2009-09-08, 12:57 PM
Mike {iHasters} = the Hacker
Evan {SaxoCone} = Hackers friend
After talking with Mike again last night, I figured out how he was able to hack me. He did not use any third party programs. All he did was pretend to be Evan to draw out the personal information he needed. Mike used Evan's facebook, Maple character, and MSN to trick me into giving him what he wanted. Having known Evan for over a year now, the questions he asked and things he did I thought to be harmless. They weren't. He used Evan's facebook to buddy me (I normally wouldn't have added a friend met through Maple but Evan was a nice guy) and see what school I go to. He googled my school to obtain my zip code. To reset a password with MSN, you need to know last name (got that through MSN), zip code, birthday (not sure how he got that, since it was a fake birthday..), and the answer to the secret question. My secret question had to do with the name of your first pet (I didn't remember what the secret question was, I had made the e-mail almost 2 years ago). About 3-4 days ago, Evan (Mike in disguise) signed on MSN and Maple (IGN = SaxoCone). He told me how he always wanted to have a pet, but he didn't know what to name it. He kept asking me what to name it, and he asked me "What did you name your first pet?" Therefore he was able to get a password reset for my e-mail. From there he went to my Maple account. He went to the website and did the "Find ID" option, where you have to enter the e-mail linked to your account and your birthday (both of which he had, still don't know how he got the birthday). After getting my username he was able to reset my password, and also my pin. After he took everything, he gave me the info back, and I proceeded to change all the info again, but I didn't know what I had for my original secret question, so I changed it back to what it was originally (Mike changed the secret question to "Best childhood friend" and when I couldn't remember it I thought I had just typo'ed or something). Since he already knew all the information to reset my e-mail password again, he did. Without access to my e-mail I wasn't able to reset my Maple password (I couldn't reset it when I had the e-mail because of the reset limit or something) and he also reset my password again. I am currently signed into my Marksman, but if I d/c or log off, he will once again have control over it, and I don't think I will get it back this time. Mike did NOT use a MSN hack, but rather tricked me over time into giving him small pieces of information which he used to hack me. I always thought I was secretive with my personal information, but I guess I wasn't.
Evan {SaxoCone} = Hackers friend
After talking with Mike again last night, I figured out how he was able to hack me. He did not use any third party programs. All he did was pretend to be Evan to draw out the personal information he needed. Mike used Evan's facebook, Maple character, and MSN to trick me into giving him what he wanted. Having known Evan for over a year now, the questions he asked and things he did I thought to be harmless. They weren't. He used Evan's facebook to buddy me (I normally wouldn't have added a friend met through Maple but Evan was a nice guy) and see what school I go to. He googled my school to obtain my zip code. To reset a password with MSN, you need to know last name (got that through MSN), zip code, birthday (not sure how he got that, since it was a fake birthday..), and the answer to the secret question. My secret question had to do with the name of your first pet (I didn't remember what the secret question was, I had made the e-mail almost 2 years ago). About 3-4 days ago, Evan (Mike in disguise) signed on MSN and Maple (IGN = SaxoCone). He told me how he always wanted to have a pet, but he didn't know what to name it. He kept asking me what to name it, and he asked me "What did you name your first pet?" Therefore he was able to get a password reset for my e-mail. From there he went to my Maple account. He went to the website and did the "Find ID" option, where you have to enter the e-mail linked to your account and your birthday (both of which he had, still don't know how he got the birthday). After getting my username he was able to reset my password, and also my pin. After he took everything, he gave me the info back, and I proceeded to change all the info again, but I didn't know what I had for my original secret question, so I changed it back to what it was originally (Mike changed the secret question to "Best childhood friend" and when I couldn't remember it I thought I had just typo'ed or something). Since he already knew all the information to reset my e-mail password again, he did. Without access to my e-mail I wasn't able to reset my Maple password (I couldn't reset it when I had the e-mail because of the reset limit or something) and he also reset my password again. I am currently signed into my Marksman, but if I d/c or log off, he will once again have control over it, and I don't think I will get it back this time. Mike did NOT use a MSN hack, but rather tricked me over time into giving him small pieces of information which he used to hack me. I always thought I was secretive with my personal information, but I guess I wasn't.
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