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by Steve Gibson, Apr 24, 2002 2:59pm PDT

To make things just a bit more interesting, we had what I think can politely be called some "confusion" with the accounts database. We managed to restore a backup but it wasnt pretty. If you've created an account here within the past few weeks and get a bad password error, re-create your accounts here. The good news is we had over 10,000 accounts created today, the bad news is they got nuked! The good news after that is that we've already had a couple thousand more created since we restored the backup just a few minutes ago.

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just making sure my sweet username didnt get deleted :)

Apr 24, 2002 5:39pm PDT

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just making sure my sweet username didnt get deleted :) : solo
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- I will too : elementZen

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SHOULD I USE MY NEW ALL-CAPS FOR GOOD OR EVIL!

Apr 24, 2002 2:38pm PDT

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SHOULD I USE MY NEW ALL-CAPS FOR GOOD OR EVIL! : jokemon
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- definitely evil : daler mehndi
- New? And evil. Evil's way more fun : Entity
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  - better than the Clear Pepsi of evil... : timmie
- evil, because good is dumb : magila
- I THINK I'LL STICK TO ALL-CAPS CLASSIC... THE NEW ALL-CAPS LEAVES A NASTY AFTERTASTE... so i'm no : tuxxy

#184

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My account still works.

Apr 24, 2002 10:01pm PDT

My account still works. : Hmmm

#157

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alright I'm confused, so yeah, alot of accounts were lost, but how did this lead to account theft?

Apr 24, 2002 5:24pm PDT

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alright I'm confused, so yeah, alot of accounts were lost, but how did this lead to account theft? : -Panther-
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- people signed up for someone elses account while the database was screwed : goatsecxy
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  when the database was down you just register someone elses name (since there is no flag saying it exists... : TheTick
  - eww, nasty : -Panther-
  - good, i'm still here : cavalier
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  did tomservo lose his post history then in the end? : KinetiK
  - no it kept it thank goodness : Degenerate

#182

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did maarten drop the user account table?

drop as in the sql drop, ie, scrunch it up, throw it away and set fire to it?

Apr 24, 2002 9:12pm PDT

did maarten drop the user account table? drop as in the sql drop, ie, scrunch it up, throw it away and... : Torias

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[17:20] <Hexagon> i just
[17:20] <Hexagon> deleted
[17:20] <Hexagon> all the shacknews accounts
[17:20] <Hexagon> :o
[17:21] <Hexagon> oh man
[17:21] <Hexagon> this is so bad

Apr 24, 2002 2:32pm PDT

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[17:20] <Hexagon> i just [17:20] <Hexagon> deleted [17:20] <Hexagon> all the shacknews accounts [17:20... : stelth
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  BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA I LOOOOOOVE YOU MAARTEN this is bad but kinda funny *wails on guitar whilst poppin : TheTick
  - OMG MAARTEN YOU'RE SUCH A TERRORIST : DinK
- oh shit : TheOtherMugsy
- DELETE FROM SHACK_ACCOUNTS; OOPS. : Afterglow
- /set +b Hexagon *sCary kicks Hexagon* LOL :D : jrock
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  who is stelth? I have never seen you around. : norulez
  - thats cause hes stealth! <bad-dum *ching*!> : sexninja!!!!
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    Stelth is one of those rare few who (like me) have known Maarten since before he was famous and rich! We... : LeftE
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      WHY HULLO LEFTE (What's up) : Crusader
      
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      Crusader from linuxgames? aaah the good ol' telefragged days. i was fishman from gamedesign.net~ i remem... : draed
      
      haha yes indeed : Maarten Goldstein
- Im a new forum user, I chat with Hex in the same channel on iRC. : stelth

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asdfasdfsdf

Apr 24, 2002 9:00pm PDT

asdfasdfsdf : Producinator

#175

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AM I ALIVE?

Apr 24, 2002 8:02pm PDT

AM I ALIVE? : abrasion

#173

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My account still works!!

Apr 24, 2002 6:22pm PDT

My account still works!! : brutal

#166

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LIES the shack got HAXORED!

Apr 24, 2002 5:38pm PDT

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LIES the shack got HAXORED! : beefmarine
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- I WinNUKED TEH SHACK s3rv3r! : iamgoat

#170

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Am I still me?

Apr 24, 2002 5:57pm PDT

Am I still me? : Sludgehead

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testing.....

Apr 24, 2002 4:20pm PDT

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testing..... : Tabouh
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- sybilance : zAmboni

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uh...testes...testes...uh huh huh huh

Apr 24, 2002 5:33pm PDT

uh...testes...testes...uh huh huh huh : V0lk

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testing one, two, three. Can you people hear me in the back ok?

Apr 24, 2002 3:37pm PDT

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testing one, two, three. Can you people hear me in the back ok? : Silent1
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  - hehehe : burnmaker

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OMFG, now we don't know who is who! How do you even know I'm me? What if I'm someone else, you wouldn't even know! What if you aren't you!

Apr 24, 2002 5:28pm PDT

OMFG, now we don't know who is who! How do you even know I'm me? What if I'm someone else, you wouldn't e... : jidar

#161

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I hold you Accountable.

