On The Data Breach and The Doxxing That Never Happened
Feb 22, 2016 11:54:03 GMT -5
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Post by jcarter on Feb 22, 2016 11:54:03 GMT -5
this deserves its own thread because people are idiots and can't be bothered to read firsthand what's going on.
for those who do not know or want to catch up: the Arm wiki was leaked and up for less than 24 hours before being taken down by the person responsible. it was announced on this website and hosted elsewhere. for 20 minutes while it was up, there was allegedly sensitive information that was quickly taken down when the person responsible saw. i do not know what was in the page, I haven't seen it. what I do have is an archived copy of the wiki. on sunday I announced in the Announcements forum that if there were concerns about personal information within the wiki, i would be open to contact to make sure it was scrubbed before things were disseminated as well as that I would go through and do my best to make sure there was no remaining personal information.
so now it's day 2 and no one has attempted to contact me. i think it's safe to say that these fears of being doxxed and allegations that people are being put in danger are nothing but posturing. and that's not really surprising, and here's why.
the 'identity' of Arm staff is not a secret. these are people who have met and hung out irl with players and other staff of the game for years. they're members and participants of various social media groups that are open to the public. their contact information is available in *gasp* domain registrar files which can be publically accessed through internic. my avatar photo is of nyr which was taken from a video he put up on youtube, identifying himself as nyr and speaking about arm. now i can't speak for the content of what was in the wiki page that was yanked after 20 minutes as I didn't see it and don't have a copy of it, but the only other page with anything close to 'doxxing' info is a 2006 AIM organizational page that has phone numbers. that's right fellas. the juicy information that threatens to endanger the lives of people who run a video game which is known to about 400 people is phone numbers from 10 years ago.
with that said no one here has asked, either publicly on boards, through chat, or in PMs to me, for staffer information. despite all the narcissistic delusions the staff has been able to indulge itself in for the last few years, that a shadowy group of players was obsessed with them or w/e other fantasies they cooked up to add spice to their hum-drum lives, no one gives a shit.
i understand that this event gives staff and players a chance once and for all to paint a broad picture that this board, comprised of both current and former staff and players, is actually a single, unified mustache-twirling hivemind that is up to no good and out to get them and their video game. that's ok, you are more than welcome to be a moron. but please exercise some critical thinking skills to fully understand what actually happened, the ramifications, and realities of the situation before you go propagating tall tales of computer hackers doxxing nyr so that they can order drone strikes or w/e other stupid shit you people believe.
for those who do not know or want to catch up: the Arm wiki was leaked and up for less than 24 hours before being taken down by the person responsible. it was announced on this website and hosted elsewhere. for 20 minutes while it was up, there was allegedly sensitive information that was quickly taken down when the person responsible saw. i do not know what was in the page, I haven't seen it. what I do have is an archived copy of the wiki. on sunday I announced in the Announcements forum that if there were concerns about personal information within the wiki, i would be open to contact to make sure it was scrubbed before things were disseminated as well as that I would go through and do my best to make sure there was no remaining personal information.
so now it's day 2 and no one has attempted to contact me. i think it's safe to say that these fears of being doxxed and allegations that people are being put in danger are nothing but posturing. and that's not really surprising, and here's why.
the 'identity' of Arm staff is not a secret. these are people who have met and hung out irl with players and other staff of the game for years. they're members and participants of various social media groups that are open to the public. their contact information is available in *gasp* domain registrar files which can be publically accessed through internic. my avatar photo is of nyr which was taken from a video he put up on youtube, identifying himself as nyr and speaking about arm. now i can't speak for the content of what was in the wiki page that was yanked after 20 minutes as I didn't see it and don't have a copy of it, but the only other page with anything close to 'doxxing' info is a 2006 AIM organizational page that has phone numbers. that's right fellas. the juicy information that threatens to endanger the lives of people who run a video game which is known to about 400 people is phone numbers from 10 years ago.
with that said no one here has asked, either publicly on boards, through chat, or in PMs to me, for staffer information. despite all the narcissistic delusions the staff has been able to indulge itself in for the last few years, that a shadowy group of players was obsessed with them or w/e other fantasies they cooked up to add spice to their hum-drum lives, no one gives a shit.
i understand that this event gives staff and players a chance once and for all to paint a broad picture that this board, comprised of both current and former staff and players, is actually a single, unified mustache-twirling hivemind that is up to no good and out to get them and their video game. that's ok, you are more than welcome to be a moron. but please exercise some critical thinking skills to fully understand what actually happened, the ramifications, and realities of the situation before you go propagating tall tales of computer hackers doxxing nyr so that they can order drone strikes or w/e other stupid shit you people believe.