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My Hacking - The story of the deceptive 'friend'... (95%) |
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If you're reading now, please bear in mind that this is not the finished version nor has it been verified for missing parts yet so you are not getting the complete story right now. domokun
ALMOST DONE.
Goodness I haven't made an entry for a while. domokun I'll explain when I can be bothered. mrgreen
OK. Well, on Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:05 am (GMT London) I was hacked. I did not know or understand how such a thing happened because believe me, my password was VERY long and secure. Some people have seen it and they know. (No, it is so long that there is no way they could remember it, even if I showed it to them for 10 minutes. whee ) Anyway, I always had a feeling that this hacking was not normal. How could I get hacked?! My password and other methods of security would take SEVERAL months to get into, so how did it happen?
The day before, I went to my friend Byran's house. (warfull on Gaia) I went there to eradicate his laptop of spyware, viruses and other malicious stuff because I honestly had nothing better to do. I didn't manage to clean all of it because his laptop was HEAVILY infected and his father did not approve of installing anything because he believes that new things=bad. (don't ask...) He had the works, Smiley Central, 180 Solutions Software, and a number of toolbars which came bundled with all kinds of nasty things. Byran told me that one of them installed itself and he(Byran) thought it was a good thing... Yeah. rolleyes
The subject eventually changed to Gaia and then into my items. I explained that I was making a multiple trade for a Devil Tail with somebody called Ghastah. He didn't understand what a multiple trade was so I had to explain to him in detail. sweatdrop This girl was fishy from the start. She wanted over 150 items for a Devil Tail? Then she randomly logged in and off? Bah, my hastiness was my downfall. I should've thought about it first. e__e (Yeah, she scammed me out of almost everything. domokun )
Next day, I found myself at Byran's house again, this time to attempt to clean all of the spyware off his laptop once and for all. Then, I found myself craving for Gaia. xd Not just to be on Gaia however, but to see the progress of my trades. I forgot my memory stick which had my password stored on it. My curiosity going crazy, I resorted to using the password reset function...
I logged in on my e-mail address. Byran, being relatively new, and ignorant marvelled at this method of entering one's account... I accessed my account and got what I needed to do done. I logged out of everything and then went home.
Nightfall came and I was on Gaia completing trades for the Devil Tail. Then, a blank trade from 00mule00 came across. Confused, I cancelled it. Minutes later, another trade form 00mule00 came across. I went to cancel it, only to it saying my password was incorrect. I knew what this was, a hacking. surprised I panicked, then thought for a little while - password reset function. I tried: "An e-mail has been sent recently". Strange, I sent my last one over 6 hours ago... I knew my e-mail address was the one which had been hacked. A few minutes passed and my GF Darth Darkie told me that the 00mule00 account had sent her a PM telling her that my password was now 'toxichaze'. A simple, uncreative password... I tried it, but it was wrong. Afterwards, I thought all hope was lost. Anybody who had the ability to hack me was obviously GOOD and that worried me greatly.
I tried to log in again 5 minutes later. The password worked. I looked around my account. All my gold was gone; not much, most of it went in the D Tail trade. Just 190k was taken. Then I went to my trades and saw only two. I had considerably more than two trades of items in my inventory. I was also surprised to know that the open trade with Ghastah was still open. It had an OMG and a June '07 letter in it. Who would not see a trade like that? Maybe the hacker didn't check it? Maybe the hacker didn't know the value of the items inside and thought it was worthless? I was unsure and confused at the time. I checked my inventory: a Gold Mountain Red Vest and Shirt along with a Blue Ska Coat was left. There were three empty slots left in the trade with 00mule00. Why weren't they taken? Maybe the hacker's computer didn't load the images and they remained unnoticed? It just didn't add up. He was able to hack me yet he seemed to have no knowledge of Gaia... At the time I was thinking he brute forced my e-mail address; I seldom look into it. If he took the time to do that, why did he spend such little time looking around my account? I didn't think about it too much at the time.
I checked my store, there was a Zony Discman and a Whip of Fire. Why was my store not looked into? Was this some sort of joke? Finally, I checked my storage. All of my most valuable items were in there. The items with high sentimental value. Now, if somebody took time to hack me, obviously studying me to figure out my e-mail address used for Gaia, if I had such a small amount of items in my main inventory, then why didn't they check my storage, obviously there was going to be more. Stressed and bewildered, I went to bed and thought...
Next morning I began to think who might of had the motive. Byran? Maybe it was jealousy and desire for my items. Maybe I didn't donate enough. Dexter (Dexter1128 on Gaia)? Maybe I didn't donate enough? I didn't really think it would be him though, he used Gaia for the forum and socialising part considerably more than the becoming rich part. Maybe it was the people who I was rude to. At that point, I was unsure. I talked with my closest friends who were online and discussed the matter - the methods which were most likely used.
I PMed 00mule00 with:
Toxic Haze You managed to hack me. domokun Now tell me, how did you do it? I wasn't really that bothered about the hacking any more - the stress had subsided. I was mainly thinking about the Devil Tail trade and how if it was legit, I would be able to get back on my feet as if nothing happened. (Shame it wasn't... =/)
Next day, he replied with:
00mule00 Toxic Haze You managed to hack me. domokun Now tell me, how did you do it? I Asked A Friend. A friend? Maybe this 'friend' was a pro. Maybe he didn't use Gaia properly which is why not all of my items were taken...
