No longer a game for everyone
mulderpf
Last night, while most of RL South Africa was sleeping, a terrible thing happened. Our President Ines Schumacher's accounts were hacked, from her eRep account to her personal email account. They've taken over the eSA forums and caused absolute havoc on there. And it's not only Ines, she's just the most prominent, there are quite a few others too.
By taking over her personal email account and resetting her password, they've made this personal. It's no longer a game - when they said they want to come on here and spoil it for everyone, I suppose they have succeeded, because a game has turned into a nightmare for a quite a few people. Imagine you go to bed and you wake up and your world is shaken like this (having to cancel credit cards, redirecting emails and so on). It's one thing if your e-country is attacked while you're asleep, but to have your privacy invaded like this, it's despicable!
One of my gripes with this, is that admin are aware of the threats by the 888channers, but they are waiting for them to do something illegal in-game. Well, by hacking in-game accounts, they have caused absolute havoc in people's personal lives. Is this not enough?
I know they absolutely love this - the angry reactions from people - it's what spurs them on. It's what gets them out of bed in the morning.
Admin, how can you let this continue? You know who these people are, why don't you suspend them temporarily (as you did with Ines's account) while you investigate further?
I am not complaining because my party lost an election, I am not complaining because my country was taken over legitimately by people who employed a decent strategy, I am complaining because these people are playing with people's lives and privacy. They have taken this out-of-game, not only to our forums, but into the real lives of our citizens.
Please don't let this continue. These people have turned a game into a personal, real-life nightmare for many.
I do not want to be afraid to log into my eRepublik account each time because who knows what they've done this time. Sometimes you cannot just sit back and wait for them to break actual in-game rules - they've broken every rule outside the game and every moral rule thinkable - get rid of them. They have made it VERY clear that they are here to spoil the game for everyone. If you let them continue to do this, they'll just move onto their next target, and the next and the next.
Article showing transcript of "Ines" logging into IRC after her accounts being compromised and a little bit later the culprit logs into the same chat with the same hostname:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/esa-forums-and-president-hacked-person-responsible-found-eusa-indonesia-wars--1089085/1/20
Some other articles on the same worth reading to form your own opinion:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/in-regards-to-the-situation-1089083/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/esouth-africa-president-and-forums-hacked--1089137/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/what-the--1089703/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/pp-election-warning-1089691/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/i-just-signed-onto-the-esouth-africa-forums-1089610/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/hacking-of-the-esa-forums-1089609/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/condemnation-1089551/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/crisis-official-government-response-from-the-acting-president--1089513/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/important-read-1-1089478/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/state-of-affairs1-1089353/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/our-president-hacked--1089286/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/how-safe-are-you--1089276/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/agw-important-announcement-1089237/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/state-of-emergency-cp-forums-compromised-1089044/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/south-africa-s-president-has-been-compromised-1089028/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/state-of-emergency-taking-the-reigns-1088946/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/ines-has-been-hacked--1088924/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/ines-is-off-her-rocker-1088914/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/esouth-african-forums-and-president-hacked--1088877/1/20
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/south-africa-in-crisis-new-alliance-emerges-1089076/1/20
Article posted by Ines's account after being hacke😛
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/emergency-response-1089036/1/20
Please admin, the proof is all over - I don't even have to mention any names in my article and it all points the same way. I trust that you will do the right thing.
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1str
Voted!
Vote with orgs as well! Let's do this visible to admins!
Admins don't care as long as they get their money at this point.
Hm... maybe I don't understand everything, but is there anything you think admins could do?
If I understood correctly, the external forums were hacked (not the game), and coincidentally Ines' passwords to everything else were the same... so there's nothing admin could have done to prevent this 😢
@Assato - if they took the warning the 888channers posted on their website that they are here to spoil it for everyone, they could've banned them upfront. Admin are aware who these culprits are.
NO. Ines password WAS different. And anyway, they impersonated Ines. They must be banned of course, but also we should tell the police. This is agaisnt law.
Nevermind the fact that they continue to allow some of the offensive changes made with the hacked account to stand (including the renaming of the political party of which Ines is PP).
