Comments on: Slyck hacked

By: granula45

granula45 — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:32:50 +0000

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:04:25 +0000

More importantly, other phpBB users could use some info on the attack. Was Slyck using the current version of phpBB? Have you reported the hack to phpBB so they can warn others?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:59:43 +0000

I understand your point, and don’t think it didn’t occur to me. However, your argument would also apply to any hack, anywhere against any site and igoring it won’t stop others from doing the same. As you say, this wasn’t the first time and I doubt if a p2pnet report will make much difference one way or the other.

I did, though, deliberately include quotes from the P2P Consortium that make it clear no one thinks the perpetrators are cool or clever.

Cheers!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 17:01:47 +0000

just goes to show you should take precautions … keep phpBB up-to-date, back up the forum and send the database file to another location … guess slyck had to learn the hard way. *shrug*

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 15:43:58 +0000

One thing that may be a cause of resentment towards Slyck was the fact that their forum was powered by phpBB, yet there was no notice on the bottom of their forum pages indicating so. Over the last year someone repeatedly confronted the admins of Slyck and they replied that the credit to phpBB was in the source code. The point is that if one is using open source software, the least one could do is give full credit to the developers rather than hiding the credit.

I just hope that when Slyck upgrades its forum, that the phpBB credits are clearly visible on the bottom of the page as they are on a site like http://www.p2pforums.com/index.php (P2P Forums). We all need to show our support for open source.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 05:09:07 +0000

Thanks for the info. I visited Slyck just before I visited this site and I knew immediately there was something wrong at slyck and suspected it had been hacked. These people (hackers) need to get a life. I hope their computers burn up.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 04:39:47 +0000

I was on slycktom’s forum using the name of slicktom. I was just posting on their forum, the next thing that happens was I was banned!!! Well how dare they!! Then a hour later their forum got hacked.

ok thanks.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:39:40 +0000

http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10050

Evidence is pointing toward fugitive thief, fraudster, and all-around career criminal Stephen Michael Cohen as the responsible party.

ES5 might be dead, but “sharepro” is, unfortunately, still alive and kicking.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 21:25:10 +0000

that the main reason a site gets hacked to begin with is because some kid just wants attention and fame. It’s an electronic form of graffiti. Just like those guys that spray-paint swastikas on Jewish tombstones, the more publicity it gets, the more these thrill-seekers will yearn to do it again. This is not the first time for Slyck.

You know the saying, “don’t feed the trolls”? This is one case in which reporting news actually shapes future events.