomass as he keeps her around for just such emergencies. "Oh, look it wasn't me! It was that crazy Atwa person seeking revenge on me for having fired her as Artist Manager."

I showed Delphy's post about what happened to my husband (who does not play Sims at all) and he agreed that what they did was low. I still say it is TSR and they are blowing smoke to obscure the facts.

[Darqstar]

If anyone should want more evidence, here is the screen I took of my LJ's logins after it was hacked. The entries with blue dots next to them are not me.

Sinthe, the link isn't working.  http://pics.livejournal.com/sinthe/pic/0000pga6 <-- This one does though  

[Sinthe]

If anyone should want more evidence, here is the screen I took of my LJ's logins after it was hacked. The entries with blue dots next to them are not me.

Sinthe, the link isn't working.  http://pics.livejournal.com/sinthe/pic/0000pga6 <-- This one does though  

Well, at least that works! I'm kinda angry right now. Thanks, Darqstar!

[Pescado]

Well, lookie there. We got the same browser string, and one of these IPs is, surprise surprise, Thomas himself dating back to olden times. We can clearly see our h4x0r wannabe trying, and failing, at using proxycondoms, probably because noob how-tos don't cover how to configure Furryfox, and as a result, BUSTED.

[Skoria_Bay]

Didn't someone have a list of the IP's Thomas bought for Atwa? I think they were listed in Coconut's journal, but I can't remember.

[Anouk]

By setting up this trap for Coconut, and admitting the login info came from TSR, Thomas has now 100% proven himself to be the Simsecret hacker AND the modthesims2 hacker. Proving every word of Coconot is true. Thanks, Thomas!
Karma is a bitch. Lawsuit ahoy.

[paperbeth]

I showed Delphy's post about what happened to my husband (who does not play Sims at all) and he agreed that what they did was low. I still say it is TSR and they are blowing smoke to obscure the facts.

I told my husband about this too. He also does not play sims and thinks it's all frivolous waste of time (whatever). He agreed that this is not only low but unethical and quite illegal. Not just morally wrong, but an actual crime, punishable by fines and, yes, jail time.
Is there a way someone can actually press charges and sue TSR for identity theft, hacking and whatever else they have done?
This isn't just about some video game anymore. There are serious crimes being committed now.

I was gone for a day and came back to find all this has happened. I am literally sick in my stomache over this.
I have Buggy's planter pots collection. I love them. So this whole thing about the meshes being being stolen is absolutely repulsive to me.

fake edit: I believe the thread was split while I was typing this, so it sent my first attempt to post somewhere wierd. I don't really understand what happened. Just wanted to explain in case this post shows up twice or something.

[SnarkyShark]

So have Delphy and MTS2 been appraised of the situation?

As for Shakeshaft? As it turns out, at the very least she's a thieving bitch.

[neriana]

I've been trying to find out anything new about Ibibi and phailed. It's a privately owned for-profit company, TSR's webstats have been meandering downward for 6 months, but we already knew that. Is Thomas even trying to play the "it's for bandwidth!" game any more?