Is this a sign?

**Dayve** · 06-27-2006, 20:13

If someone has hacked RTR, it means they have something against RTR, so then why would they hack RTR's competition?

It was probably that slimey fatso who was stealing money from them who hacked them anyway. The guy who runs the fake RTR site...

**Angadil** · 06-27-2006, 20:26

Originally Posted by Dayve

If someone has hacked RTR, it means they have something against RTR, so then why would they hack RTR's competition?

Because we are not really RTR competition, but just EB? Actually, another bunch of volunteers that spend insane amounts of their time working to build a great game from the promising basis CA delivered. Just like RTR...

**toxicseagull** · 06-27-2006, 20:45

meh is thats whats happened? i keep getting the access denied as well never saw the turkish message.
the debate and discussion bit can get a big heated....

hope they took precautions

**Olaf The Great** · 06-27-2006, 21:30

Originally Posted by toxicseagull

meh is thats whats happened? i keep getting the access denied as well never saw the turkish message.
the debate and discussion bit can get a big heated....

hope they took precautions

They must have taken it off for some reason.

Shoudn't hacking be Illegal?

**orwell** · 06-27-2006, 22:06

Should be, but as far as US law and my knowledge of it is concerned, its only illegal when money gets involved, and I've never heard of anyone getting caught for some of the minor stuff.

**toxicseagull** · 06-27-2006, 22:08

i seem to remember certain kinds are. but internet laws in most countrys are at least 5 years behind anything and debated and discussed by people who have little knowledge or live experiance with computers in general, and who listen to "experts" who see things as "dead straight" and do not account for human behaviour and thoughtfullness (ie hacking), so they live in a nice seperate world :)

**Sdragon** · 06-28-2006, 00:05

Went a couple of days back. Some Java thing installed something on my computer before I could close it. Only just got back from formatting and reinstalling. It wasn't too bad though, had plenty of time to backup all my goodies. But its so annoying that such a thing can happen. No more using Windows Explorer. It’s FireFox all the way for me now.

**Cheexsta** · 06-28-2006, 01:58

Guys, as one of the RTR forum moderators, I think it's time to clear things up a bit.

The RTR forums were, indeed, hacked. A few days ago the main page (index.php) was infected with a virus; a simple php exploit that infected IE users' computers with a keylogger (Firefox and Opera users were not affected). Then yesterday, the index.php file was hacked once more, and the whole forum was replaced with a few lines of text and some interesting music. I didn't see the page myself, but apparently it linked to some hacking group's forum.

Now, everything seems to have been fixed by the admins, and the virus *seems* to have been removed successfully. The hack didn't damage any actual data, it just affected the file that allows you to view it (index.php). We do not know of any particular reason for the attack, and while some fingers were pointed at certain disgruntled ex-members, the general stance is that it was probably a random attack; from what I've heard, other gaming forums have been under attack for quite some time as well, it just happened to be us that was next to be hit.

In any case, the forum is working and back to normal now. I strongly suggest that if you've visited the RTR forums within the last week or two to run a FULL SYSTEM SCAN just to make sure, even if you're a Firefox, Opera or Safari user. If you plan on visiting the RTR forums, it's strongly suggested that you have your anti-virus (and/or firewall) program running while you are there, and if any alerts pop up please let us know immediately.

Thank you.