Apr 24, 2002 5:26pm PDT

I hold you Accountable. : frosty

#158

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T-t-t-t-te-tes- testicles

Apr 24, 2002 5:25pm PDT

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T-t-t-t-te-tes- testicles : BaBOon
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- Sweet, mine still works... Might be because I don't post 18 thousand times a day like you losers *DUCKS* : BaBOon

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My powers prevented the loss of my account. :)

Apr 24, 2002 5:20pm PDT

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My powers prevented the loss of my account. :) : JesusH.Christ
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- AIEEEYOOHH JEEBUS : fart

#155

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testing ... need more characters

Apr 24, 2002 5:21pm PDT

testing ... need more characters : nire

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Dec 31, 1969 4:00pm PST

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  try http://www.shacknews.com/email_pw.x : sikander
  - it went back to an older version of my password, fixed now : goatsecxy

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ok, i try to d/l the patches and it says my nick is invalid. WTF?!

Apr 24, 2002 5:17pm PDT

ok, i try to d/l the patches and it says my nick is invalid. WTF?! : DaAzzKicker

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Testing to see if my account's been nuked... the account's been around for more than a few weeks, but you never know...

Apr 24, 2002 5:14pm PDT

Testing to see if my account's been nuked... the account's been around for more than a few weeks, but yo... : Maddog_Delphi97

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Errors all over the place. Did something kerplode?

Apr 24, 2002 5:11pm PDT

Errors all over the place. Did something kerplode? : chjode

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OMG, Early ER!

www.shackmadeyoulooknews.com

Apr 24, 2002 4:57pm PDT

OMG, Early ER! www.shackmadeyoulooknews.com : iamgoat

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No harm done to me, but my counterstrike update download gave me some boogee-assed file that was only 60kb.
Oh well, I found a fast server, so no hard feelings to the Shack.

Apr 24, 2002 4:52pm PDT

No harm done to me, but my counterstrike update download gave me some boogee-assed file that was only 60k... : Juno

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please fix my account steve or maarten it is still not fixed

Apr 24, 2002 4:48pm PDT

please fix my account steve or maarten it is still not fixed : jokemon2

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testing

Apr 24, 2002 3:53pm PDT

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- This is a test hahahaha : Chod

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5000+ logged in right now? WTF???

What happened to the old days when it was just me and 9 other people laughing at your funny-ass stories?

And what happened to you writing those stories damnit?

Apr 24, 2002 3:52pm PDT

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  please bring back STUFF THAT SUCKS! : Str8Dog
  - Haha, I think the weekly shit was a bit too much work for him to do. But a story once a friggin month i... : Dobbs
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  And IOTD! : rorshack
  - iotd rules : thenacnud
- again, does anyone have any pictures of the checks from a whack links awhile back. Some crazy dude wrote... : BigDough
- the mild nudity babe hunts... how about the ugly colors... the VERY VERY UGLY Colors. : CrimsonHandHiro
- Second testemonial... sTeve saved my job back in 98... I was working at a technical support company dea... : CrimsonHandHiro

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ouch....teh pain, teh pain!

Apr 24, 2002 4:42pm PDT

ouch....teh pain, teh pain! : enigmatic

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haha that's too fucking bad those faggots that all signed up for the CS/HL shit aren't coming back. we have enough lamers here as it is! I'm talking to wolfanoz, of course

Apr 24, 2002 4:39pm PDT

haha that's too fucking bad those faggots that all signed up for the CS/HL shit aren't coming back. we ha : archon

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Steve, please stop practicing your server juggling skills. >:(

OKTHXROFLGGBYE

Apr 24, 2002 4:39pm PDT

Steve, please stop practicing your server juggling skills. >:( OKTHXROFLGGBYE : geedeck

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pewp

Apr 24, 2002 4:32pm PDT

pewp : RiNgMaStEr

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Are you serious, you had 10,000 accounts created in 1 day?

Apr 24, 2002 4:10pm PDT

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Are you serious, you had 10,000 accounts created in 1 day? : spector
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    Are you serious, you had 10,000 accounts destroyed in 1 day? : Jack Mathews
    - So what... they like CS still. : CrimsonHandHiro
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      not like any of those were coming back! already had a few more thousand signed up though : Maarten Goldstein
      
      what about when the doom3 test is out and stuff? : davecrazy
      
      Yeah, they weren't finished downloading the HL update yet. : CrimsonHandHiro

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Hmmmm. if you restored from backup, why did you still lose a couple weeks of newly created accounts? Don't you have daily or weekly backups?

(not trying to put down the Shack here!! Just curious)

Apr 24, 2002 3:45pm PDT

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test...

Apr 24, 2002 3:58pm PDT

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- didn't work sorry : rorshack

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Yay, we had some problems!

http://www.fatorcaos.com.br/trash/shacknews_unable2connect.gif

But that was corrected on time with some special version (though slow), a la CNN frontpage!

http://www.fatorcaos.com.br/trash/shacknews_specialversion.gif

But we've had bigger problems in the past so that's ok!

http://www.fatorcaos.com.br/trash/shugashack_sql.gif

Apr 24, 2002 3:56pm PDT

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  - malkovich malkovich? : Mugsy

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  hows your bandwidth on bellsouth in mia? Just wanna compare. : Silent1
  - i'm getting 1.2/233 the ping times are great but I get lots of Packet loss... prob. becuase i go through... : joenobody

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There was some problem with the accounts.

Apr 24, 2002 4:10pm PDT

There was some problem with the accounts. : booyaka

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no whammies...

Apr 24, 2002 4:05pm PDT

no whammies... : davecrazy

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