Can someone please answer a few questions for me?
Hi guys,
I havent been on for the past week, works been busy! It was brought to my attention last night that peoples post counts had been decreased, Including mine, looking through half of the threads and the events of the past few days it looks like things went to sh*t.
So, ive got a few questions.
Apparently a "hacker" changed the post counts? Correct?
I'd like to know why a hacker would choose only certain members post counts to decrease, and only members that are currently active and well known.
No Mods lost their post counts did they? Wouldnt they be a target for a "hacker", or at least the Admins would be.
I'd also like to know how a "hacker" was able to "hack" into vBulletin, which is known for being very secure, and after the last forum upgrade was done, all and any security issues were addressed.
I'd like to know why a "hacker" would stop at someones post count, actually why someone would choose that in the first place? Why would a someone with the enough talent to "hack" into the most secure commercially available forum software decide that they'd stop at a few post counts.
I'd like to know what systems or plans have been put into place, or are under consideration in order to stop this from happening.
Another thing to note is the fact that is has all happened when management are considering the withdrawal of post counts, bit of a coincidence huh?
I dont intend to start any arguements here, i dont care too much about my post count, the thing that does annoy me is the fact that the general concensus is that AR was hacked, when, i highly doubt it was. Infact im 100% convinced that it was not.
I dont like being lied to, and this is what i feel has gone on here.
Cheers,
- Messy