HLP Hijacked (WARNING: Spoilers)

[MatthewPapa]

Ahhhh? An0n has take over there!!!! He used a vbulletin exploit, run for your lives!!!

[Nuclear]

*looks at the date*

Mwahahaha!

[Singh]

AAARGHHH!!! Run for it!!!!

[MatthewPapa]

This could be fore real, guys but then again it might not be. I talked to An0n and he sounded convincing enough......but i dunno. Changing HLP to that pirate garb like that can easily open up security holes.

[MatthewPapa]

http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/forums/showgroups.php?s=
See! There!

I just changed all of the passwords here at GW and backed up the database so we should be safe if security happens to be comprimised.

[Nuclear]

Oy... this is bad.

...unless, Matt, you're part of the AF joke...

...which I don't appreciate...

*kills MP*

[MatthewPapa]

ITS A JOKE.
someone is deleting raa's posts.......
Its not for real!!

[MatthewPapa]

Yea, I am like 80% sure its a joke now...the forum directories have been renamed so they could fool around without messing anything up. Simply all they will have to do is restore the old XML file and everything will be fine.

[Taristin]

:rolleyes:

I was waiting for one of them to slip up. And with patience, it came. :P


I knew the pirate talk was too lame a thing to be the only april fools gag they pull. :rolleyes:

[aldo_14]

2 things;
1/ why has no-one used the Hammer to revoke an0ns admin grouping
2/ why did they leave a link to gay porn on the banner?

[MatthewPapa]

hmm, seems my post revealing the truth got deleted.....

I only hope that the admins remembered to make the proper Mysql backups before this hoax...

[Kietotheworld]

But wouldn't putting gay porn up be a breach of their Gamespy terms and Conditions?

[phreak]

be is safe here? yarr

[karajorma]

Not if they take it down before anyone reports them :)

[MatthewPapa]

YUCK!!!!

I diddnt see that gay pr0n until now....DISGUSTING!!

[Axem]

Where's GW's April Fools Day foolery? I demand hijinks!

[Goober5000]

We linked to penguinbomb. An0n put up a redirect to the gay porn. http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/forums/images/smilies/shaking.gif

We removed the link as soon as we noticed. Sorry about that. :(

[MatthewPapa]

Goober! Props on the GREATEST APRIL FOOLS JOKE OF ALL TIME!!
Excellent work, and timing. Whose idea was this anyway?

Sorry If I spoiled it for anyone tho....

[Kietotheworld]

So it was a joke? Is an0n back for good now?

[DaBrain]

Where's GW's April Fools Day foolery? I demand hijinks!

Meh, I forgot about it... Plus I had no good idea today. :(
*Sets up reminder for next year*

I think it better to have no joke, than a lame one. HLP's joke was too great to get up with something better.

(I had a short thought about giving Cobra an Admin title though... ;) )


This stuff should be well planned.

[Goober5000]

Hehe - thanks. :) It was Styxx's idea, but it fell to me to carry most of it out, since I'm online nearly all the time anyway. ;)

[phreak]

please keep the hijinx to one forum, it gets irritating if you're looking for wxWidgets documentation and the SCP forum gets deleted

[MatthewPapa]

The hosted projects are disappearing rapidly...

[Grug]

I wish you HLP guys told the project fellows first though. Well the active ones anyway.

I know its just one day, and I was laughing yesterday. But its April the 2nd here now. =/

[MatthewPapa]

I wish you HLP guys told the project fellows first though. Well the active ones anyway.

I know its just one day, and I was laughing yesterday. But its April the 2nd here now. =/

Awww, dont bellyache.....it was worth the fun, admit it! That little "new rules" thread captured An0ns personality perfectly.

[DaBrain]

Is this the complete HLP staff board???

http://www.penguinbomb.com/staff/

[MatthewPapa]

Yup, it is

It seems things may be returning to normal. Styxx is now re-admined.

[MatthewPapa]

Looks like styxx made an announcement...thats another april fools joke! The last backup 6 months ago?! My ass!! More like 2 hours ago.

[karajorma]

He's moved on to SectorGame, that's why.

Okay. Maybe I imagined the AnonSector logo and pink background cause it's gone again.

[MatthewPapa]

Lol, why wasnt I informed of this!?? I would have played along too!