My passwords to everything weren't the same, Assato. Some were similar, e.g. forums, but my email account for example (Gmail) that password was completely different.
Thanks for this article, mulderpf. Vote this up HIGH people, time for admins to wake the fuck up.
Ines here.
Ah I see... too bad Ines, I'm really very sorry 🙁
However, I still don't see why that would be admin's fault... they couldn't know Ines' passwords (to Gmail, for example) either, so the hackers didn't get it from here... no?
Your'e 100% correct that this is no game anymore, it has become someone's nightmare. And not just one person, but quite a few.
Why won't admin do anything about these people? Do they approve of whats happening in eSA and the havoc caused in peoples personal lives? Must be, because they're just sitting back and doing nothing.
My question is, why the hell did they suspend Ines's account? Who is to say in game admin is not part of what is happening now, and that is my concern. I'm just wondering seeing in the light that they do absolutely buggerall to assist with the hackers
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Assato, these same channers wreaked havoc in Venezuela and now admins are letting them continue here. They should have done something a long time ago.
The eVatican condemns any and all hacking attempts by any persons and urges the Admins to act.
OMG im sorry
y internet so srs bsns?
Voted+org voted.
@MuscleRoller: Get yourself a friend. You're just pathetic.
Stop being so right 😢
Cool story bro.
Cool story bro.
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Cool story bro [x4]
I'm actually considering leaving the game now. Makes me bleak, but I'll probably recommend to all my mates to stop playing as well. If it reaches the stage where actions in game are leading to real life security it's not worth it.
For those who are unaware, hacking is a criminal offense.
It doesn't matter WHICH site they hacked, it is still illegal and because they have used this information to access other sites, such as eRep, the charges increase.
Impersonation, identity theft and hacking. That would get you a minimum of 30 years (10 years for each) in most countries. This would increase in America, Australia and other Western Countries.
If we go to the police, preferably the International Police (InterPol), we could have these hackers locked up for good.
You're right mulderpf, this is no longer a game.
This time, the Channers went too far.
And just as an FYI, don't bother using this defense in court:
"It was just a game. We were just playing."
You will be laughed at 😉
But then again Fatroller, it seems like you would fit right in. You can be someone's jail-bitch 🙂
Seriously, though. Those of you with the evidence, I urge you to side-step the Game Admins. Forward the evidence and logs to InterPol or another Authority. I would, but I don't have access to the logs.
The Admin haven't done anything thus far. What makes anyone think they will do anything soon?
The admins have their heads way up their collective asses. They change bread to birthday cakes but they can't stop the friggin' headless chicken from popping up. I sincerely hope they get off their greedy asses and start doing something for the game. This is a very serious thing that happened and they do nothing. Yeah, but when Emerick says something out of line they fly to his petty offenses. Whatever.
I wish you the best of luck eSA. I hope your nation can one day grow and be stable.
Admins listen to this request, people like this deserve a special place in Hell and should not be welcomed into this game. You know of two channer target nations, Venuzula and South Africa investigate all of the people who have moved between these nations and ban them as hard as you can. If any truely solid information is found pass it on to Ines so she can initiate legal action against these scums of the earth.
"I'm actually considering leaving the game now. Makes me bleak, but I'll probably recommend to all my mates to stop playing as well. If it reaches the stage where actions in game are leading to real life security it's not worth it."
DO ET
"😉O ET"
SUIG MY PIEL.
What do you mean?
God guys, whatever happened to not feeding the trolls?
@Aeros: We never used to feed them, but they've gone too far this time. I'm doing everything possible to have their despicable acts noticed - this time silent diplomacy or whatever you want to call it, simply didn't stop them from posing a RL threat to some of our citizens. This is not about the game anymore...they've taken this to RL...
Cool story bro
Was it hacking or phishing? If it was phishing, it's your fault for not paying attention to what you are doing.
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@Soliden, true. Phishing is not as serious as hacking. But Identity Theft is. I know here in Australia, you're looking at about 20 years under Fraud charges.
@Mulder
I agree. I was fine with them being stupid trolls. But this is illegal, not in-game illegal, but real life illegal.
