We Had A Problem Here at Insomniacs Lounge

[lanidar]

We had A Problem Here
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On October 23, 2004 - A criminal scored another target by deleting this entire forum. Nothing left what so ever. I can think of one reason only, why someone would do that to a posting forum and that is, a post must have been made against him that he didn't want anyone reading, so instead of just deleting the post, he decides to delete the forum.

The HACKER went in and used Lanidar2000, who is an Administrator to do his dirty work. Then before leaving Insom, he changed my password so that I couldn't log in!


It isn't costing Insomniacs Lounge one thing but a little time to put back the banners, links and forums and let the posting start again. I'm just relieved that what happened here isn't anything like what happened to this place:::

In February 2003, Russian organized crime scored another target by taking control of Grafix Softech, the largest Internet gaming enterprise that operates 120 gambling websites. The shutdown was devastating. According to Juan Bonilla, executive vice president of Grafix Softech, located in San Juan, Costa Rica, �The payoff to restore service was insignificant compared to loss of data containing names of customers and other operational records destroyed once the DOS attacks were unleashed.� In a miraculous feat, Bill Margeson, president of CBL Data Recovery Technologies, and staff technicians recovered the valuable data. They discovered the Russian criminals had bypassed firewalls and other security systems and inserted a virus into the five servers that Grafix used for online operations. �It was akin to hacking into the Pentagon,� Margeson told investigators.

Now isn't that a shame, that something like that happened to the owner of Grafix Softech, located in San Jose Costa Rica, just horrible! And I'm sure he's such a great guy that he would never consider doing anything harmful against or to another person.

By the way, I checked the log files, and here is the IP of the person responsible for deleting Insomniacs Lounge 65.182.30.15. And what a coincidence, it traces back to Costa Rica.

Information on trace:

American Registry for Internet Numbers

North America, South America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa

AMNET US AMNET-BLK4 (NET-65-182-0-0-1)
65.182.0.0 - 65.182.31.255
Radiografica Costarricense SA AMNET-BLK4-CR-RACSA-02 (NET-65-182-11-0-1)
65.182.11.0 - 65.182.30.255

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-10-23 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.
AMNET US AMNET-BLK4 (NET-65-182-0-0-1)
65.182.0.0 - 65.182.31.255
Radiografica Costarricense SA AMNET-BLK4-CR-RACSA-02 (NET-65-182-11-0-1)
65.182.11.0 - 65.182.30.255

Strange, isn't it?

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[caruso]

Blimey, Lanidar, how incredibly f*****d up. I'm sorry to hear that, and that you've evidently lost the entire contents of the forum. What could the motivation of the malicious bastard have been? If it was a rogue casino operator they must be used to bad press so to single you out seems bizarre. How pathetic.

Couldn't you have backed up the forum contents somehow, so as not to lose everything in the event of a disaster like this?

 

[bethug]

so sorry, I had the same thing happen to my site, one of the rogue casino reported me , for reporting them slow pay.

 

[bethug]

john , do u use the same password , that u use at one of a rtg casino?

 

[Sodax77]

That really sucks! Shame on this person!

Btw, i use this tiny program (45kb)

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And here is result:

IP Addresses Report


Created by using IPNetInfo
Order 1
IP Address 65.182.30.15
Status Succeed
Country USA - Florida
Network Name AMNET-BLK4-CR-RACSA-02
Owner Name Radiografica Costarricense SA
From IP 65.182.11.0
To IP 65.182.30.255
Allocated Yes
Contact Name Radiografica Costarricense SA
Address Avenida 5 Calle 1
San Jose

Email [email protected]
Abuse Email [email protected]
Phone +1-954-346-0324
Fax
Whois Source ARIN

_________________________________________

Address: Avenida 5 Calle 1
City: San Jose
StateProv:
PostalCode: SJ 54-1000
Country: CR

NetRange: 65.182.11.0 - 65.182.30.255
CIDR: 65.182.11.0/24, 65.182.12.0/22, 65.182.16.0/21, 65.182.24.0/22, 65.182.28.0/23, 65.182.30.0/24
NetName: AMNET-BLK4-CR-RACSA-02
NetHandle: NET-65-182-11-0-1
Parent: NET-65-182-0-0-1
NetType: Reassigned
NameServer: DNS1.RACSA.CO.CR
NameServer: DNS2.RACSA.CO.CR
Comment:
RegDate: 2004-06-03
Updated: 2004-06-03

TechHandle: KOPPE-ARIN
TechName: Kopper, Luis
TechPhone: 506-287-0446
TechEmail: [email protected]

OrgTechHandle: KOPPE-ARIN
OrgTechName: Kopper, Luis
OrgTechPhone: 506-287-0446
OrgTechEmail: [email protected]

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-10-23 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

 

[lanidar]

john , do u use the same password , that u use at one of a rtg casino?