[FusionStorm]

That was a good joke, allthough a little dirty. Had me totally fooled tho. :lol: I started wondering if it was a joke after someone at HLP pointed it out. But, I still was fooled.

[karajorma]

The only time I doubted it was a joke was when the logo changed. But then I realised what probably happened :)

[Kietotheworld]

An0n got them though, LOL, I bet they were shocked when someone clicked the link and found pr0n. LOL

[Goober5000]

He did get us with that, yeah...

So I'm wondering how this prank was received. Some people are saying it's the best joke ever, and some are saying it's the worst joke ever. :p

I suppose it would have been better if we hadn't made the mistake of linking to penguinbomb...

[Hammer]

so when are you turning it off?

[FusionStorm]

But, could an0n get in HLP, like you guys acted out? And the others at hLP even know about the prank yet?

[Nuclear]

Damn nice work, Goob. :yes: Best April Fool's Day joke to date. ;)

[FusionStorm]

We should go over there and tell e'm GW was hacked to make things worse for the ones that don't know :lol: ?

[MatthewPapa]

I could make this place looked hacked really easily.....but too many of you already know.

[Nuclear]

Do it. Double AF jokes. :nod:

Just make sure you actually back-up the hosted projects here though, mmkay? ;)

[FusionStorm]

It's funny

[MatthewPapa]

LOL, stratcomm is still gulled!

Not now WeatherOP. See staff forum for details.

[redmenace]

So what is going on. Has HLP been hijacked?

Also what is an0n's BB(link)?

[Jonathan_S47]

Most of the form is gone. :(








I wonder if the Hosted Projects can still get to their internals.

[DaBrain]

To just answer your question:

I can neither see my project, nor our internals.

But...

[Nuclear]

<CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR>

And, no, project leaders nor staff have access to internals.

[MatthewPapa]

joke

[DaBrain]

Looks like it's still working.
...<CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR>...


Edit: ... not

[Taristin]

I just can't believe how gullible the HLP folk are.

I mean really....



really really really gullible... lol

That's what makes it so lame.

[Grug]

I know, I'm surprised at the amount of naysayers. Speaking of which. lol @ redmenace

[Nuclear]

I love watching people like Blitz and Cor run around saying the whole thing's happening.

It's hilarious :lol:

[Taristin]

I like how Ace says that this will destroy BWO. Like they'd be stu[id enough to keep all of the important info for BWO on the internal forums... especially with GameShit running the servers...

[Grug]

rofl's yeah.. hehe. =o :p

[FusionStorm]

It is so funny, it's sad. :lol:

[KappaWing]

Heh. I was fooled for about a second....
Or maybe a minute....
Or maybe an hour....

Man, I was fooled for a while! This is by far the most awesome forum prank I've ever seen! :lol:

[MatthewPapa]

I was twisted both ways at first because I witnessed the events as they happened. I watched the admins slowly be de-admined and the user titles and avatars change etc etc. I was convinced at first but later I realized....When I started posting that I had figured it out the posts kept getting deleted!

[willy_principal]

I'm a political refugee from HLP...

will you guys from Game Warden give me shelter?

[KappaWing]

Yarr! We have room below-deck matey! Hop on board!

[FusionStorm]

You wanna know what would be bad, if an0n really did do that, and the Adm.s are just covering it up to keep people calm. :lol:

[MatthewPapa]

Well, off to the movies with myfriends....mayb everyhting will be back to normal when I get back :)

[Grug]

What are you going to see?

[KappaWing]

Too late he's already gone.

I saw Robots the other night. Surprisingly, it was a really good movie. Robin Williams did the voice of the red bot awesomley. It had me in stitches!

[Grug]

Robots... =|

wtf.

The adds of that make me sick let alone watching the whole movie.

[redmenace]

If you thought it couldn't get any worse.
http://www.penguinbomb.com/staff/

[Siamese]

I love watching people like Blitz and Cor run around saying the whole thing's happening.

It's hilarious :lol:

Hey, it seemed real enough. And knowing an0n, I wouldn't be surprised if it actually happened.

Besides, I was only fooled for, like, four hours. :nervous:

Not very funny after the first five minutes, though...worst April Fool's day ever. an0n creeps me out, mkay? And the porno link has left me scarred for life.

