Help! Someone is taking over my site!

Aggressor Prime · Post by **Aggressor Prime** » Sun May 30, 2004 6:56 pm

Well, my site is ComputerBB.org.
My name is Aggressor Prime, of course.
Someone has taken over my account, changed the password, and is making me look pro-Intel, which I am not. This is the article. http://www.computerbb.org/about784.html

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sun May 30, 2004 7:11 pm

we can't do a thing about that, dude.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Sun May 30, 2004 7:20 pm

did they just change your individual profile's password, or did they also change your FTP or other passwords (if you have them)? Do you know how they got your password?

If it's just your individual profile, but you still have some sort of FTP access, you can go in and modify your profile to use a different password and take it back (but then, you better know how they got your PW in the first place so you can stop it from happening again.) If you used the same password for FTP as for your account, though, you're probably totally screwed.

You may be able to contact your ISP and have them cut your account's php access (effectively shutting the board off) until you're able to straighten things out.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sun May 30, 2004 7:20 pm

Repeat after me: "Passwords must be at least 8 characters long and contain 2 numbers, and preferably, not caontain any english words. Password entry should be using SSL."

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sun May 30, 2004 8:17 pm

Oh be quiet Mobius. 90% of simple forums and sites that require passwords wont use SSL when you send or create it.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Sun May 30, 2004 8:18 pm

well... I dunno. maybe it's karma.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun May 30, 2004 8:25 pm

Who's that?

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sun May 30, 2004 8:39 pm

im curious, the guy that is responding to each "Hacked" message.... suspect = Possibility

Admiral LSD · Post by **Admiral LSD** » Sun May 30, 2004 10:29 pm

If your host gives you a web-based database manipulation tool like phpMyAdmin then, assuming he hasn't also hacked your database as well, you should be able to go in and manually change the password.

roid · Post by **roid** » Mon May 31, 2004 5:02 am

who's this ccb056 guy? an admin?

can't you just contact him?

if this IS your site, they you would have FTP access to it and everything. how do we know it's YOUR site? ccb056 seems to be the admin to my eyes.

Aggressor Prime · Post by **Aggressor Prime** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:18 am

He is family. We share the site. And as family goes, they don't always respect you.

roid · Post by **roid** » Mon May 31, 2004 8:23 am

so ccb056 is in cohoots with Neo-Tebow2000 ?

and ccb056 is related to you?! wtf this sounds really jerry springer fucked up.

if you own the site, then you have FTP access. or if this has also been comprimised then at least you are able to contact and convince your HOST to help you out, right?

Aggressor Prime · Post by **Aggressor Prime** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:17 am

Smartweb is the problem here. He has connections with Neo-Tebow2000. He did this and Neo-Tebow2000 is playing along. Smartweb also has connections to ccb056. Basically, Smartweb wants to take over the site by first, getting rid of me, then second, making the strike at ccb056. He is a control-freak. It is very messed up. I did manage did get that post deleted though.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Mon May 31, 2004 2:09 pm

its probably time to shut things down.

its already too soap-operaish to recover anything useful.

But for all we know, its a publicity ploy.

roid · Post by **roid** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:04 pm

yeah, there's nothing you can do if they have control.
the only thing you can ever do is utilise your special strengths as owner of the site.

that being, temporarily shut it down, then FTP into it and fix it manually, and make sure it can't happen again.

if your are no longer able to FTP into it then talk to your host.

so what ARE you able to do Aggressor Prime?
(tally up your options)

- can you temporarily shut the site down?

- can you access FTP?

- can you speak to the host (ie: do they know that YOU own the site?)?

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:08 pm

What I'd do is get back your admin access directly from the ISP / host, and then DON'T GIVE CCB THE PASSWORD. :)