Site been hacked?

[Sir-Fritz]

So i just got some email from costello (who i now know his real name

) saying gbatemp has been hacked and my pass was stolen. How did this happen and do we get compensation

? Also more importantly did this happen or is this some sick hoax

 

[p1ngpong]

So Costello, is it possible to get a username change as well?

There is really no point in changing your username because of this, just changing your pass will do.

 

[FluffyLunamoth]

removed by me

 

[Theraima]

/cheer

I didnt get email, so I guess Im fine.

 

[naruto NDS]

i got a pm to :/

 

[prowler]

why are is he going for random people

 

[The Catboy]

why are is he going for random people

Maybe there is a some kinda pattern that is too complex for anyone, but him
Or possibly he is just an asshole who felt like making a dick move.

 

[playallday]

why are is he going for random people

I'm not random.

I was hacked because I'm ub3r ep1c w1n and everyone knows it!

QUOTE(deanxxczx @ Dec 15 2009, 02:35 PM) why are is he going for random people

Maybe there is a some kinda pattern that is too complex for anyone, but him
Or possibly he is just an asshole who felt like making a dick move.

I'm not sure, but it looks like he picked users who were online at the time. I was online at the time and I got hacked.

 

[NeSchn]

I know he probably got mine because it consisted of 2 letters in a 5 letter phrase xD

 

[Zenith94]

why are is he going for random people

Maybe there is a some kinda pattern that is too complex for anyone, but him
Or possibly he is just an asshole who felt like making a dick move.

I'm not sure, but it looks like he picked users who were online at the time. I was online at the time and I got hacked.


That could be an explination. I got hacked also but he didn't change my password or anything. I think I went online yesturday for a little bit but I can't remember. It's a good thing I don't have my passwords the same for this account and my email or he could of stole my precious (just got 20k) gamertag.

 

[jmr]

I'm not sure, but it looks like he picked users who were online at the time. I was online at the time and I got hacked.

i dont think so as the last time i was here was february (i think) the only reason im here now is because i got an email of an admin saying i was hacked

 

[soulfire]

i also got an email

and i changed my pass.

glad nothing did hapen

 

[tj_cool]

I wonder if the hacker really wanted to do something with the data
Maybe its just some way to make people panic

 

[playallday]

I know he probably got mine because it consisted of 2 letters in a 5 letter phrase xD

I thought you were better then that!

But yeah, even if you didn't get a email, change your password ASAP to be safe!

 

[Aeladya]

I don't remember getting an e-mail, even in spam, but the PM was fine with me. Thanks for informing us! Now...all this hacked talk makes me want bacon...

 

[DJ91990]

I do not have an e-mail or PM from The Temp...thank God.
I wonder if we can change our Sigs now?

 

[Matt93]

This pisses me off... Costello, do you guys have the proper protection if this were to happen again?

 

[VmprHntrD]

For security reasons if it's possible I'd go for a name change on my acct too if it can be done as this sucks as I did get hit.

Oh and gmail didn't mark your mail as spam, caught it earlier.

 

[mthrnite]

This pisses me off... Costello, do you guys have the proper protection if this were to happen again?

That's the general idea. We've got several very smart people looking into this and making changes at the moment. I can speak from experience here, sometimes you don't know you've got a leaky roof until the ceiling falls in. Of course then, it's pretty easy to spot the leak, well, once you've removed the sopping wet insulation and cut out all the sheetrock, etc...

 

[_Chaz_]

This could have been just what the site needed. This alerted the staff that security needed to be tighter and that's just what's happening.

 

[DaMummy]

do we at least get some compromise gift? something like "i go to gbatemp.net for all my console hacking and all i got was this lousy tshirt" shirt?