[Taristin]

If you thought it couldn't get any worse.
http://www.penguinbomb.com/staff/

That's been there, though.

And those are all old.

[Siamese]

Yes, but finally we can see what the staff were up to at that period in time.

*reads some staff threads*

Hee, hee, Goober's funny. I wish I had known about this awhile ago...although it still feels wrong reading it. Did the staff always despise Kazan?

[KappaWing]

Robots... =|

wtf.

The adds of that make me sick let alone watching the whole movie.

The ads do suck and I was a bit skeptical at first too. It's a really good movie though! You gotta see it to know what I mean.

[redmenace]

Kazan is just combative. But he has many good chracteristics.

[redmenace]

for the record, I personally respect many of the admins at HLP.

[Goober5000]

As posted earlier in the thread, the porno link was an0n putting up a redirect at penguinbomb. :(

Incidentally, having "spoilers" in the thread title gives it away more than the thread does. :p

[willy_principal]

NEWS!!!

we are recovering HLP!

the pirate-talking-filter is gone...
the photo of the baby with the middle finger is gone too...

[Siamese]

Yes, I already posted that over at HLP, although through some twisted turn of events, you seem to have beaten me here. ;)

It wasn't hacked in the first place, you know. Just the ever-so-sadistic staff messing with us.

[willy_principal]

errr...what?

it was a <CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR>?...and the administrators and moderators participated in it???!

[phreak]

i should post an "HLP is b0rked" bug in Mantis and assign it to Goober

[Siamese]

and the administrators and moderators participated in it???!

Yes. an0n had nothing to do with this, save the icky link earlier on.

Stupid moderators, harming my blind-faith in the system. :p

[MatthewPapa]

Well, Im back...I saw the movie "sin city"

I will have to say thats the weirdest movie I have EVER seen. Its good entertainment but at the end It leaves me going wtf?11!

[Hammer]

I like how Ace says that this will destroy BWO. Like they'd be stu[id enough to keep all of the important info for BWO on the internal forums... especially with GameShit running the servers...


everything is in the internal... trust me

[The Trivial Psychic]

I must say, that after reading though this thread, I am quite relieved. I was concerned there for a while, but the fact that so few moderators were posting in response to ANON's under-new-management messages, seemed like an under-reaction to the situation... so I guess that was a bit of a hint. I just hope my post-count is restored once this is all returned to full opperating status. :biggrin1: I must admit though, that given ANON's history of conflict (perhaps overstating the matter a bit there) with HLP, combined with the official anouncement on the situation, I was COMPLETELY HAD.

I give congratulations on those involved for succeeding in fooling me, although I still would prefur to have an intact HLP at this moment, so you'll excuse me if I'm not rolling around on the floor, laughing my ass off, as a small piece of me was slightly offended by this... emphasis on "SMALL" and "SLIGHTLY".

Later!

[Hammer]

i love how everyone plugged for this place though:p
great publicity lol

Matt, i loved Sin City very unique/cool filmaking

[Duelron1001]

hey do you think that we could get the prite-talking filter? just in case the admins here have any crazy ideas for an april fools <CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR> next year. Does anyone mind if I kill the word filter now? Now that the <CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR> is over and everything.

[Gloriano]

Bwhahahahah.:lol::lol:

I can't believe that some of you guys did think that HLP was Hijacked

[Ransom Arceihn]

Yeah... well it was fun, until everyone started ruining the fun by going 'HAR HAR NICE <CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR> FELLAS', which is the equivalent of blurting out the ending right at the climax of a film.

Edit: I see... it seems '<CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR>' is... censored. omgH4X

[Jonathan_S47]

Looks like the entire forum will be down for a while. I think this will be remembered as “the April fools <CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR> that went way too far.” :lol:

[Taristin]

<CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR> is a bad <CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR>. And should be <CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR>.

[Taristin]

I think they're upgrading the forum. :p Styxx said no, but I don't believe him :p

[MatthewPapa]

Possibly...but upgrading to what is the question?!! PHPBb 3 isnt out yet so it would almost certainly have to be Vbb3....

*is anxious*

[FusionStorm]

Think they may be upgrading it to calm alot of the memebers that are mad?

[Ransom Arceihn]

<CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR> is a bad <CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR>. And should be <CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR>.
Well I think it's hilarious. :p I wish more forums would do random rubbish like HLP. At least over there, it takes the focus off politics for a while.