Yes I do. But I have a diferent user name

 

[dominique]

Everyone should always use different usernames and passwords EVERYWHERE!

 

[snuf419]

My $10,000 says one of them evil RTG's did it.
Not a hacker or anything, just a CSR who happened to locate your account and knew you had a website.

 

[sw2003]

Ummm....... it must have caused you a lot of insomnia!

 

[GrandMaster]

My $10,000 says one of them evil RTG's did it.
Not a hacker or anything, just a CSR who happened to locate your account and knew you had a website.

The normal procedure is that only an encrypted version of the password is stored, so that nobody can find out your password without devoting some serious computing effort to it. A customer service rep can set your password if you forget it, but he cannot tell you what your password was. I would be shocked if RTG used such an insecure method as storing the passwords in plaintext.

 

[jetset]

That's a real bummer for you and Jinnia, Lanidar and I sympathise with you. Frustrating not knowing what information they had as their primary target, but presumably you have briefed all your Insomniac members and perhaps one of them will come up with something that will give you a lead. It certainly is a mean world we're in!

May we use this in InfoPowa as a reminder to other sites that tight security and protective screening are critically important?

 

[Petunia]

Laddinar & Jinnia,
So bloody sorry so hear about this. Who would do it? Anyone really with a sick sense of self-satisfaction. A ego tripper, a child.
I am glad to hear that you guys have not lost financially, but then, I do believe time is money!! (Worth in gold !)
I wish you best of fortune in catching this person, and may he/she/it burn in an infernal hell of capturing data in purgatory.
That, or the flees of a thousand camels invest the pubic area and their hands turn into hooks.
Either way, I hope it is unpleasant!
--- Please let me know if there is anything I can try and assist with. Might be a ditz, but I am a ditz with loads of knowledge! ----

 

[lanidar]

May we use this in InfoPowa as a reminder to other sites that tight security and protective screening are critically important?

You cetainly may...and thank you for your advice.

AND...thank you Petunia and everyone else that wishes us well. :notworthy

 

[jinnia]

Thank you jetset and Petunia.

Forum is all back, except for the posts. We'll just make better ones this time around

There's an hour and 13 minute time frame from Insom being deleted to lanidar receiving an email from a CERTAIN person in Costa Rica, with the email being sent before the deletion started.

The IP in the log file traces back to Costa Rica.

Nothing 100% positive, but we know, too many coincidences.

 

[jetset]

QUOTE: There's an hour and 13 minute time frame from Insom being deleted to lanidar receiving an email from a CERTAIN person in Costa Rica, with the email being sent before the deletion started.UNQUOTE

What was the content of that email, Jinnia? Any references to the event?

 

[lanidar]

Here's the email.

QUOTE: There's an hour and 13 minute time frame from Insom being deleted to lanidar receiving an email from a CERTAIN person in Costa Rica, with the email being sent before the deletion started.UNQUOTE

What was the content of that email, Jinnia? Any references to the event?

Here is the email that was sent to me. Has NO references to the event.
Now, this was sent to the email address I have at Insom. NOT the email address I use for personal use and for registering at casinos.

Hello John,

Please contact me at 1-888-824-6874 or give me a contact number where I can reach you.

Regards,

General Manager
Virtual Casino

THAT'S IT!!!

 

[chucho]

Have you had a problem with Warren Cloud / Oliver Curran lately?

 

[lanidar]

Have you had a problem with Warren Cloud / Oliver Curran lately?

No...not at all.
Besides this led us to Costa Rica and the following post was made by Jinnia at Insom...

Now isn't that a shame, that something like that happened to the owner of Grafix Softech, located in San Juan Costa Rica, just horrible! And I'm sure he's such a great guy that he would never consider doing anything harmful against or to another person.

By the way, I checked the log files, and here is the IP of the person responsible for deleting Insomniacs Lounge 65.182.30.15. And what a coincidence, it traces back to Costa Rica.

Information on trace:

American Registry for Internet Numbers

North America, South America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa

AMNET US AMNET-BLK4 (NET-65-182-0-0-1)
65.182.0.0 - 65.182.31.255
Radiografica Costarricense SA AMNET-BLK4-CR-RACSA-02 (NET-65-182-11-0-1)
65.182.11.0 - 65.182.30.255

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-10-23 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.
AMNET US AMNET-BLK4 (NET-65-182-0-0-1)
65.182.0.0 - 65.182.31.255
Radiografica Costarricense SA AMNET-BLK4-CR-RACSA-02 (NET-65-182-11-0-1)
65.182.11.0 - 65.182.30.255

Strange, isn't it?

