TSR: In Ur Accounts, Deletin Ur Stuffs!

[Pescado]

Oh, I know! Let's use the Slide Test to find out!

[Witchboy]

The porn attacks continue. Atwa Someone has joined up at Simtopia just to post porn. Its all over their forum.

http://www.simtopia.net/forum/index.php

[Irish Wench]

Damn. Hopefully LJ gets online soon and takes care of it. I think she is relatively young and shouldn't have to deal with this crap. Not that anyone should,this is just getting totally out of hand.

 

[dstar]

I think I am going to post a warning about this on FSF for site owners that go there - this is getting fucking ridiculous whichever paysite or juvenile delinquent, or TSR influenced sheep is doing this needs to get their heads out of their asses- Free Site Owners mod all posts and registrations we are now under attack. Also WTF LJ isn't even associated with PMBD, MATY, or SimsCave that I know of Only BPS and Sailfinsims Network

[minionsRmine]

Is the admin the only one who can delete posts there? If so, that's totally whacked.

[dstar]

Sailfindragon is online with her walking her through banning the person etc now. A warning has been posted at FSF- if any of you have your own sites/forum and wish to spread the word here is a copy of the text to post on the front page of your forums. i know a lot of us create or are members at multiple free site forums etc and since this has now spread to members of the free community outside the membership of anti-pay comms like PMBD, and Sims Cave the more we get the word, out and the faster we get the word out the more sites can be prepared for this whackjob re: putting all users and posts under moderation until whomever is doing it either gets bored or we have enough evidence to file complaints with their internet and email providers and whomever else we can file complaints with. Also may be a good idea to find out the ISP of whomever zapped BPS and Simtopia - more fuel to go after this twit legally. Feel free to change the text of this post in order to make it fit the forum or webiste communit you are posting it at

Recently members of the Free Sims Community have been under attack by a rabid hacker/ and or spammer. This person or these people has/have hacked both Shanow's and WB's mediafire, and Photobucket accounts and replaced files with pornography. This person or persons  ha/haves also deliberately joined Simtopia.Net, a member of the Sailfinsims Network, and Black Pearl Sims and posted spam containing pornographic images.

This is a warning for Free Community members please change your passwords on all large file upload sites like Box, Mediafire and z-share as well as on image sharing networks like Photobucket, Image Shack and Tiny Pic as well as on any other site such as Live Journal, Dream Width, or Deviant Art that may be associated with your Sims 1, 2, or 3 creations or sites in any way. I would also suggest to Site/Server Owners and Admins in the Free Community who run forums that allow members to post comments, or threads that you move to moderating all registrations and posts for the immediate future.

Clearly this person has some sort of grudge against the Free Sims Community or is some type of juvenile moron out for shits and giggles. While both WB and Shanow are politically active in the Pay vs Free Debate neither Black Pearl Sims nor Simtopia has anything to do with this issue. This is absolutely disgusting! Whoever you are grow the %&*#$@ up- post that crap on porn sites, and if you are a paysite member, or being encouraged to do so by a paysite member this is an all new low for you. Try using your brains and not letting other people do your thinking for you whether it be someone at a paysite encouraging you to commit these acts, or whether its your peers encouraging you to commit a cyber crime that could send you to jail. Srsly cause hacking sites, spreading porn across state and international borders= jail time and prosecution by Federal and International Law Enforcement Agencies. So whatever slave labor wages the paysite you work for is paying you, or whatever minimal shits and giggles you get from this  - IS NOT WORTH A 5-25 YEAR JAIL SENTENCE!!!!!

[kenmtl]

This all seems insanely arbitrary but maybe that's me, I like connecting dots. It sucks majorly what happened to WB and Shanow with their other accounts however some porn slapped on a forum is not the end of the world. I think maybe moderating all forums is a bit much. I rarely download from places that make me join. I'm really not interested in being a member more than is necessary. If owners want to do all that extra work good for them but it seems a slight over reaction to some juvenile peen attack. Besides what's stopping them just waiting 24hr for approval then doing it.

[HugeLunatic]

Do you have proof that the person posting porn at simtopia is the same as the person who hacked WB and Shanow's account?  Posting porn is not proof positive of hacking.