[Taristin]

I was just poking fun at the word filter... j o k e is <CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR> :p

[Ransom Arceihn]

Yeah... I wasn't sure cause you seemed to disapprove of the whole thing from your comments on HLP.

[Taristin]

I disapprove of the retards on HLP who took it all so seriously.

I mean, 3 things.

1) It's just a forum - so it proves how much they need to get a life
2) There was no data lost - Everything that is on the forums is already in either an FTP account that the admins cannot access, or on our HDDs
3) It's april fools day ffs - So they're all too gullible.


It was funny for the first hour or so, but the asshats (Terrorist, Blitz, RedMenace) Who were screaming 'it's the end of the world' were making me a little sick.

[Gloriano]

Yeah it was funny but when threads like Exodus and others did come it was not funny anymore. some peoples just don't understant <CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR><CENSOR>

[Primus]

Upgrading the HLP... Is it actually possible? Upgrading a big forum like HLP takes damn long, right?

[karajorma]

HLP >> HLP 2.0 took 7-8 hours or so to do IIRC.

I did think that all the talk about it being the end of Freespace was pretty silly. That said there is a hell of a lot of information in the forums (especially the SCP and modding ones) that would be hard to replace if it was permanently lost.

That said surely they have backups for exactly that reason.

[Grug]

They made backups before the weekend, thats been confirmed.

Why it's still down, and what they're planning on doin now is beyond me. =|

[Taristin]

I asked styxx if they were upgrading. he said 'no.' and nothing else. And since he only gives me one word answers when he's either lie-ing, or hiding something......:drevil:

[Siamese]

It was funny for the first hour or so, but the asshats (Terrorist, Blitz, RedMenace) Who were screaming 'it's the end of the world' were making me a little sick.

Wow. I only thought HLP was goin' under for the first hour or so. It was quite convincing at first, actually.

I think the flaming is really unnecessary, considering even Karajorma and several other "grognards" freaked out for awhile longer than I did. Cool it, Raa.

[willy_principal]

April fool???
what the hell is that???

Here in Argentina, there is no such thing...
In April 1st we remember the killed and wounded during the Malvinas/Falklands Conflict with England... ... ... so... no 'April Fool' thingy...

[Siamese]

April Fools is the much-revered day when you are expected to scare the crap out of people for your own amusement. Usually I enjoy this unique day of stupidity, but this one was kinda of like a kick in the mouth.

1.) HLP goes down, Raa freaks out, willy_principle spams every thread with such notables as "HEY, ITS DONE!" Funny guy.

2.) Was programming in C++, Visual Studios freezes, program pulls a loo-loo. Computer reboots.

3.) Dr. Pepper got jacked. Poo.

4.) Rains for six hours on a seemingly clear day. Kind of peaceful, actually.

5.) Lost $3.

[Taristin]

Wow. I only thought HLP was goin' under for the first hour or so. It was quite convincing at first, actually.

I think the flaming is really unnecessary, considering even Karajorma and several other "grognards" freaked out for awhile longer than I did. Cool it, Raa.

Pfft. Whatever. They never started going on about 'the death of freespace' or any of that crap.

You guys took it way too seriously.

[Siamese]

Considering my previous run-in with an0n, I'll believe anything that has to do with the creeply lil' guy. But that's all I'll say.

[Taristin]

1.) HLP goes down, Raa freaks out, willy_principle spams every thread with such notables as "HEY, ITS DONE!" Funny guy.


Look, asshat. You freaked out. Don't start trying to poke fun at me for your foolishness. You should know alot better than to believe everything at HLP, especially on April fools of all days.

And yes, that is all you will say. Because this thread is closed.

