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It seems like either some admins have gone
First it was AndyZ who made a very "special" deletions, and another special block before finally being caught and desysopped. As people were trying to figure out what exactly happened (Dmdevit apparently posted AndyZ's IP address as part of checkuser on AN/I, but I can't find the diff), a more sinister plot was brewing... Apparently the devious cracker (or perhaps a copycat), found another account to get into. Apparently he decided to one up the main page image vandal, by replacing those lovely sitenotices that are on every page with Goatse. (Well he also blocked Jimbo and deleted the Main Page again, but that's small fish) In order to calm the populace, it seems that Brion's going to run a cracker in order to find admins with weak passwords. Meanwhile one has to wonder if this particular reign of terror is going to continue. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/ph34r.gif) |
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| The Joy |
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I am a millipede! I am amazing! Group: Members Posts: 3,839 Joined: From: The Moon Member No.: 982 |
Not Tony the Marine! This is madness! Absolute madness! What is this person's agenda? Is he a disgruntled former Wikipedian or something? Or some crazed prankster?
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Can't actually moderate (or even post) Group: Moderators Posts: 11,816 Joined: From: Dreamland Member No.: 275 |
QUOTE(The Joy @ Mon 7th May 2007, 2:45pm)  What is this person's agenda? My guess is he's upset about the supposedly "NPOV" coverage of Sony's PlayStation_3 sixth-generation videogame console. One can hardly blame him... QUOTE Is he a disgruntled former Wikipedian or something? Or some crazed prankster? Well, he's indef-blocked Jimbo twice now, so he at least knows that much about what's going on... In fact, this makes four times for ol' Jimbo. Pretty soon he's going to be branded a "recurring bannee." This is the most fun we've had in months! |
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| Rootology |
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Fat Cat Group: Regulars Posts: 1,489 Joined: Member No.: 877 |
From a Mediawiki technology standpoint, short of rushing new logon related code into production, there really isn't anything they can do at this point. They can't block all open proxies until they're used against WP. The bodies will keep falling until there are no more crap passwords for accounts. Given that this is now getting more attention, it's only a matter of time till "veteran" non-admin accounts are harvested for trolling and vandalism next. And I have to agree with Cyde on one point: you have a crap password, it's your own fault for anything bad happening. You might as well make your banking PIN number "1234".
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Can't actually moderate (or even post) Group: Moderators Posts: 11,816 Joined: From: Dreamland Member No.: 275 |
QUOTE(Rootology @ Mon 7th May 2007, 2:58pm) ...I have to agree with Cyde on one point: you have a crap password, it's your own fault for anything bad happening. You might as well make your banking PIN number "1234". Uh-oh... I'd better change my banking PIN number! Actually, wasn't that gag used in Spaceballs? Roland: Five. Dark Helmet: Five. Colonel Sandurz: Five. Dark Helmet: So the combination is one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage! Later... President Skroob: [enters after the interrogation of King Roland] Well? Did it work? Where's the king? Dark Helmet: It worked, sir. We have the combination. President Skroob: Great. Now we can take every last breath of fresh air from planet Druidia. What's the combination? Dark Helmet: 1 2 3 4 5. President Skroob: 1 2 3 4 5? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage! Prepare Spaceball 1 for immediate departure! Dark Helmet: Yes, sir! President Skroob: And change the combination on my luggage! |
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CrazyGameOfPoker Oh dear. 
Somey And as usual, Cyde isn't very forgiving.
Why s... 
taiwopanfob If it is possible to run a client-side password cr... gomi Here's what I don't understand: the passwo... Somey Now that this has happened, somebody could also st... Uly That assumes the cracker was out to cause damage.
... Rootology Got another pwned admin account:
http://en.wikipe... Somey What was he doing, just blocking people at random?... Rootology Come to think of it, this is starting to reach med... CrazyGameOfPoker Actually Somey, admins are able to use block/prote... Somey Actually Somey, admins are able to use block/prote... Alkivar
Actually Somey, admins are able to use block/prot... The Joy
If the hacker gets into the more prominent accou... Rootology ANOTHER one got haxxed. Unrepentant Vandal Well chaps, I must admit that when this story brok... Rootology Not Tony the Marine! This is madness! Ab... Unrepentant Vandal
Not Tony the Marine! This is madness! A... michael
Not Tony the Marine! This is madness! A... Rootology Neither says password cracker to me.
I agree, I wa... JTM As to the identity of the hacker I just have two w... BobbyBombastic
As to the identity of the hacker I just have two ... Unrepentant Vandal
From a Mediawiki technology standpoint, short of ... Rootology If they have any sense they will suspend logins un... SirFozzie
From a Mediawiki technology standpoint, short of ... The Joy Is this related to the Robdurber admin going rogue... The Joy Dark Helmet: "The password's '12345... Somey Ah, Somey! You caught me, as they say on WP, ... JohnA And they say that good entertainment doesn't c... Cedric Hmmmmmm. Jeff Merkey suddenly shows back up on W... Uly Merkey's been active with other Wikimedia proj... The Joy
No worries. Great minds think alike!
With ... Uly I should say so. This would carry jail time in Flo... Unrepentant Vandal
I should say so. This would carry jail time in Fl... BobbyBombastic
I should say so. This would carry jail time in F... the fieryangel If I were an admin, I'd be sort of embarassed ... LamontStormstar A lot of other organizations have a multitude of d... Unrepentant Vandal
As for the controversy of if admins who let their... LamontStormstar
As for the controversy of if admins who let thei... Kato Tony Sidaway has described these compromised admin... Rootology Tony Sidaway has described these compromised admin... Kato I'm in complete agreement. Once weird figures ... JohnA
.... where they are openly insulting genuine cont... Kato
[quote name='Kato' post='30728' date='Tue 8th May... Nathan I agree wholeheartedly. |
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