Please Mulder, send the information through to InterPol. You know they'll take this seriously.
By the way, for those who are still not in the loop:
http://888chan.org/i/res/195101.html" target="_blank">http://888chan.org/i/res/195101.html
Ok....This is getting really fucked up. Now don't think I am supporting the channers but I think we should do a presidential re-election as fast as possible for 2 reasons:
1st: If Ines was hacked it is now some arsehole controlling her account and spreading some crazy bullshit. If this arsewipe remains president our country is fucked.
2n😛 If this really is Ines then fuck her!
I will post this message to all the new articles related to this affair. We have to act...and we have to act fast!
Such a bad thing...
Thats what you get for allowing "woman" to be a president (there are no girls on the internet).
also - "hacked" hah
I can assure you this is not Ines.
I haven't been playing long, but I do know what I'm talking about.
As a writer, I'm very sensitive to form and style.
I have read all of Ines' articles, as well as the mails she sent me (she was my Mentor/Newb Instructor) and the style and form has completely changed.
I urge you to dig up some of her old articles and compare.
This is NOT Ines.
And if you check the link I posted, you'll know who is behind this. All their plans are now exposed.
its not illegal, the shit you talking about?
its not illegal at all .. and i want you to find where it says you cannot guess the password of somebody else, fool ..
MuscleRoller is a typical basement dweller, takes a game too seriously and eventually ruins it for everyone.
@Moot,
From the way you're talking, and attempting an argument, I'll assume you are 10-years-old. So I will try to put this as simply as possible.
Snuff? It's illegal because it deals with people dying. It's sick. Sure, there are sites for this, but you are not allowed to post such images (or even links to such images) in ANY public domain. That means not in the forums, not in these comments, not in your profile. Simple, yes? It's illegal. Just like PORN in public forums is illegal.
Guessing a password.
Okay, let's use a nice example you kids can understand.
Someone walks down the street pushing something hidden under a blanket. You know it's a bicycle because you see that it's gliding (rolling).
You tell this person: "If I can guess the colour of your bicycle, it's mine." The person says: "No, get your own."
Unperterbed, you say: "It's blue", you yank the blanket off the bike and forcibly take the bicycle.
Does this mean the bicycle is yours?
Of course not. Because it was taken illegaly.
Hence, phishing is illegal and very serious. Maybe you should research all these concepts that you seem to be unfamiliar with before calling people fools 😉
I sense high levels of irony in that post.
Uhm...The hacking part was illegal...Not the pictures in the forum. Fucked up, sure, but not illegal
alright, I would like to see you walk in to a police station and say,
"hello sir officer, I would like to report that my friends account on a website got hacked by bad guise who want to take over the cuntry i live at too!!! please arrested these bad men!"
PORN in public forums is illegal.
>public
what if I said I personally picked those images? I would like to see you walk into a police station and say,
"hello sir officer, I would like to report that the forum I visit every once in awhile got hacked by bad guise and they put people getting killed pictures on it!!! they want to take over the cuntry i live at too!!! please arrested these bad men!!"
you've been trolled, and are reacting exactly the way we want you to react. congratulations.
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Moot...Exactly...Hacked eRepublik and forum accounts are not a big deal...happens everyday. Sure this was an outrageous act and those pictures almost made me puke but still nobody will get arreseted in real life.
@Moot
Once again, you trollers just prove your ignorance of International Internet Law.
Under these laws, you will get jailed.
And actually, such accusations are taken very seriously.
But then again, I wouldn't phrase it like a 2-year-old, not would I?
The external eSA forum is a PUBLIC forum. Anyone can access it and view it. You just need to register to post. There is no disclaimer about vulgar content, as is required by international law.
I may be reacting the way you want. But that just means that you want to get jailed. Is your real life existence that bad?
We'll see who's laughing when you're behind bars.
I don't even know why I'm reacting. You just pissed me off to the point of no return. People like you should be locked up, for the sake of society.
You live in Australia, which isnt even a free country.
So why would Moot be locked up? Nosferat0987, these things are not taken too seriously. You know how many accounts are being hacked every day and how much similar shit happens? And how many of these guys go to jail?