[kode]

some irc logs from #nodewar:

"an0n" and "MuadDib"/"Styxx":

[00:50] <MuadDib> This is fucking crazy. You're me, I'm Styxx, Styxx is an0n on HLP, I'm pretending to have hacked HLP while Styxx is actually the one deforming it, and all the while I'm trying to perfect a wat to break into my old account that now has Admin powers so I can really seize control - but no-one would realise even if I did.
[00:52] <an0n> Yeah, it's kinda funny
[00:52] <an0n> just about as funny as when I was Angry Mob with admin powers at WS
[00:52] <MuadDib> Yeah, that was pretty cool.
[01:06] <an0n> gee, some people are really slow.
[01:07] <MuadDib> Yup
[01:53] <an0n> Styxx' announcement:
[01:53] <an0n> After workin' most o' th'day on containin' an0n's hack attempt, I believe I've gotten th'situation under control.
[01:53] <an0n> It'll take another hour or so for me t'be sure, but I should be able t'gain access t'the underlyin' forum database. Once that happens, I'll take th'board offline an' perform a full forum restore.
[01:53] <an0n> Unfortunately, th'most recent backup be six months old. While we may lose a lot o' posts, th'forum itself be still salvageable. The HLP staff an' I will keep ye updated on our progress.
[01:53] <MuadDib> Reading it now
[02:22] <an0n> "an0n, this really isn't funny. You're destroying a lot more here than a forum. Of course, you've never been one to take heed to others in any way, shape, or form, so I honestly don't know why I'm bothering to type this up. All I can say be that I'm extremely dissapointed."
[02:22] <MuadDib> From?
[02:22] <an0n> stratcomm


"an0n" and sandwich

[03:19] <Sandwich> tell GW you'll get rid of HL News
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Sandwich is Sandwich@e960838c.bb.netvision.6ca6d828.il.hmsk * Sandwich
Sandwich on #nodewar
Sandwich using zaphire.sorcery.net Zaphire SorceryNet Server
Sandwich End of /WHOIS list.
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[03:19] <Sandwich> :)
[03:21] <Sandwich> sweet
[03:21] <Sandwich> gone it is
[03:21] <an0n> yes, indeed.
[03:21] <an0n> I've been faking stuff for 3 hours now.
[03:21] <Sandwich> btw, you should get in touch with maurader
[03:22] <an0n> who?
[03:23] <Sandwich> someone on HLP named marauder, PMed you (your account, rather), wondering if things were for real or not
[03:23] * Sandwich acts the secretary
[03:23] <an0n> It's not my account...
[03:23] <an0n> I'm impersonating an0n.
[03:23] <Sandwich> Ahh
[03:23] <Sandwich> who you be then?
[03:24] <an0n> kode
[03:24] <Sandwich> ah, oki
[03:24] <Sandwich> what's an0n said about all this?
[03:24] <Sandwich> (HL News is gone)
[03:24] <an0n> he's impersonating styxx. but he is amused.
[03:24] <Sandwich> ahhhhhh
[03:24] <Sandwich> !
[03:25] <an0n> basically the story is that styxx got deadmined and let me/an0n take revenge
[03:25] <Sandwich> right


there are some passages in the main chat as well, but I'm too lazy to c/p them right now. basically we gave everyone who joined to find out wth was going out the styxx got deadmined story. everything to keep the AFJ going.

oh, I also gave an0n the idea to change the nodewars site to a pr0n pic. I'm only slightly sorry about that. ;)

[MatthewPapa]

So that explains this conversation that I had with An0n only minutes after HLP was supposably 'hacked'

[03:10] MatthewPapa: dude, did u hijack HLP?
[03:11] Fattonys: What do you think?
[03:11] MatthewPapa: well according to this (Link: http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freesp...com/~free(Link: (http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/%7Efreespace/forums/showgroups.php?s=%29http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/%7Efree%28Link:) http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freesp...owgroups.php?s= (http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/%7Efreespace/forums/showgroups.php?s=%29space/forums/showgroups.php?s=) u d did, but i dunno
[03:11] MatthewPapa: unlesss the usergroups got reset
[03:11] Fattonys: I have admin powers the boards have gone to shit. Take a wild guess.
[03:12] MatthewPapa: lol
[03:12] Fattonys: I'm using April Fools as a cover
[03:12] MatthewPapa: haha
[03:12] Fattonys: All the admins think it's each other fucking around
[03:12] MatthewPapa: hmmm, i am guessing that when they tried to make all of the april fools changes they left a hole.....
[03:13] Fattonys: vBulletin security is just shit.
[03:13] MatthewPapa: lol, u and I would know
[03:13] MatthewPapa: so how did u do it?
[03:13] Fattonys: With great care and attention

But of course I found out otherwise as little as 20 minutes later.

[kode]

yeah, that came up on irc too. I'll see if I can dig some more stuff up...


