A Warning to the EQP99 Community: Database Hacking

[Eccezan]

Originally Posted by Zeelot [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not sure why so many don't realize that this thread was created as a warning to the community. A warning of what you ask? There are players on this server who use illicit means to download private information from websites that are run/owned by other players on the server. You think it's just TMO/TR? Think again.

The only real issue here is the fact that peoples' personal information and intellectual property was compromised. The post Alkorin made on our forums that we're supposedly 'covering' for was written with an introductory disclaimer that he had already made a petition. We only mentioned this said post because it was taken from our private boards around the same time our database was downloaded; it was then posted out of context as a petition to try and get Alkorin in trouble somehow. We only care about that incident because it provides evidence as to who downloaded our database.


It could be a completely unrelated issue, but chances are it's not. People may laugh and joke about it, trying to get this thread into RnF for some reason, but invasion of privacy online is a huge problem today. It's stupid to think of this as just a TMO/TR issue.

/thread.

QFT

[Rais]

After reading the logs in the first post. It's no longer safe to give info to the Staff on posts from other boards or people exploting without being outed on who gave it?

12:23:37 amelinda because alkorin had that 'if you didn't know' thread up. tr copied it and emailed it to me.

This is a bad precedent, and I <3 Amelinda.