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my board has just been taken over; how
Topic Started: Mar 4 2005, 11:40 AM (383 Views)
brezzok
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can it be hacked or is it a admin gone mad
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MasterG
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Why won't anyone believe me? :'(.
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An insecure password. IF can't be hacked, but passwords can be cracked.

If you had a secure Admin password, then it would be your email password that was found.
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Matthew
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March 4, 2005 03:59 PM
An insecure password. IF can't be hacked, but passwords can be cracked.

If you had a secure Admin password, then it would be your email password that was found.

Eh? Since when was IF impregnable (spelt wrong?)?
IF can be hacked, any site can be hacked, just IF hasn't ever been hacked before AFAIK.

But yeah, he's right about the passwords, or it could be an admin that taken over (one that wasn't trustworthy enough)

What exactly did they do to your board, or did they just start running it themselves?
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Arcadia
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wat foo
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You can send a Support Ticket to DuffMan and for a small price he can restore your forum to the way it was before they cracked your account.
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Matt_D, I often say "IF can't be hacked" as well, assuming people know what I'm talking about.
As you say, any site or database can be hacked, but IF forums can't be hacked, which is what most people are referring to.
If IF got hacked, it wouldn't be anything to do with any individual forums.
Plus, DuffMan could easily restore everything from backups, so it would be a temporary setback at worst. ;)

Anyway, Brezzok, do you still have access to your Admin CP?
If you can't login normally, change the ending of your forum url from index.php to admin.php to log in to the Admin CP directly instead of via the forum.

If you can do that, you should immediately change your password, and the password for your email account, and demote any other staff you have to member status, until you can figure things out.

If you no longer have admin access, you may be out of luck, but you should register a temporary board, or use one belonging to a friend, to submit a support ticket asking about restoration. :/
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Matthew
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March 5, 2005 05:23 AM
Matt_D, I often say "IF can't be hacked" as well, assuming people know what I'm talking about.
As you say, any site or database can be hacked, but IF forums can't be hacked, which is what most people are referring to.
If IF got hacked, it wouldn't be anything to do with any individual forums.
Plus, DuffMan could easily restore everything from backups, so it would be a temporary setback at worst. ;)

Oh right, I get it now PhranK.

I did wonder why so many people were saying IF can't be hacked, I always thought they were referring the the site and servers and stuff :/
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brezzok
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Thank you all for your assistance

it turns out after checking ip and emails it was the original owner
who wanted to do a new board and wanted to pretend it was hacked by booting all admins off and puting a dummy in place and posting on site that the board is hacked etc . in preperation for him deleting so as to create new one

the wally could have been honest and told me and i could of copyed the code that i had spent time on doing to a new board :(

this is the problem with games that go on for years and the board changes hand

thanks again

also a silly ?
how do i get a board , as i cant see were to click onto here :(

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kevkev44
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You register a board here. :)
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There's a link to register your own forum on the invisionfree.com website, which you can also get to by clicking the "Home" link at the top of this forum. :)

Sorry to hear about your situation.
It's a shame there are people out there like that who are so selfish and inconsiderate. :/
Heh.. and I just noticed there's actually a "Register" link at the top of this forum as well. >_<
Who put that there? :r
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