[21:48] * Kasperl (chatzilla@c12bc30f.upc-g.d93c1fe4.nl.hmsk) has joined #nodewar
[21:48] <kode> nay, Kasperl, it ain't an0n.
[21:49] <MuadDib> muh
[21:49] <MuadDib> What's not who?
[21:49] <MuadDib> And see!?!
[21:49] <kode> exactly
[21:49] <MuadDib> (16:53:03) MaudDib: .....kasperl will always be gay
[21:49] <MuadDib> I was right
[21:50] <kode> yeah, it seems so.
[21:50] <kode> but did you have to see through the veils of time for that?
[21:50] <kode> MaudDib...
[21:51] <MuadDib> Not really
[21:51] <MuadDib> It was more of an educated guess
[21:52] <MuadDib> I think Styxx has a thing for me
[21:53] <kode> don't we all?
[21:54] <MuadDib> Think that, or have a thing for me?


[23:09] <Scuddie|Arrr> god dammit
[23:09] <Scuddie|Arrr> When is this april fools thing gonna be over?
[23:09] <Scuddie|Arrr> It's both irritating and stupid.
[23:10] <MuadDib> Indeed
[23:10] <MuadDib> On the plus side, it makes the stupid people think I'm a 1337 hax0r
[23:10] <MuadDib> Which means theyll come in here looking for help, and I can make them erase their harddrives
[23:12] <MuadDib> God, these people are stupid
[23:14] <Scuddie|Arrr> Hmmm...
[23:14] <MuadDib> (22:11:13) MatthewPapa: dude, did you hijack HLP?
[23:14] <MuadDib> (22:11:22) an0n: What do you think?
[23:14] <MuadDib> (22:11:38) MatthewPapa: well according to this http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/forums/showgroups.php?s= you d did, but i dunno
[23:14] <MuadDib> (22:12:02) MatthewPapa: unlesss the usergroups got reset
[23:14] <MuadDib> (22:12:12) an0n: I have admin powers the boards have gone to shit. Take a wild guess.
[23:14] <MuadDib> (22:12:22) MatthewPapa: lol
[23:14] <MuadDib> (22:12:25) an0n: I'm using April Fools as a cover
[23:14] <MuadDib> (22:12:31) MatthewPapa: haha
[23:14] <MuadDib> (22:12:32) an0n: All the admins think it's each other fucking around
[23:15] <MuadDib> It's funny because it could yet be true

[00:06] <MuadDib> I stole HLP's style and modified it for NW, now they're stealing NW's graphics for HLP
[...]
[00:07] <MuadDib> Actually, they're using the reall old header
[...]
[00:08] <MuadDib> The last one of those was the Harry Loves Pensioners one
[00:08] <MuadDib> ....
[00:08] <MuadDib> And they've linked it to the NW site
[00:08] <MuadDib> Which is balls
[00:08] <kode> quickly change it into some pr0n pic.
[00:08] <MuadDib> Hehe
[00:08] <MuadDib> Good idea



[00:29] <TopAce> Let me guess... the topic is about an0n and HLP
[00:29] <MuadDib> Yes, but not how you think
[00:30] <MuadDib> I'm making a password cracker
[00:30] <TopAce> I don't think anyhow
[00:30] <kode> and the first word was not "Array", it was "***"...
[00:30] <TopAce> What's your HLP name? MuadDib?
[00:30] <MuadDib> Styxx
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[00:31] <TopAce> Ah
[00:31] <TopAce> So, you, as an Admin, did not approve this. It came as a surprise for you, didn't it?
[00:31] <kode> gee... people sure are gullible.
[00:31] * kode is now known as an0n
[00:31] <MuadDib> Change $pass to $password
[00:31] <an0n> roger
[00:31] <MuadDib> WHat came as a surprise for who?
[00:32] <TopAce> What an0n does
[00:32] <TopAce> *is doing
[00:32] <TopAce> and for YOU
[00:32] <MuadDib> Oh, yeah, I helped him



Here I actually start impersonating being an0n haxxoring hlp...

[00:40] <an0n> There
[00:41] <TopAce> Where's the SCP forum now?
[00:42] <B_SabbROX> well
[00:42] <MuadDib> Yes, very well
[00:43] <an0n> I removed it.
[00:43] <an0n> sorry, TopAce.


