From Baka-Updates.com:
MangaUpdates was not hacked. Baka-Updates, our sister site, was hacked. However, if you use the same password on BU as on MU, you should read this:
I have some sad news to tell everyone. Today the Baka-Updates site was hacked by some guy who calls himself YaQJoo. He was able to get the full list of names along with passwords and email addresses. For your safety, please change your passwords on the website and your email account IF YOU USE THE SAME PASSWORD.
In the meantime, we are working on securing the site to make sure this does not happen again. Several pages and site functions will be unavailable for the time being
Also:
If you got an email from the hacker, it is safe to open, as far as we have found. It only contains a message of gloats...Basically, he hijacked the forum and made himself an admin, enabling him to use the BU admin mass email system.
Edit:
Due to recent events, we decided to upgrade password security over at MU. However, we apparently forgot to edit the password scheme for the confirmation of the old password, which isn't compatible with the new one...Which means that you can't change your passwords for MU! >_>
Manick's asleep right now, so you guys have to wait half a day or so
Edit 2:
The confirmation has been fixed, you should be able to change your passwords now.
News post heavily hijacked by lambchopsil
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5:10 pm, Nov 17 2008
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6:54 pm, Nov 17 2008
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thanks for the quick reaction to the incident
although i can't even fathom why anyone would want to hack a DATABASE site instead of directly attacking a fan-subbing website (not that i want them to)
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although i can't even fathom why anyone would want to hack a DATABASE site instead of directly attacking a fan-subbing website (not that i want them to)
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7:10 pm, Nov 17 2008
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7:10 pm, Nov 17 2008
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well if he decided to attack fansubbing by attacking those that support it....
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7:35 pm, Nov 17 2008
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I got an email from that guy. I didn't open it cuz I heard there was an email going around with some virus that didn't have a patch yet so I figured that's what it was. Did anybody else get the email and open it?
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well, as it said, the databased that was hacked included usernames, password, and most importantly emails. not everyone changes their password for every different thing they register to. this means a huge security issue for everyone on that database
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I'm getting too old....
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"Rule No. 1 is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule No. 2 is, it's all small stuff." - Robert Eliot, Writer
"Oh boy, here we go...again." - Israfel
I'm getting too old....
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9:02 pm, Nov 17 2008
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9:02 pm, Nov 17 2008
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lol, I heard that you cant change the passwords on mangaupdates.com because it says your pw doesn't match with the system entry although it's exactly the same password. did anybody mess up this database as well?
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9:20 pm, Nov 17 2008
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9:20 pm, Nov 17 2008
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I tried to change my password but it was changed from the original.
9:23 pm, Nov 17 2008
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I edited the news post to include information about this
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10:09 pm, Nov 17 2008
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Good thing I changed the password for MU right away when I saw the news. Another good thing is I have a different password for my email. I rarely ever used my email's pw for other site's pw. I tend to have different random pw for sites I register. I can't never remember them all but I'm too paranoid to put the same pw for every sites I register. So I to have to write all the pw down in a list so I can check.
Good luck with securing the sites. Hope nothing serious happens.
Good luck with securing the sites. Hope nothing serious happens.
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10:50 pm, Nov 17 2008
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I seriously hope the passwords were at least hashed, pref with some delicious salt...
really would like to know though... ~_~
really would like to know though... ~_~
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11:47 pm, Nov 17 2008
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11:47 pm, Nov 17 2008
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I dont think you can get a virus just for opening an email. In order for that to happen, I believe you must open the file attached to the email. what you read is probably not an exe file. and yes, i saw the email, no harm.
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2:22 am, Nov 18 2008
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LOL
so our password is not encrypted? ^^;;
I was wondering why you guys suddenly disappeared.this morning. I thought it was some kind of sudden maintenance....
so our password is not encrypted? ^^;;
I was wondering why you guys suddenly disappeared.this morning. I thought it was some kind of sudden maintenance....
Bwaaah!
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3:53 am, Nov 18 2008
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Thanks for the heads up. I was a bit worried after seeing the post in BU.
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5:15 am, Nov 18 2008
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The same reason idiots hack anything. To mess with people and make themselves feel like less of a loser. Same with people who make viruses, I mean, WTF, right? The whole point of hacking games and sites is to ruin the fun for everyone else cause their life sux.
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6:00 am, Nov 18 2008
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Some people really have no other worries in life...
Thanks for the fast news and reaction.
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Thanks for the fast news and reaction.
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