Hacker Attempts to Blackmail Online Game Publisher
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Judging by the way he has written certain things, I'm assuming that English is not his native tongue.
Most of his reasons are invalid.
1: This is a standard forum practice, locking down threads to prevent drama, end flame wars, etc.
2: Same as 1.
3: If a Frogster employee is upset about their working conditions and/or treatment, they can do something about it themselves. I wasn't aware that they were being treated poorly, can someone give me an example?
4: No comment.
5: The best kind of cheat guard is one that is invisible until it finds a cheat. It's probably there, but doesn't announce its presence so players have a harder time screwing around with it.
6: No comment.
7: This is a standard corporate practice.
1: This is a standard forum practice, locking down threads to prevent drama, end flame wars, etc.
2: Same as 1.
3: If a Frogster employee is upset about their working conditions and/or treatment, they can do something about it themselves. I wasn't aware that they were being treated poorly, can someone give me an example?
4: No comment.
5: The best kind of cheat guard is one that is invisible until it finds a cheat. It's probably there, but doesn't announce its presence so players have a harder time screwing around with it.
6: No comment.
7: This is a standard corporate practice.
Ah, but he claims to have hacked into their systems. If he has indeed, he probably noticed the process while he was looking for user accounts.rembrandtqeinstein said:
I agree 100%Baby Tea said:
I also wathced the video and read the comments saying he got the quote wrong.
What a tool. I hope this kinda stuff doesn't keep happening just because he's unhappy.
What a hypocritical asshole, he IS the problem...
He's obviously a pissed off employee or something, his demands are stupid and aren't anything for him to go apeshit about. I hope they catch him and do something, I would laugh. Some hackers are such whiny bitches these days.
He's obviously a pissed off employee or something, his demands are stupid and aren't anything for him to go apeshit about. I hope they catch him and do something, I would laugh. Some hackers are such whiny bitches these days.
I get the distinct feeling this guy is a disgruntled employee or former employee. If he were just your average player he really wouldn't give two shits about (or have knowledge) about the working condition within the company. Frankly I think he's just a childish prick throwing a temper tantrum.
It all just seems like a smear campaign to me, that or he's just a nutjob with internet access. I mean really "You declared war on the public, your customers, and your employees. You wanted war. You are close to getting it", so he takes himself for a noble crusader...how cute. Who the hell does he think he's dealing with, the Umbrella corp from Resident Evil? His grievances are in line with your typical player on any MMO and any troll that haunts an MMO's forums.
His little "war" is going to fail and fail miserably, and I'm going to laugh when it all blows up in face. (or just forget about him as most people will by the end of the day)
It all just seems like a smear campaign to me, that or he's just a nutjob with internet access. I mean really "You declared war on the public, your customers, and your employees. You wanted war. You are close to getting it", so he takes himself for a noble crusader...how cute. Who the hell does he think he's dealing with, the Umbrella corp from Resident Evil? His grievances are in line with your typical player on any MMO and any troll that haunts an MMO's forums.
His little "war" is going to fail and fail miserably, and I'm going to laugh when it all blows up in face. (or just forget about him as most people will by the end of the day)
His rant made me think thiscocoro67 said:
Seriously, ANY company that allows access to internet monitors all employees. Web traffic, ims, and emails. Guess the little prick didn't read the policies and procedures for the company and got all pissy when they canned his ass for stealing company resources to feed his pr0n addiction
Let's just be thankful the underage kids on CoD games can't do this, imagine the IWNet going down for hours because the kid failed at 203ing x_x Or the Halo 3 servers! Can it really stop there? Blizzard being taken offline because of a PvP raid? Think about it for a bit, as insane as it sounds, think about it.
Lemme put it this way: Let's be thankful stupid people are just that...stupid. Let's be grateful that this guy gets an 11 on the bologna meter, walk on, and watch him burn himself up when he realizes he failed.
Lemme put it this way: Let's be thankful stupid people are just that...stupid. Let's be grateful that this guy gets an 11 on the bologna meter, walk on, and watch him burn himself up when he realizes he failed.
Good, death to all free-to-play MMOs! I notice children that watch the channel Disney XD, which every other commercial is for some "Great new free MMO that everyone is playing!"
They are ruining today's youth, and their PCs. Yup, all of them contain malware to some extent, come on they have to make money to put up TV ads! I've cleaned so many PCs with "Adventura" this and "Fantasyland" that! Poor kids getting their parents involved in it. Need to take em down!
They are ruining today's youth, and their PCs. Yup, all of them contain malware to some extent, come on they have to make money to put up TV ads! I've cleaned so many PCs with "Adventura" this and "Fantasyland" that! Poor kids getting their parents involved in it. Need to take em down!
Actually the pic that soeone posted said that he "stumbled by" a cache of everything being saved up. most companies with a "No internet except for work uses" has one of these caches though, which makes the hacker and idiot.rembrandtqeinstein said:
They need the cache incase an employee is caught using the net for personal use on work time too much
Edit: I do, however, love how he thinks he's anonymous because he hacked someone. So cute....
You need to treat your customers right or I'll send out their information to be abused by anyone with an internet connection!
This plan. It's totally sound. I'll protect those customers even if I have to harm them!
...wait...
This plan. It's totally sound. I'll protect those customers even if I have to harm them!
...wait...
I think this is a case where the ends do not justify the means. Assuming his allegations are well-founded, I can understand his motivation, but his targeting method hits the normal players just as much as the game. Rather like carpet bombing, its a crude tactic that does not distinguish between foe and neutral party.
I've played a game once where someone posted on the forums claiming they were in charge of a botnet that could institute a DDOS attack, and would do so unless he was paid by the game's owner. This was a small MMORPG with about 2-3000 players tops. The site was then made unavailable for a week or so, before the owner changed the server and the hacker gave up. Meanwhile he went charging off into the Outlands (PVP) with a hacked item, and got battered because the item in question was a farming tool rather than a weapon. Noob.
I've played a game once where someone posted on the forums claiming they were in charge of a botnet that could institute a DDOS attack, and would do so unless he was paid by the game's owner. This was a small MMORPG with about 2-3000 players tops. The site was then made unavailable for a week or so, before the owner changed the server and the hacker gave up. Meanwhile he went charging off into the Outlands (PVP) with a hacked item, and got battered because the item in question was a farming tool rather than a weapon. Noob.
So, did anything come of this? I searched Google but there doesn't seem to be much information about this hacker past when he made the initial demands.