I studied the writing. The "mule" in the name compelled me the find out who the main was. The beginning of all the words in capital letters? www.spellcheck.net can do that. Who would use that website? Byran. Months ago, I told him about it if he ever needed help with spelling something. This is when he became my prime suspect. The bold, along with the white mule was supposed to put me off. Only a stupid, uncreative boy who is an insult to intelligence would put "mule" in their name... gonk Only a few weeks ago, I told him about what a mule is. He asked: "What are mules used for?" I said: "Loads of things: to store items and hoards in, to post and sell things in case you want to do something private, loads. Some people use them when they're hacking someone so their main isn't detected." Sounds stupid that I gave him that vital piece to his plan but at the time, I never thought he had it in him.
I went to check 00mule00's posts. 'BUMP' & '*yawn*' were his only posts. Only ONE person who I know uses the combination, Byran. At that point I was 99% sure it was him who did it. I asked him on MSN, he denied it. I kept on trying to interrogate him on MSN but he continued to deny it. I phoned him and asked him - I said: "You did it!" He said: "OK" in a voice that would take place when someone doesn't care.
About a week later I met him outside. At this point the scam had been completed and I was ruined. I asked him calmly: "Byran, did you hack me?" He said: "No." His face was straight and he was serious. At the time, I saw nothing peculiar about it and I was actually quite convinced.
Two days later, in the morning I was just browsing profiles and went onto warfull's one only to see my friend, Dexter saying:
Dexter1128 Safe for the Mochi and the money man.
Mochi? There was absolutely NO WAY Byran could get a Mochi with his rate of earning gold. He doesn't know how to vend/exchange/invest/etc. nor does he attend any charities so he couldn't of gotten one so quickly.
I went to school and at the bus stop I met Dexter, the discussion began with my hacking, then it merged into other things and finally, the donation from warfull. I was told that Byran said he scammed some newb who bought his Getagrip Gloves for 100k from which the 100k donation was from a friend. I didn't believe it but I went along with it. I had a strong feeling that if I asked Byran how he got the Mochi, the stories wouldn't match up. After school I queried him about it. He said that it was donated. I then confronted him about how the two stories didn't match up. He laughed nervously.
Afterwards, we were walking home. My suspicions were sky high again and I asked him over and over again "Did you do it?!" and "I know it was you, Byran... that's why the stories didn't match up" I then plagued him with a series of explanations about why I think it was him. I told the story and although it was right, I didn't know at that time and he just laughed. (He ALWAYS laughs about everything so there was nothing suspicious.) We went to the bus stop and I was still asking him. He kept on trying to change the subject and was just saying random bullshit to try and put me off. It didn't work. I asked him one last time and he said: "OK! It was me..." Jackpot. I made him crack. Now that I knew it was him, there was no way I would let it down without my items being returned to my account. However, I was a bit surprised. Perhaps this was an advanced form of reverse psychology. For a minute, I thought about it and then I thought: 'Nah, this is Byran, he doesn't think like that...' To confirm, I asked to go to his house so I could see him log on to the 00mule00 account...
When I arrived at his house I sat there in suspense and at the top I saw 'login_success=1'. I sat there unable to speak for a few seconds. Then asked how he did it. He shrugged. "OK then" I said. I asked him to give me some clues. He replied with: "A boy called Marcus, a lollipop, Gaia and an episode of Deathnote". I didn't see a strong relation between them but all I could produce is: Byran bribed Marcus, who is a computer pro with a lollipop to get into my account and hack me. The Deathnote is just irrelevant. At least, that's all I can make of it. xd Anyway, Byran promised to tell me how it happened on Thursday this week.
NEW: According to Byran, this is what happened:
Marcus is his uncle. Marcus went to Byran's house and they watched an episode of Deathnote. In the episode, 'toxic' was said and Byran thought about me. Marcus planted a keylogger on the laptop ages ago and Byran was (apparently) unaware of it. He then went on to access my account because he was 'bored'.
I was at his house for a while and he began trades with my items to my main and mule accounts. Of course, I wasn't going to repeat the same mistake twice so I chose to wait until I got home to accept the trades. Since I knew that Byran was the one who hacked me, he had permanently lost my trust and I feared that he would just cancel the trades and then there would be no progress. So, I noticed his 2GB memory stick on the table. I quickly took it whilst looking around to see if any of my belongings were left behind that he could use against me and left, alerting him that I had it in my possession. He tried to prevent me from leaving the house and going home by lying about various things and trying to trick me but I managed to elude him and say: "No items, no memory stick. I'm sure you would prefer this over some virtual items..." I went home and discussed the matter with him in greater detail.
I also managed to find out that he has vital coursework on his memory stick which I am more than willing to delete without remorse if all of my 625k worth of items aren't returned. (Oh dear, oh dear Byran... Vital coursework? Paid software? Information? I have ALL of them at my disposal. You better abide by my rules and regulations. domokun )
Anyway, I think that's it. Thanks for reading. And Byran, you make me sick. I want nothing to do with you ever again. You're not a friend, you're just a deceptive, lying, scheming, malicious s**t who manipulates trust and tries to use idiocy as humour to regain friendship. It's not happening. I never did truly trust you in the first place, now it's been scarred to the point of irreversibility. Congratulations, you've lost the one person who you truly know on Gaia who could of made you wealthy. Do not attempt to become friends or act kind and friendly again. I don't like you - I don't want you to like me. Just stay away, OK?
Toxic Haze · Thu Jun 21, 2007 @ 06:21pm · 5 Comments |
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NOT making Userbars or banners anymore. |
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Don't ask please. I'm not making them anymore.
Toxic Haze · Sat Jan 20, 2007 @ 09:27am · 0 Comments |
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Banner and Userbar samples |
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Toxic Haze · Mon Oct 16, 2006 @ 07:41pm · 3 Comments |
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Toxic Haze · Sat Sep 09, 2006 @ 11:23am · 0 Comments |
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