[TheLastSuperman]

I mentioned being contacted via skype, also that I wasn't sure if the vb.org db had all that info within it - when I said:

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

why would the vb.org db have all that info within

I meant that vb.com was hacked more so than vb.org in my opinion, if ever at all due to how many vBulletin customers who have public info about them i.e. businessmen or similar are being contacted via skype and exploited, threatened, and harassed.

Force then replied with:

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

Never knew vb got hacked

So I replied saying it was a guess (if you just said vb.org does not store it therefor it basically accesses the license info to verify if a customer is licensed and can participate on this site):

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

That's a guess on my part. The reason why I suspect that is, why would the vb.org db have all that info within? License Number for license verification perhaps but not all of that...

And here we are now:

Originally Posted by Paul M

Not entirely sure what you mean here, but vb.org does not have any licence information, and never has, its all stored in a vb.com licensing system.

So to sum it up, vBulletin.com database was either directly hacked OR whomever cloned the main DB to make a test server DB left all the pertinent info within said test DB which was not a good thing to do, in the case the test server was hacked which I mentioned prior in this thread remembering seeing someone from vb.com staff post regarding that being the case - case in point all that "pertinent" info is now the hackers and if it was hashed or protected in any way then its surely not now, myself, Zachery, Lionel and others have all been contacted via skype by them and had our passwords from vb.com at the time it was supposedly hacked shown to us via skype directly hence, not hashed/hidden anymore - Being contacted is not something you want to be bothered with or inconvenienced by in the least. I'm not trying to stir up a fuss about this however I just had to comment and let Lionel know they've done this to others because I've known him for quite a while and I just knew they tried some similar BS that they did with myself, Zachery, and a few others including Lionel now.

[blind-eddie]

This is happening again or is this from last year?

[ozzy47]

Still from the last time.

[cloferba]

It is supposed forum passwords can't be decoded...well..that's what vbulletin says so how he could get the passwords?

[Paul M]

vbulletin has never said that.

(unless you really want to be pedantic).

Technically you cannot decode them, but if you have access to information from the database, you can brute force them until you get a hit.

[TheLastSuperman]

^ Rainbow Cracking is one such method.

Lionel, I see you browsing the thread - everything work out ok for you sir?

[ozzy47]

Yeah it would be interesting to know what machine you decided to go with.

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

^ Rainbow Cracking is one such method.

Lionel, I see you browsing the thread - everything work out ok for you sir?

I changed my PC but I did loose customer. He had 6 sites on server. The past 5 months that account was paying me 1200.00 a week, work or no work, just to be there on request. I suppose he got upset. I saw that piggy posted a job request. He probably is looking for another victim. Eventually someone will chop his hands

[ozzy47]

Why did the customer get upset?

[Lionel]

His 6 sites got destroyed. Luckily other server was IP protected and I never worked on third server which is a 70 millions / year site

The punk had redirected all sites with some stupid cartoon stating: Blame Lionel, all his customers are being hacked.

[ozzy47]

Man, what a shame to have to go through that. Sorry to hear you got screwed.

[Lionel]

yep, a very nice guy, in Florida just like me. He had contacted me via my website and asked me to call him then made me offer

--------------- Added 17 Nov 2014 at 20:42 ---------------

Last year I had a similar job from a guy in the UK. Unfortunately after 4 months PayPal then government shut him down. He was selling marijuana on line. They had just stolen my car and that guy western union me money to buy a new one

--------------- Added 17 Nov 2014 at 20:45 ---------------

BTW, I almost contacted you or Michael to take over the Florida job as I got busy with some serious contracts, one of them for 38,000.00

--------------- Added 18 Nov 2014 at 01:56 ---------------

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Yeah it would be interesting to know what machine you decided to go with.

I got a Lenovo with 8 mgs of ram, 1 terabyte (lucky for me all my important files are on a portable file of 1.4 TB) and windows 8. The scan that I did on old one was cleaned but I changed it anyway

[Lionel]

And it's also great that both you and PaulM broke that myth about passwords being uncrackable.

--------------- Added 17 Nov 2014 at 21:42 ---------------

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

I use Trillian - I don't use any of the chat software provided by Skype, MSN, Yahoo and the like. All those accounts are usable in Trillian and with it you get all kinds of excellent security protections you don't get from those sources.

I like Trilian too, but 99% of the time they use skype and contact you via it.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by Lionel

I like Trilian too, but 99% of the time they use skype and contact you via it.

Right, but they can't do anything to you, through Skype at all if you're not using it. They can't penetrate Trillian. I don't even have Skype downloaded to my computer, see. They are on Skype, I am not.

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

I use Trillian - I don't use any of the chat software provided by Skype, MSN, Yahoo and the like. All those accounts are usable in Trillian and with it you get all kinds of excellent security protections you don't get from those sources.

Never heard of that, then again quite a bit in the world many of us don't know about so thanks for sharing .