Serious breach of protocol/etiquette on KiwiBiker

[Blackbird]

I've just emailed SpankMe, but someone has just used my alias to make a post, the contents of which are complete bullshit and the language is certainly not what I use, neither are the sentiments. See the following post made at 1517: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...873#post388873. Interesting to note that the post and my subsequent rebuttal below have the same post number.

How the hell can this happen? It throws the whole security of the site into question, as well as the motives of the offender.

I suppose that I could have deleted it, but that's merely covering a potentially serious problem up.

Any ideas before I take it further? I take grave exception to this.

Cheers

Geoff

[froggyfrenchman]

Thats horible to hear. I thought this site was a group of like minded bikers willing to go out of their way to help each other! Hope you grt to the bottom of this caper soon

[Blackbird]

Sorry if I upset SM - he can give me some bad reps if he likes but I'm downright wild.

[SixPackBack]

Somebody must have access to your sign in, or have guessed it. Change it NOW!

[DemonWolf]

Hopefully SpankMe can find what the problem is and sort it out.

[crashe]

Did you leave your computer on and someone has access to your computer while you were on signed onto KB either at work or at home?
When at work do you logout at the end of each day?

Have you ever handed out your password to anyone else in the past?

I did see the two posts....in question and thought it was strange.




PS: Can a moderator move this thread over to "Site Stuff" for 'Blackbird'

[Riff Raff]

That is very strange.

Um on another note: WT wasn't able to log in on Sunday for a while - he got a message saying something about being locked out after 3 incorrect password attempts. So who out there is trying to log on under his name? Bit of a worry, eh?

[limbimtimwim]

How the hell can this happen? It throws the whole security of the site into question, as well as the motives of the offender.
I suppose that I could have deleted it, but that's merely covering a potentially serious problem up.

Share your computer with another KBer? The person wasn't making a post of the "YOU ARE ALL FUCKING DICKS" style, so it doesn't look *that* intentional, but it bags the cops which may be not your opinion. I'm a rubbish programmer, and I make mistakes that could cause this sort of carry on. Ya know, not carrying the 1 type stuff :-) .
vBulletin seems to be a pretty fat pile of code, and it is easy to have a mistake or two in there that only crops up every 27,133 operations when the moon is full. Then you have the (I assume) DB, a filesystem or memory confuxion can cause this sort of carry on, though the 'box usually crashes very soon after. I've seen some really strange stuff when I was a sysadmin when memory goes bad. Just idle speculation here...

[Blackbird]

Nope - don't share computer with anyone else. Sounds like some unexplained errors do crop up from time to time judging by the experience of others, so have calmed down a wee bit now. Login details now changed - many thanks to those who have taken such a quick interest. Will wait to see if anything else transpires. The police may have a few dickheads in their midst but far less than the rest of society IMHO. If I've been nailed in the past, I've deserved it - end of story.

[zadok]

I can understand your anger at what was wrongfully attributed to you.

[pyrocam]

Somebody must have access to your sign in, or have guessed it. Change it NOW!

heh. youll know all about that eh.


but my guess is the forums just glitched. with a forum this size things happen.

[crashe]

Blackbird - Just a thought, but how about either deleting that post or going into it and editing it all out. But leave a message stating why you have deleted/edited it out.

[Colapop]

You know of anyone in any post that may have decided to be pissed off with you - bizarre though it sounds? Most people respond to a post before doing something stupid thereby creating a trail? I dunno just a thought. Nail their bits to the wall SM.

[Smorg]

Whats the big deal it's not that bad, lots of people dont like cops i'm sure you didnt break anyones heart with that post not mine anyway.

But thats not the point is it, hope it gets sorted

[avgas]

Change your passwords people - its the easiest method.
Also - you guys havent sold any PC's (over trademe etc), as i had a similar problem with MSN a while ago for that reason.
I dont imagine that someone would hack a TCP/IP connection for kiwibiker logins but hey who knows