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[NOT A PUZZLE: ILB.com] Email Hacking

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:01 am

fireball

Ladybee:
paris
voodoo
queen
laveau

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and now for some speculation:

I've heard that we've tried farnsworth already. have we tried dana?

How about names from the authors and books that she likes; ie. Brother Cadfael?

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:06 am

krystyn

If you guys manage to get in, I'll be pretty surprised. Hotmail is, as far as we know, a separate entity from anything controlled by the PMs. If breaking into the e-mail were solvable, what would it take for someone watching our boards to figure it out, log in, delete everything that's in there, perhaps change the profile settings, send out some spam, and then jam the password so it's unusable by anyone, ever again?

Even if it's truly linked to an XBox game, I remain skeptical that this is what we're supposed to be doing right now. I'm NOT saying you shouldn't do it, but I do believe it to be a exercise in futility.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:15 am

dmon_man

ouch

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:17 am

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krystyn

I wasn't trying to be harsh! I mean, OK, I suppose it is possible that the PMs would have some way of creating an extra-super-special Hotmail account that a player could 'crack' and log in to, but then not be able to do anything except read messages, or perhaps add contacts to a list or something. But this means they'd have to have someone on the inside at Hotmail.

I don't have any proof so far that hotmail.com is an in-game site, and so I am not sure at all that hacking the account is even possible, or even the point.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:20 am

RobMagus

from discussion in #beekeepers, it's possible that the PMs did not forsee us attempting to get into the accounts, especially with the password reset method. We could concievable then change the password if we got in, and keep the PMs out.

A whole boatload of trouble, seems to me. Thoughts?

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:34 am

fireball

For good, or for awesome, here's a Wiki for this purpose:
http://bees.netninja.com/wiki/index.php?title=Hotmail_Hack_Attempts

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:46 am

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ladybee777 account issues

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:11 am

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vpisteve

My opinion is similar to Krystyn's. I really think it's a waste of time/effort to try to hack the account.

PLUS, in doing so, it apparently locks down for security reasons, effectively locking the PMs out of using the account also. Doesn't seem like a good idea.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:35 am

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No it only locks us out from repeated forgotten password attempts Wink

I tried but after it wasn't Farnsworth, I figured it'd be wrong.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 5:47 am

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strifey · Guest

I don't think we're supposed to hack it personally. Seems thats where the communication from the entity is going to come, and us being in there most likely will serve no purpose, other than getting everybody else's email's being sent to that address. As far as I can tell, that would be absolutely horrible of the PM's to allow that to happen. There are bozo's out there that would sell the e-mail list, especially if they are trying to reach a wider audience of X-Box players. It's something I wouldn't want to see unless it was controlled (a la Dale's e-mail in CTW, we got into it, but none of the personal emails sent there necessarily appeared).

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 8:49 am

Ikkarus · Veteran Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 87

I think (and this is purely metagame thinking), that if they wanted us to hack the address and get into it, they wouldn't have set it up on hotmail. We'd have a different address (like "danatwing@ilovebees.com") that would get us access to an internal webmail box. If they want us to break into hotmail I think that's just damned irresponsible PMing. Whoever these PMs are, they don't seem that irresponsible to me.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:59 am

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Marduk · Veteran Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 121 Location: Atlanta

I would agree that if they wanted us to hack the email, they would have put it on one of their own servers. That said, here are passwords I have tried for Ladybee:

farnsworth
Farnsworth
Decker
decker (related to the Ant Farm)

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:15 am

xnbomb

Hack not, lest ye be judged.

**Posted:** Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:01 pm

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