 

[jinnia]

Just checked www.prismcasino.com, all information has changed. BUT, I did find something strange when performing an indepth tracert on the new IP that shows. I'm checking and rechecking to make sure before saying anything. I just hope it turns out that I am wrong in my initial find .

 

[jetset]

Lanidar, did you call this person at Virtual back to see what he wanted you to call him for? If so, what did he have to say?

 

[jinnia]

Lanidar, did you call this person at Virtual back to see what he wanted you to call him for? If so, what did he have to say?

Hi jetset, I'll answer this.

Yes, he was called, twice, he wanted the connection between Virtual and Prism to be stopped, and I'm not quite clear on the part about the posting of the court document, but I think he wanted that removed, may have been because it referred to Prism also in the post, can't check the post since everything was deleted, but I think it did, I'm not sure.

The document was reposted at Insom once we got it up and running again, I did get permission to move it, to Archives.

But a link to the original document was posted sometime after moving the document itself.

The legal document is important for people to see, in my opinion.

 

[jetset]

Thanks. Whilst probably not legally conclusive, imo it is suspicious to say the least that his interest in removing the material critical of Virtual and Prism should coincide with this disgraceful assault on your site.

 

[Sodax77]

In Hotmail, you can set what details you want to see by sender.
Sorry, don't remember english-help (since i use "Finnish" Hormail)

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[jpm]

Hi jetset, I'll answer this.

Yes, he was called, twice, he wanted the connection between Virtual and Prism to be stopped, and I'm not quite clear on the part about the posting of the court document, but I think he wanted that removed, may have been because it referred to Prism also in the post, can't check the post since everything was deleted, but I think it did, I'm not sure.

The document was reposted at Insom once we got it up and running again, I did get permission to move it, to Archives.

But a link to the original document was posted sometime after moving the document itself.

The legal document is important for people to see, in my opinion.

A very interesting 'coincidence' indeed. Just a fluke I'm sure.

 

[jinnia]

In Hotmail, you can set what details you want to see by sender.
Sorry, don't remember english-help (since i use "Finnish" Hormail)

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I want to thank you so much for the cache file link :notworthy , it saved me from logging into two more accounts and scripting the banners back in. View Source, copy/paste back into Insom, they were there. Thank You!

I didn't even think of doing that. An age thang ..

 

[jinnia]

Just a fluke I'm sure.

It always is with certain people ..

More sad news, GamTrak located at Link Removed ( Old/Invalid) was completed deleted last night, including their Members List, everything gone. The owner managed to get logged in, to nothing, and got to the log files, here is the IP that was logged .. 82.12.234.118

DOMAIN NAME WHOIS:
Registrant:
Virgin Enterprises Limited (VIRGIN3-DOM)
120 campden ill Road
London, London W8 7AR
GB

Domain Name: VIRGIN.NET

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Limited, Virgin Enterprises (21853595I) [email protected]
120 Campden Hill Road
London, London W87AR
GB
44 2076646000 fax: 999 999 9999

Record expires on 01-Nov-2006.
Record created on 02-Nov-1995.
Database last updated on 28-Oct-2004 01:32:16 EDT.

Domain servers in listed order:

DNS1.NTLI.NET 62.253.162.237
DNS2.NTLI.NET 194.168.4.237

IP LOCATION DETAILS:
OrgName: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
OrgID: RIPE
Address: Singel 258
Address: 1016 AB
City: Amsterdam
StateProv:
PostalCode:
Country: NL

Worse part of this is, Ezboard can not perform a 'recovery/rollback', all is lost when this happens.

GamTrak has no idea as to why they were attacked. We'll be working on why this has happened!

 

[lanidar]

I can't believe that someone is this damn vicious.
Why in the world would ANYONE want to do this.
What ever I can do to help...let me know.
Insom is behind you. You know how to contact us.
You want help...just ask and we'll be there.
I'm REALLY pissed about this!!!

 

[The Dude]

....More sad news, GamTrak located at Link Removed ( Old/Invalid) was completed deleted last night, including their Members List, everything gone...

I can't stress this enough - backup, backup, backup. Take the time to back up all active files DAILY and store them somewhere else besides your hardrive. I'm unfamiliar with ezeboards, but you should be able to download a zipped copy of your board and save it to your hard drive.

If this is not possible, then it's time to move on to purchasing some message board software that allows you to do so. It is well worth the investment of $70-$200.

And change your passwords often. When creating passwords, use letter/number combinations that make only sense to you. There are programs that are able to crack passwords - don't get caught with your pants down.

I can't believe that someone is this damn vicious

Some people are just a-holes. That's the way it is.

 

[spearmaster]

ezBoards are notoriously difficult to manage, and obviously because of the "shared" nature of the software, highly vulnerable to attacks.

