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gatsby's american girl · Boot Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 17

[UPDATE] UM 9/21, and hack on 9/24 = Puzzle?

**Posted:** Tue Sep 21, 2004 11:18 pm

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ElGameR

Hmmm... The Forunate Son seems to have something to do with http://www.theseventhsons.com/ ... Could this post have hints to another page on theseventhsons?

**Posted:** Tue Sep 21, 2004 11:23 pm

dishboy

**Posted:** Wed Sep 22, 2004 12:00 am

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Schnell-Davis · Boot Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Las Vegas, NV

Looks Like UM has been hacked

**Posted:** Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:26 am

RungeKutta

Re: Looks Like UM has been hacked

**Posted:** Wed Sep 22, 2004 4:16 am

Pixiestix

Re: Looks Like UM has been hacked

**Posted:** Wed Sep 22, 2004 4:23 am

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ok ok, i had to email.... i had to. but all i said was "test" i wanted to see if it would bounce..... so here's the reply i got back VERY quickly:

**Posted:** Wed Sep 22, 2004 5:04 am

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grumpyboy · Unfettered Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660

Amanda/Ed reports on the recent hack:

**Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2004 7:20 pm

Flidget Jerome · Unfettered Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 308

InfinityWPI · Kl00 Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 42

Can I just say, I'm impressed with the mention of the Harts and Von Erichs? Someone knows their old-school sports entertainment...

**Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2004 7:52 pm

JustLurking · Guest

**Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2004 7:57 pm

Nogwater · Veteran Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Posts: 111

I can't tell if it's in-game or not. Maybe the PMs are just trying to play it cool. What are they supposed to say? I guess they could have pretended like it didn't happen... then again, maybe Ron didn't need to talk about ARGs and link to UF. (Maybe UF is in-game!)

My point is (I hope the PMs are listening) that I can't tell if the hack was real, or part of the game. I also can't tell if what was released was intentional, or an oops. I expect Edmanda to clear it up if we should do anything with the leaked info.

**Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:18 pm

DeathPrawn · Boot Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Posts: 45

Another update!

**Posted:** Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:57 am

Schnell-Davis · Boot Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Las Vegas, NV

I agree with Flidget Jerome's edit. I investigated the hacked page, and there's no way it was in-game.

However, the PM's are very good (which we already knew), so they're rolling with the punch, and using it as an opportunity to heighten the paranoia.

I don't think there's any value in investigating the hackers (this isn't Lockjaw, after all). But I do applaud the PM's for dealing very well with what could have been an extremely bad situation.

In the highly unlikely event that the hack was in-game, I'm sure the PM's will give us a nudge in that direction. Unless and until that happens, I think we'd all do better to move along to other more promising lines of investigation.

**Posted:** Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:01 am

DeathPrawn · Boot Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Posts: 45

*ahem*
UM has been hacked again. The main page shows this:

**Posted:** Fri Sep 24, 2004 10:11 pm