Of course he was in the know.  He was sent over here to find out the list of issues that the wider community has with TSR, so that they could write that garbage statement to address the issues.

We know the statement is garbage, but it wasn't aimed at us.  It is designed to reassure the sheeple who have heard rumours about what is really happening at TSR.

Then how was someone able gain to access to Buggybooz' password via TSR?

When Delphy asked Steve this question the other day, Steve implied that the security breach was responsible for the leaking of Buggy's password.  Now you're telling us "nope, it wasn't, no way could the password have been acquired through the security breach, as no user accounts were compromised".

If Buggy's password wasn't acquired from TSR by hacking, then someone at TSR who has access to (unencrypted!) passwords either used it themselves or leaked it to whoever did use it.

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 actually do.

Why would Coconut need to contrive something like this, when TSR are already handing out plenty of rope for Coconut to hang their collective a$$e$ with?

When you take into consideration that the account information that may have been stolen includes email, password, and possibly credit card details, then it would be highly irresponsible* for TSR to not have advised their membership of the alleged security breach at the time it allegedly happened.  It is difficult to believe their claim that their membership database was hacked 3 months back and they are only now revealing it.  And does anyone know if they have issued a warning today to their membership?  Or is it only TSR members who visit MTS2, PMBD, etc, who are permitted to know that their personal info may have been stolen?

^{*But OTOH, such irresponsibility from TSR wouldn't surprise me.}

Heh, TSR have now told Delphy that "they had a security breach about 3 months ago that may have left subscriber accounts vulnerable. If this information is indeed correct, it's possible that a third party could have logged into both buggybooz and Thomas accounts."

What a coincidence that the hacker should choose now to use this stolen info, and what a coincidence that they chose to attack MTS2 Buggybooz' account, so soon after Buggybooz lodged a complaint with TSR about stolen creations.

Yeah, right.  I'm TOTALLY convinced these "hackers" (if they exist) held on to this information for 3 months, and only chose to use it now.  And I believe in Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and the goodness of EA, too.

EDIT TO ADD: Oh, and way to go TSR.  If you did have this alleged security breach, why didn't you advise your members at the time so that they could take protective steps if they were foolish enough to use the same password elsewhere?

It's possible to have a very nasty grudge against someone and not be computer literate enough to do a whois.  Speaking as someone who has received harassing phone calls in the past (as part of an intensive real life/phone/internet stalking campaign by someone I knew in real life), sharing real life information like this is beyond the pale - even if said information is publicly available for those who know where to look.


If there's one leak, there's always the possibility of more leaks, and the possibility that the other people leaking aren't blurring out the sensitive information.

What I find particularly offensive about it is not just that the information was shared (although that's offensive enough).  The part that really turned my stomach was that ulkhsn didn't act like any normal, sane, mature person would and request that the phone numbers be edited out of the thread.  Instead of behaving like a rational human being, they canvassed the idea of harassing phone calls.

Read the summary at Fandom Wank.  http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/1188549.html

My son has a vague awareness of the sims community as both my daughter and I are simmers & MATYzens.  He's heard enough conversations between my daughter and I to have some idea of the main community sites, to know the names of some of the community leaders, and to understand why paysites are TEH EVUL!!!1111  I started explaining recent events to him the other day, and he started laughing about halfway through.  When I got to the part about Walt's video, he started asking for links to read up on all this.  Apparently some of what I was describing regarding Walt's blathering on related to one of the subjects he'd studied at uni this semester.  Unfortunately Walt's video had already been pulled by then.

He's been having a fun time looking into Walt's online enterprises, and has been showing me sites of Walt's businesses, and explaining to me why he finds them hilarious.  He also had his first major exposure to lolcats used in context, during the rioting the other day.  Apparently his fellow students aren't much into lolcats.  The past week has been educational and informative for both of us.

While he did start reading this thread (when it was only 80ish pages long), I don't think he's finished it.  So I gave him the link to FW, as it sums everything up very nicely.  Having my son watching this thread grow daily also helps to explain to him why dinner has been a little later than usual during the past week.

I don't think I should be able to see some of the sections listed here, or read some of the threads I just read.  And it looks like Eric hasn't done a runner - he's clearly helping Walt out here.



EDIT: edited image for privacy.