Yes, I have used my GSC password at other sites. I may have used it at TSR when I was there too, but I since changed it.
You changed your password at TSR or at GSC?
I’m asking because since the hacker used your password to get into GSC the most important thing would be to establish how he/she got hold of it.
Try to think: Did anyone else know your GSC password? Or could anyone have guessed it? Those other places you used it, are they secure or could the breach have happened there?
And one more thing: That admin that you fell out with and who then moved to TSR. Is/was he in any way close to or friends with Atwa? I know you aren’t familiar with Atwa, but maybe you could PM Coconut with the name of this admin, and she could let you know if there is any connection between the two. That could be another important clue.
It’s puzzling. So far I don’t see a firm TSR connection, except that what happened at GSC – the name change, the deletion of everything and particularly the PM to Scotty calling him a Gay Pirate Fag – is exactly the kind of thing that Atwa would do.
Scotty is talking about his password at GSC.
I agree with you that the most important thing is to establish how the hacker got a hold of Scotty's sign in info. As for the admin from GSC who most if not all of us had a falling out with he didn't go directly to TSR. After he left GSC he joined that one really popular TS1/TS2 site who were well known for their TS1 & TS2 Lots. For the life of me i can't remember the sites name, but you did have to have a Game Spy account to download their uploads. Anyone know which site that was?
He then left that site & moved to TSR. I can tell you that he was in communication with the TWAT cause she was artist manager at the time. He and Atwa also had a falling out. He was one of the 1st chosen to go to the TS3 creators camp but at the last minute was replaced by another FA which pissed him off to no end so he left TSR as well.
I'm not sure if his creations are still up at TSR. Coconut also had posted about this particular situation on his/her blog. Just do a search for the creators camp info. It would be right before they all left to go to the camp.
As for your other question/s i'll leave those for Scotty to answer.
Edit to add...
Coconut just confirmed he had removed all of his creations from TSR but they were restored.
While I wouldn't wish to stand in the way of a good old TSR-bashing round, it should be remembered that many of us have people who both dislike us and have enough time and knowledge to hack our sites who are *not* TSR-mediated. If one starts with the assumption that every hack attack has originated from TSR or ATWA, and downgrades any evidence pointing away from them or towards someone else, one could miss the person who actually did it, and the methods they used. This result is not helpful to overall security.
I do believe that the sharing of user data with FAs (who are not vetted in any way for security) was a naive error of judgement on the part of TSR for which they should apologise and give reassurances for the future. However the idea that TSR would be in a huddle in their office orchestrating who to hack next and what names to call them seems a stretch too far for probability.
I agree with you on this to a point. However Pescado has stated over on MATY this most likely is a rouge operator who's being handed the info from someone inside TSR then setting about doing their business. Could the person handing out that info be the TWAT? Coconut would most likely know the answer to that one.
Someone from TSR enabled this list to be acquired, even if nothing was done about it, and TSR was very quick to deny responsibility for anything involving said list even before the fingers had been pointed. And the fact remains, you DO have a rogue operator and he IS still at large.
*waves to Coconut* 
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