[Scourge]

I'm thinking after seeing the threads before they were nuked, could this be the work of nonrelated porn spammer? It's not unheard of, vBulletin forums are not that secure from spammers and bots (http://i36.tinypic.com/29dbock.jpg - what happens if a forum is abandoned for a time) The 'sick' porn that replaced the pictures before was the work of a malicious asshat, the pornography in this forum was generic and run-of-the-mill, almost boring if you want my honest opinion.

I am not dismissing that it could be the work of the same 'mysterious' hacker, I didn't see the porn threads that were posted in BPS (if someone has a screenie, I wouldn't mind seeing it) but from what I've heard and from what I understand, it was some sick shit.

[CatOfWar]

This all seems insanely arbitrary but maybe that's me, I like connecting dots.

Maybe the attacks on WB, ShanOw, ShanOw's site, BPS, and the TSR FAs who cross post for free were related, and the unrelated stuff is some immature copycat?  Hacking photobucket accounts and staging a DOS take somewhat more knowledge and effort than just posting porn in a forum.  My guess is all the more "technical" nastiness is the same person or group (*cough* Atwa and friends *cough*), and the easier random crap is copycats.

[dusdeedawn]

My guess is all the more "technical" nastiness is the same person or group (*cough* Atwa and friends *cough*), and the easier random crap is copycats.

Yes, perhaps someone who is sympathetic to TSR. Or it could be just a jerk who wants to stir things up. Definitely the possibility of a copycat.

[Paden]

Sounds to me like someone needs to be informing Photo Bucket, Tiny Pic, Image Shack and others that they are being used to do this, as well. They're supposed to be so careful of their images, let them earn their reputations. And it's not only VBulletin sites where this garbage happens, it happened on my private SMF forum and over at InSIM in threads where WB and ShanOw had posted in. Funny thing is, you don't hear about this happening at the evil empire or Peggy's, now do ya? Food for thought.

On another note, it couldn't be Yakov writing DOT's shit, after the series of mini-strokes he had a few months back, I don't think he's got the co-ordination to be able to handle a keyboard in the fashion to which he once was accustomed. I pretty much count him out of it until I read something different from someone close to him.

[dstar]

It is still better to be safe than sorry. It may be a copycat - it may be the person who hacked WB and Shanow- who really knows- and honestly while as long as all your moderators have the ability to approve users and moderate posts it is not that much work- after all the number of moderators often grows with the site. and frankly given the efforts TSR has made to virtually destroy the free community I will take on the extra bit of work. It may be that this is the same person - and they are doing this because LJ and BPS don't usually use photobucket or mediafire for their members posts, or that all Simtopia and BPS's members took care enough to change passwords and crap after WB and Shanow got hacked, or that they have never used the TSR tool. I have plenty of juvenile spammers and sales people who try to post shit on my site this is why I went to moderating registrations and posts in the first place- and not a single one of them has tried to post porn- ads for Viagra yes, ads to games not related to Sims that are pay and play yes- no port - I mean porn if someone finds a way to post port on my site no problem- not as good as rum but hey free booze, and that is out of 15 people who I have banned for Spam our of the 78 people who have registered for my site (this figure includes banned users and people who tried re-registering after being ban hammered) Honestly I wouldn't put it past that person to porn spam someones site cause they could not hack photobukkit or mediafire accounts of site members - given that at best the person that is suspected by community members  is a cyber criminal and at the worst is completely and totally fucking insane, off the rocker cuckoo anything is possible including the idea that it has a grudge against TSR FA's cause it is not being allowed back into Thomas's little exclusive club.

[minionsRmine]

Now that I've had more time to look at it, I'm not sure I'm going to be so quick to blame TSR & Co. Are we sure that this one at simtopia isn't just a typical spambot that registers at forums and advertises in every forum section? That's what it looks like to me. I've had similar things occur on my own forum, and this job looks very familiar.

It doesn't appear to be a "hacking" because no one's account has been compromised. It's a brand new account created just today.
Last Activity: Today 04:11 AM
Join Date: 09-23-2009

[dstar]

Oh I'm not so quick to blame TSR- I have edited that post somewhat since writing it to mention the idea that it could very well be a juvenile twit with no brains out for a few shits and giggles- I am just warning caution because the juvenile twit at TSR who is known for spamming and hacking attacks like this has already allegedly struck twice- it's like putting on rubber soled shoes, and grabbing an umbrllea  before going out in a thunderstorm or simply  not going out at all in thunderstorms. You probably won't get struck by lightening today, but, there is always the possibility of being struck by lightening tomorrow and it is simply better to be safe.