LOL, Honda-Acura.Net = OWNED

Post by **BuudWeizErr** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

The basic premise is someone got access to their admin panel, banned all the mods/admins and opened up the moderator forum for all the users to see, hahaha, owned.

The first three entries on this page detail the exact reason and give information and such, it's pretty funny, so much interweb drama.

http://www.downshiftonpedestrians.com/

And here a link to the mod forum.

http://www.honda-acura.net/for...id=72

Looks like they were doing some scandalous s h i t, so this time, <3 for hackers.

EDIT: The forum is currently being held hostage, because the owners have NO way of getting into the admin panel to give themself administrative priveleges again.

Post by **BuudWeizErr** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn... doing some reading, here is some stuff they were doing:

-Secret Santa Scam: advertisers were giving them parts to give to members and they rigged it to divide amongst the mods/admins

-Raffle Scams

-Selling email addresses to p0rn/spam companies

-Ban/Warn quota per month so that the moderators could stay moderators, and then they were paid dependent upon their quota.

-Charging advertisers different prices and then dividing the money amongst themselves.

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn is all I have to say.

I really hope this isn't mirrored in the Nissan community.

Post by **fiznat** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

wow now that is impressive

even more suprising that some of the regular people on the board had no idea the mods were like that... getting paid and rewarded for handing out warnings, etc? what the hell is that crap?

...hmmm makes me wonder about OUR mods...

:shocked

Post by **drifter sx** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

geez..

best not be none that 'round here cuz i'd bust a cap! :uzi

Post by **fiznat** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

that really does blow my mind that nobody noticed that the mods kept winning things, that they kept getting more and more junk email (although I HAVE been gettin more junk email lately, and also AIM spam beleive it or not).... but still, you'd think more people would be less suprised.

Post by **drifter sx** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

i agree.. you'd think people would eventually suspect something but for it to last that long?? thats just nuts

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

WTF? Member Massacre...

http://www.honda-acura.net/for...04800

Post by **BuudWeizErr** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

Well, a raffle scam no matter what medium it uses does not work if it's creators are constantly winners, there are, however, other ways to make a raffle scam work, if you get my drift.

It's pretty easy actually.

Post by **fiznat** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

Quote »If we rig it right we can "lose" the user database... combine that with $2 fee for new signups....

I smell bonuses. [/quote]WOW

Post by **drifter sx** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

man thats harsh...

these guys suck

Post by **Anand** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

I asure you, nothing like that is happening here.. for a simple reason that we as in Mod's do not get paid anything to be a moderator... it is kind of a honor and work for free deal.. we don't have raffles here to begin with...

that just sucks taht this kind of stuff happened there...

Post by **drifter sx** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

i knew those honda boys sucked for more than one reason... am i alone on this??

Checkered-Member · Post by **Checkered-Member** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

just WOW....

Post by **Touchdown038** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

Quote »Quote"]We are putting up with all the crapp from our stupid members, filling our quotas for warning points and bannings by targeting members for no reason whatsoever other than we didnt like their username, avatar, or sig pic, and we even helped in the raffle scam, for which the mods are only getting a 20% cut. [/quote]

Damn I'm glad I'm not one of the Honda boys... but I'm sure they're glad to hear about all of these scams. Sounds like it's about ***-kicking time to me! :ylsuper

Checkered-Member · Post by **Checkered-Member** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

dam it…they just took it off...good thing I read most of the stuff out there

Post by **180fan** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

honda fanboys or not, they still got the shaft royal which shouldn't happen to just regular users like that. hopefully that old phrase "what goes around comes around" won't swing around to some of the other forums that any of us might visit.

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

well I have a feeling its all over

Post by **themadscientist** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

Yeah I have been behind on my quota for December, Fiz and Jake your banned! There's another $17.50 and McDonald's happy meal toy in my Numbered Elsugundo bank account.:alcoholic Drunk with power muhahahaha!

In all seriousness though the admins and mods work hard for you guys and want to bring the best board they can to you, qual people.

Post by **BuudWeizErr** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

Heh, heres the latest info:

http://www.importlove.com/foru...id=51

Looks like everyone migrated to that forum.

Post by **fiznat** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

DAMN thats cold! Traded off for $8.75!! hahaha

But hey does anyone know WHY they made money banning people and handing out warnings? I mean, yea that's messed up, but whats the motivation for the person who was funding all of this? Wouldnt the people runing the boards want MORE members, not less? I just dont understand how they made money it ever...

Post by **Turb0wned** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

hopfully thats not what happens on nico

Post by **BuudWeizErr** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

http://www.sinthetiq.com/han-scandal/

Post by **drifter sx** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

man this is HUGE!! i mean HHUUGGEE!!! we should call CNN!!!

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

wtf lol??

looks to be a prank now...

****suckers....

Post by **crzycav86** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

That is hilarious!

But I don't see why they need a quota for bans..

..but their threads are still funny ****!

Post by **Josh** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

Interesting... That **** really sucks... Yeah, I don't really have anytihng to say, was just interested and replying to the thread the easiest way to receive my email notification on new happenings...

On the email note, I have been receiving a lot of junk lately... Although, I guess it could just be those p0rn sites I was at ; )

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

Definately a prank, with a small problem LOL

Post by **Touchdown038** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

lessthanjakejohn wrote:wtf lol??

looks to be a prank now...

****suckers....

Just out of curiosity, what gave you that idea?

Post by **lessthanjakejohn** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

what?

Post by **rco8786** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:20 pm

Quote »H-a.net wasn't hacked. MyCarIsFast was a fabrication. The "mod corner" that you guys could see was completely and totally fake. There was no conspiracy, we h-a mods make no money off the site, and the secret santa has not been rigged in any way. [/quote]it appears to be a big joke, or at least they're desperately trying to cover it up.

LOL, Honda-Acura.Net = OWNED

LOL, Honda-Acura.Net = OWNED

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