m3l3ana Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 YAY!!! The forums are back to normal and working and nobody is deleting or editing my posts!!! Thanks staffers for working hard and fast to get this fixed for us!!! You are the bestest staffers in the World :D FREE COOKIES for everyone :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revenge Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 And milk. Cookies and milk would be a nice reward. :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephé Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 :O FOR REAL! Hurray! *goes for cookies* Just a question: is there a chance another cookie will strike the forums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfly Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 No matter what website you are on you should always be aware of what you are doing and clicking on. The internet is never safe and there are always stupid people out to get you. We have cleaned up our forums while they were offline and banned, ip banned, blocked, and any other possible way to prevent these user(s) from posting again. Also, I would just like to state that cookie grabbers were never on tdn's forums. Only Ian, TDN's owner, has access to forum files and no one hacked TDN. The way these people got a hold of some peoples password was by posting a link to a web page off site of TDN. When the web page was visited, username and passwords were snatched. It's usually a newer user to the forums (like it's their first post) posts a link promising free items or something that seems to good to be true, you have a 99.9% chance it's a scam. In this case the person who obtained information used well-known accounts to post and edit stuff, so don't just go by the first post rule. It ultimately comes down to common sense; use good judgment whenever you are on the internet. DO NOT CLICK SUSPICIOUS LINKS!! That's the key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruto Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Also, most scam links are disguised as a Neopets link. PLEASE check to see if it's legitimate before clicking. You can view the properties and look at the address, and if it isn't a Neopets link, DO NOT click it and report it straight away. This is an example: http://www.neopets.com Looks like it goes to Neopets, right? Nope. It's disguised to go to another site (in this case, Google) that will most likely steal your passwords. So PLEASE check before you click. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3l3ana Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 This is becoming a very serious topic. I just started it to thank all the staffers for their hardwork at getting the forums safe again :yes: But I do agree that you need to check a link before you click on it and make sure that you aren't logging into some fake login page :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureTXTurkey Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 YAY!!! The forums are back to normal and working and nobody is deleting or editing my posts!!! Thanks staffers for working hard and fast to get this fixed for us!!! You are the bestest staffers in the World :D FREE COOKIES for everyone :) You Are Indeed The Absolute, Without A Doubt, BEST STAFFERS IN THE WHOLE FREAKING WORLD! *talking with her mouth full of cookie* I Was Actually Thinking The Staffers Should Create A Neopets Donation Shop Where We Buy Stuff From Them As A Thank You For All Their Hard Work! EDIT: Well I Guess They Can't, And That Is Sad :crying_blow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xepha Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 You Are Indeed The Absolute, Without A Doubt, BEST STAFFERS IN THE WHOLE FREAKING WORLD! *talking with her mouth full of cookie* I Was Actually Thinking The Staffers Should Create A Neopets Donation Shop Where We Buy Stuff From Them As A Thank You For All Their Hard Work! Well, thank you. We did our possible to stop this as quickly as possible. A donation shop is a no no though. We had a warning from TNT when we had one, and we managed to get the account unfrozen (but everything on it was gone, of course. Except pets.) Always be careful when you browse the interwebs. If you see something weird on the forums, try to PM a staffers that is online or not. You can also use the contact form of the site, and we will get a nice email from you :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephé Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Also, I would just like to state that cookie grabbers were never on tdn's forums. Only Ian, TDN's owner, has access to forum files and no one hacked TDN. The way these people got a hold of some peoples password was by posting a link to a web page off site of TDN. When the web page was visited, username and passwords were snatched. So, about that link that was posted by scammers, were our username and passwords already taken from the moment we clicked on it or was it when we entered our details was when we got our information snatched? Always be careful when you browse the interwebs. If you see something weird on the forums, try to PM a staffers that is online or not. You can also use the contact form of the site, and we will get a nice email from you :) Thanks for the information! I was freaking out when no staff was online and I kept on posting warning signs that kept on being edited or deleted! I even opened up a topic which eventually did get deleted anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfly Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 So, about that link that was posted by scammers, were our username and passwords already taken from the moment we clicked on it or was it when we entered our details was when we got our information snatched? It's most likely that information was snagged immediately if you visited the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcid42 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Great work guys. I had to upgrade 2 boards I look after because of the same problem and I would not have know about the problem if I had not visited here. Thanks. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Thanks guys -- your support is what keeps us going. :D You rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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