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Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:45 am
by Mukasa
Well I heard bout it yesterday..someone hacked sgw database. I saw post on TLE forums,changed my pass as someone messed up few accoutns,posted details on irc.
now this happened few minutes before:
04:41 Enygma 0 Naquadah stolen 1 191 0 2,663,824 57,381,344 details
04:37 Enygma 0 AC units killed 10 0 0 2,397,442 28,989,533 details
then a message:
"tko btw budala ni jih pobil ce defenda jih poskusam unict da s****am ta acc
itaq je ukradn tko da bmk lol"
which means: btw idiot,it didn't kill them because it's defending...i'm trying to
**** this account. it's stolen anyways so i don't give a
****EDIT by Wolf359 - I realise you're relaying/translating a message - but please no profanity or getting around the word filter. 
I would edit teh original, but can't read it!this guy is slovenian..account is stolen....I posted this here because i don't know when admin check in other sections,but u need to rollback this account. and send ingame message or post messgae ingame that ppl change their details. so this nerd that is writting me now,also said in letters i'm getting now he doesn't play sgw as it's stupid and didn't get details on irc..is he the nerd that hacked the database?
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:50 am
by Juliette
Some people just don't have a sense of humour.. and too much time.
What's the fun in hacking accounts anyway? If they don't sell the naq or UU, they have nothing to gain from it.. utter randomness.
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:54 am
by Mukasa
admin,rollback the account asap and do something bout it's password etc. before more accounts will be effected..i didn't lose anything till now....but i don't want to lose even 1 naq....so work it out asap.
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:58 am
by buck
Looks like admin is banning an entire country then...
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:00 am
by Enygma
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:02 am
by Colos
I know a guy who's account has been hacked before. The hacker changed the bloke's e-mail address so he couldn't log in. Luckily it was sorted.
Colos
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:09 am
by Mukasa
buck wrote:Looks like admin is banning an entire country then...
if he didn't bann those who used the bug to get to 100m army in no time,he won't ban slvoenia cause too many players are from slovenia and he gets a lot of money from us. and it still doesn't mean this guy accually hacked sgw. he might have got info somewhere else.
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:11 am
by purga
buck wrote:Looks like admin is banning an entire country then...
if he does that, than half of players will be gone
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:16 am
by Hellboy666
hey hey i am not that bad
i am just noghty
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:25 am
by Enygma
Hellboy666 wrote:hey hey i am not that bad
i am just noghty
Oh Hellboy, I knew it! I knew there was only one person who loved me enough to single me out
Oh, and just so people know, no, that doesn't mean I endorse this hacking, I still want my account back, it just means I had my suspicions.
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:27 am
by Hellboy666
yeh i actualy like you its just i got bored so needed to mass STI in ascend cos hes a jackass
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:09 am
by Wolf359
purga wrote:buck wrote:Looks like admin is banning an entire country then...
if he does that, than half of players will be gone
True, but he did state previously that he would do it if the problems persisted from people that were based there.
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:17 am
by Informer
hmmm would get rid of purga and hellboy
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:47 am
by RobinInDaHood
A few instances of security breaches in the SGW game doesn't invalidate all the legitimate players from Slovenia, even if some miscreants were from that area.
Anyway, be sure to send an email to the game administration as I highly doubt that they regularly monitor the SGW forums. Password changes are a good idea but since the game stores them as plain text, anyone with access to the database could see them anyway.
Knowing that, it would be wise to use a single password for each game server and NEVER reuse passwords from your email, IM, MySpace, etc.
Re: Recent hax of sgw database?
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:10 am
by Wolf359
RobinInDaHood wrote:A few instances of security breaches in the SGW game doesn't invalidate all the legitimate players from Slovenia, even if some miscreants were from that area.
Anyway, be sure to send an email to the game administration as I highly doubt that they regularly monitor the SGW forums. Password changes are a good idea but since the game stores them as plain text, anyone with access to the database could see them anyway.
Knowing that, it would be wise to use a single password for each game server and NEVER reuse passwords from your email, IM, MySpace, etc.
Hmm, I believe it is more than 'a few instances' - I seem to recall there being quite a lot of them a while ago - literally every other day. Anyway, the buckster and I are just relaying what was said regarding the trouble that was coming from some users in that area. I remember there was a thread about it in which Forum stated his intent should it happen again. Don't suppose anyone knows where it is??
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