bithdtv = failure

**muyoso** · 08-16-2007, 04:51 AM

If anyone wants to know if their password was leaked, PM me and I will check. I really want the list to get out there, but on the other hand I would like if a version with the passwords half blurred out was released instead of releasing everyones login info. The list I have has full login info for thousands of people, and that is kind of sensitive info.

BTW, jkoz, you are on the list, a LOT.

**jkoz** · 08-16-2007, 04:59 AM

Wonderful... hopefully this wont happen again

**Daniel** · 08-16-2007, 05:04 AM

Well, it's a mute point anyway. The list is still linked and available in the BiT-HDTV forums, which is, as you indicated, both a blessing and a curse. I was glad to see with my own eyes that my account data was missing .. because even though I try to use different names or passwords, there had been one or two possibilities up until today.

**znik** · 08-16-2007, 10:02 AM

At last one official announcement and apology...
Better late than never...

We were hacked, just before the opening of the new site. We had planned to reset all passwords as soon as we launched BiT-HDTV v2, but unfortunately because we had a lot of other things to do, that this was mistakenly forgotten. It's not completely sure if it was something planted by a former coder or hacker resulting in this exploit, so it is not known for a fact if someone was actually abusing this. Passwords reseting was scheduled on this weekend, but yesterday dtg295 decided to spread all passwords through the net. That's why we reseted passwords yesterday. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

P.S. We have freeleech till weekend.

**unethikal** · 08-16-2007, 04:45 PM

I first noticed the hack when after downloading a torrent one leecher kept uploading to me. At first I didnt think nothing of it. Three hours later I was concerned when I wasm still downloading from that user. I immediately blocked the ip address and informed the staff. A day later the same IP addrees was continuously trying to gain access to my PC. I changed my IP addrees and havent seen the hacker since. Hopefully the @zzhole shows up again, I have a little suprise for him.

**DV8type** · 08-16-2007, 06:47 PM

lol, real sad.....they dont know who, what, when.....and people are still using that tracker?

**sear** · 08-16-2007, 08:11 PM

@DV8 agreed, but I think it's the end for BIT-HDTV how could anyone trust them after this. I wouldn't have been affected if they did steal my password becuase I use a different one for everything but was pleased to see I'm not on the list none the less. It's the breach of trust due to their incompetence or worse maliciousness that is just unforgivable.

**low_dirt** · 08-16-2007, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Daniel

Well, it's a mute point anyway. The list is still linked and available in the BiT-HDTV forums, which is, as you indicated, both a blessing and a curse. I was glad to see with my own eyes that my account data was missing .. because even though I try to use different names or passwords, there had been one or two possibilities up until today.

those forums aren't the only place. I did a little creative googling and found it right away. A publicly-posted version with removed pw's would be a good idea just to get the word out to the unfortunate.