Account HiJacking??

masteroftherealm

Hi doing this on behalf of my girlfriend Azureus that last post that she got banned for wasnt by her and wasnt by anyone we know. We were both out of the house at that time. Could admins check what IP address that last post was from or try find out how someone got into her account?? Cheers(Will get her to post here soon just shes on dialup at her house)

Cheers
MOTR

sceptre

After some extensive research (she's only had 14 posts so I went through them all which makes me feel like a stalker), it would appear to be the same location she was posting from in the early evening of August 11 and the afternoon of August 13. Different from the location(s) she has posted from later at night at any other time.

I trust this'll answer the query. Assuming what you've said is correct (I've no reason to doubt you) she forgot to log out from the location referenced above. I would suggest that she somehow arranges that for her own good or who knows what your mystery assailant will be posting next.

RopeDrink

Make sure, if you have accessed your account from NetCafe's, or have other people at home that use Boards, that you log out of your account afterwards.

Forgot to log out at a LAN that had Net Access before - One of the lads posted up a few things here when I had left, but thankfully, logged out afterwards (He posted up how he was more than capable of changing my password or getting me banned from Boards etc etc)

So be careful.

Then again, it's easy to post up stuff like this as a means of becoming unbanned, but thankfully the admins have Night/Infrared/Post vision and can detect most of these things, so you best watch yourself

sceptre

I really love it when Ropey hits a serious informative phase - all the answering could be left to him alone. Seriously.

RopeDrink wrote:

Make sure, if you have accessed your account from NetCafe's, or have other people at home that use Boards, that you log out of your account afterwards.

Absolutely. When it comes down to it, you're pretty much responsible for your own account and any actions taken by that account. That's the way most mods and the admins will probably look at it in almost every given situation and in my personal view that's pretty much fair. Now, how many loopholes and mini-disclaimers did I put in there, eh?

RopeDrink

I really love it when Ropey hits a serious informative phase - all the answering could be left to him alone. Seriously.

Haven't you noticed?
I'm going for the job of first ever Boards.ie ' Mega Moderator '

RopeDrink

Out of boredom, and and a sheer fascination with creativity, I made a temporary card to commemorate this loveable moment.

Hobbes

RopeDrink wrote:

Make sure, if you have accessed your account from NetCafe's, or have other people at home that use Boards, that you log out of your account afterwards.

TBH based on the people I have bumped into in netcafes I wouldn't even use my own login in the cafe.

WizZard

RopeDrink wrote:

Out of boredom, and and a sheer fascination with creativity, I made a temporary card to commemorate this loveable moment.

Very cool.

Lafortezza

masteroftherealm wrote:

Hi doing this on behalf of my girlfriend Azureus that last post that she got banned for wasnt by her and wasnt by anyone we know. We were both out of the house at that time. Could admins check what IP address that last post was from or try find out how someone got into her account?? Cheers(Will get her to post here soon just shes on dialup at her house)

Cheers
MOTR

I banned the username from Poker because it was just plain abuse for no reason. In a pm or two back or forth I suggested that maybe the account had been used by someone else. Seems likely now especially since the users previous posts weren't in Poker, Fash/App mostly i think.
Ban stands though, you gots ta be careful with your password etc.

Talliesin

RopeDrink wrote:

Forgot to log out at a LAN that had Net Access before

Just think of the fun if an SMod did that!

Nukem

Talliesin wrote:

Just think of the fun if an SMod did that!

Girlfriend posted on my account once because i just forgot to logout and she though it was her account.Nothing major she realised it about 2secs later and logged out.

Maybe it could be possible to build in a timer in your account for internet cafes.You buy 1hr in the =cafe so you set the timer for 1hr on boards too for auto logoff?

Nukem

WhiteWashMan

yeah, my partner uses my pc all the time and posts the most god awful pap sometimes under my user name sometimes...

/whistles tunelessly

masteroftherealm

Yeah the other two places were in an internet cafe. Obsiously it was rigged with a keylogger. Shes changed her password now. Wasnt just something random though cause whoever it was knew who DeVore was!

masteroftherealm

lafortezza wrote:

I banned the username from Poker because it was just plain abuse for no reason. In a pm or two back or forth I suggested that maybe the account had been used by someone else. Seems likely now especially since the users previous posts weren't in Poker, Fash/App mostly i think.
Ban stands though, you gots ta be careful with your password etc.

Of course but to be honest I doubt it was a major loss for her.... Not a poker player!

GoneShootin

masteroftherealm wrote:

ot a poker player!

Not until you find yourself carless, homeless, and pantsless!

masteroftherealm

Teehe well she will then benefit from this ban and not become that!! WuHu i get to keep her as she is!

DeVore

Is she still site banned?

DeV.

ecksor

Don't think she was ever site banned, just banned from the poker forum.

sceptre

^what ecksor said, AFAIK.

Victor

masteroftherealm wrote:

Yeah the other two places were in an internet cafe. Obsiously it was rigged with a keylogger.

I "doubt" the keylogger bit, people are just bone lazy.

I've actually found quite a few boards accounts left logged-in in internet café. Usually I just log out, one I sent them a PM from there own account saying "I'm watching you". :eek:

GoneShootin

Victor wrote:

Usually I just log out, one I sent them a PM from there own account saying "I'm watching you". :eek:

You're a strang fish Victor - a very strange fish

masteroftherealm

Victor wrote:

I "doubt" the keylogger bit, people are just bone lazy.

I've actually found quite a few boards accounts left logged-in in internet café. Usually I just log out, one I sent them a PM from there own account saying "I'm watching you". :eek:

Hmm no cause how would they have got her password then?

Gordon

She probably didn't log out properly or there was a problem logging her out, as mentioned previously.

I'd imagine using a keylogger in a public netcafe would be an arduous thing to sift through every day. Though I've never used one so I could be wrong.

masteroftherealm

Oh its done trust me. But even if she was logged in it wouldnt give them her password as there was a numbers of days between when she was in the cafe last and the post?

Gordon

Well if it was a keylogger, which I doubt, then maybe the keylogging folks were off on holiday doing a bit of lumberjacking in Canada. They came back and then had to sift through thousands of keys before finally turning up with her login details. Those pesky little beavers.

She has changed her password I presume?

Talliesin

masteroftherealm wrote:

Hmm no cause how would they have got her password then?

What makes you think they did? If they just posted they wouldn't need the password, just to be logged in.

masteroftherealm

Yup she did it last night.
I just found it weird that whoever it was knew devores real name!

Gordon

OK here's what happened...

A beaver walks into a bar...

Maybe a boards user went to an internet cafe to use boards. Typed in boards.ie and found he was logged in already as your girlfriend. Then he proceeded to install keylogging software and bought a flight to Canada with all his new found wealth.

masteroftherealm

Hmmmmm why canadia?

Gordon

Logging is extensive over there, good money in it. Or maybe somewhere in South America if flights were thin on the ground.

Dub13

LOL....very good