2 things on this one:
1. When we did almost the same april fools thing at WS as HLP pulled this year, I was staff over there and had a blast screwing with the board. Oh, and we lost like half our memberbase because of it...
2. Suddenly all the people ask me to fix stuff that's "wrong" with the board...

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[00:54] <MuadDib> Bah
[00:55] <adamant> Hrmm... so it is really an0n doing this to HLP?
[00:55] <adamant> Or has Thunderfireth had another personality split?
[00:55] <GW2k9> HLP is being pathetic at the moment
[00:55] <an0n> Yes, it's me.
[00:55] <an0n> And Styxx is helping me.
[00:55] <MuadDib> I'm styxx
[00:55] <adamant> Heh :-)
[00:56] <GW2k9> You ban any admins yet?
[00:57] <an0n> Well, not quite yet. It's amusing to see them bitching around.
[00:57] <GW2k9> They seem to be quite confused, actually
[00:57] <GW2k9> This is actually far better than the whole "Oracle takes over" thing at WS a few years ago
[00:57] <MuadDib> ....
[00:58] <an0n> Yes, especially since it's the real deal this time around.
[00:58] <GW2k9> Exactly. There, it was just people being idiots
[00:59] <an0n> It's mainly because the people over there are/were idiots that can't take a joke
[00:59] <MuadDib> Yeah
[00:59] <MuadDib> No sense of humor at all.
[00:59] <GW2k9> While you're there, would you mind fixing the whole post deletion thing?


basically it just goes on like that for quite some time.

[MatthewPapa]

iiiinteresting...

[kode]

yes. there are some passages where we actually convince people that idled when we started impersonating that we in fact are who we claim to be as well.

[Grug]

lols.

Quite amusing.

My only qualm, was that I wish the admins had given at least project leaders a warning to backup stuff from forums.
I posted stuff after this started to happen too, so If they revert to the backup from the weekend I will have to type out a whole bunch of shit. Or get the admins to pass on the info.

I'll have to set up my own website one day. :)

[karajorma]

I think the flaming is really unnecessary, considering even Karajorma and several other "grognards" freaked out for awhile longer than I did.

You're out of your tiny little mind if you think I was taken in for a second. :p

I was chatting to Goober half the time he was pulling the prank (I spent the other half trying to convince UT that I was hoping an0n would delete the MG forum so that I could sue him :D )

[Nuclear]

Still, overall, the whole thing was brilliant. Confused the living daylights out of a lot of people, and even started "END OF THE WORLD" riots and nay-sayers. :biggrin1:

Like I said earlier, well done. :yes:

It was suspicious seeing an0n behind the whole thing anyway. It was April Fool's anyway... I knew the admins would pull something better than just the pirate talk.

[Siamese]

Curse you, Karajorma! :p

*climbs back into his tiny little mind*

Well, my point was that I wasn't alone. Dozens of gullible fools fell for it. I'm just a pawn in a huge game.

[karajorma]

Maybe but for some of us the game does make sense :D

[Primus]

It's back up!

[Kietotheworld]

Yay! *small jump*

[Taristin]

lol!
I wasn't even in on it, and I still knew it was fake.

I thought this was funny...... I laughed at them for thinking I'm this dumb. :p

Shhh

Dude, it's Sandwich here. This crap's for real... an0n's taken the board over. We're trying to regain control by changing stuff directly through FTP, but i think the bastard switched the password to login to the dynamic - I can't seem to login anymore. I may just be out of date, though - I'll have to wait until Styxx gets back to find out. Damn inconvinient, this **** hitting the fan on a weekend.

Anyway, I can't login to ICQ either - Trillian is giving me this "Unknown Code #28", whatever that means. But just so you know it's me: *snip* sound familiar?

[MatthewPapa]

If they need help with mysql they need to let me know....ive gained some experience in restoring damaged databases using vb3....vb2 couldnt be all that different...

[kode]

I'm starting to think that this social engineering over the internet business could really work out for me.

[Grug]

Business hey?

Hmm. Specifics?
And are you hiring? :p

[Taristin]

/me facepalms for the second time in 10 minutes.

[MatthewPapa]

http://www.phonelosers.org

great site, check it out

[Freelancer]

lol hahahahah the time and day of the haxz0r has arrived!