I'm going to back what Casinomeister says - buy your own bulletin board software, in many cases the cost will be less than what you pay for three months of Gold Community at ezBoard. Plus, your domain name will be less than $10 per year. Hosting can be as little as a dollar a month.

What do you lose? Global ezboard logins... big deal
What do you gain? Peace of mind and overall lower costs.

 

[Professor]

Lanidar I am very sorry to hear about all of this. Its a shame some people in this business behave so poorly. Good luck with your forum, I hope you will not have any further troubles with Costa Rica.

 

[eek]

That Virgin company is the internet arm of Richard Bransons Virgin airlines.

You could actually put the Authorities onto it, since it would have been an individual account on the Virgin network.

 

[jinnia]

I can't stress this enough - backup, backup, backup. Take the time to back up all active files DAILY and store them somewhere else besides your hardrive. I'm unfamiliar with ezeboards, but you should be able to download a zipped copy of your board and save it to your hard drive.

If this is not possible, then it's time to move on to purchasing some message board software that allows you to do so. It is well worth the investment of $70-$200.

And change your passwords often. When creating passwords, use letter/number combinations that make only sense to you. There are programs that are able to crack passwords - don't get caught with your pants down.


Some people are just a-holes. That's the way it is.

No way to back-up with an EZBoard, they couldn't even do it

I have a server running here at home, I guess it's time to get my own domain and house it myself.

What's the best message board software, that don't cost a bundle???

 

[jinnia]

That Virgin company is the internet arm of Richard Bransons Virgin airlines.

You could actually put the Authorities onto it, since it would have been an individual account on the Virgin network.

edited to correct my post... I had too much in front of me and posted wrong info.. sorry

 

[The Dude]

Forum Destroyed By Unknown Hackers

FORUM DESTROYED BY UNKNOWN HACKERS
29 October 2004

Sleepless nights for these owners...

Although it has not been fully operational for very long, the forum Insomniacs Lounge has already gathered a strong following and useful exchanges have been found on it's pages.

Operations were brought to a temporary standstill this week, however when a shocking and criminal act of hacker vandalism by as yet unknown crooks destroyed the forum content.

The owners have revealed that part of that content referred to publicly available information on Virtual Casino personnel, and critical comment based on personal experiences with the notorious Prism Casino, believed to have a close association with Virtual. The suggestion is denied by Virtual, which says that its apparently close relationship is, as was the case with Cirrus Casino in a past issue merely a case of lending a helping hand to the operation.

Arousing suspicion but perhaps coincidentally, it is alleged that a Virtual manager was in contact with Insomniac's owners in the same timeframe, requesting that they remove the material and prevail upon the owner of Gambling911 to do the same (911 was also carrying the information) It is reported that the manager suggested to the Insomniac owners that they may like to enter into a covert partnership with Virtual in a new portal operation, an offer which was declined.

The manager has denied any involvement in the destruction of Insomniac's forum, and reportedly suggested to the owners that it could have been "ex-Virtual staff" in Costa Rica. And as we were going to press news was coming in that another ezboard had been hacked and destroyed. The disgraceful incidents have underlined yet again how important it is for portal owners to maintain adequate protection on their sites and back up all material.

https://www.casinomeister.com/static/news/october2004.html

 

[lanidar]

Bryan,
Jinnia and I wish to THANK YOU for your friendship and your support.
Your post is completely accurate.
Especially "The Sleepless Nights."

Now, we're FAR from being the biggest or the best guys in town...BUT, we truly work hard to keep our little portal informative, truthful and friendly. Our "INSOMNIACS," as we call them in a loving way, are there for us. They have emailed us offering their help in any way possible. And we love them for it.
Insom WILL grow and grow because we have FRIENDS like you, Bryan, to thank for this AND all our friends at Insom.
Once again, THANK YOU ALL....THANK YOU.

 

[The Dude]

No way to back-up with an EZBoard, they couldn't even do it

I have a server running here at home, I guess it's time to get my own domain and house it myself.

What's the best message board software, that don't cost a bundle???

Discusware
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I ran this for years at Casinomeister before switching to vBulletin
$149.95
Only problem with Discus is that it is hard to convert to other platforms if you get too big. For smaller boards it's great.

vBulletin

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Casinomeister
WOL
CAP
Gambling911
need I say more
$160

PHPBB

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Free

Phorum

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Free

These are just a handfull. Your best bet is to do some surfing and find something you like that is practical and in your budget. One thing to consider is making sure it's upgradable to other platforms in case you change your mind down the road.

 

[jetset]

My 2 cents - I think the v.Bulletin format is user-friendly and rock solid from a posters viewpoint. Inexpensive for what you're getting imo. It seems to be very popular, too. Save yourselves the hassle of a subsequent conversion and go right to it.

 

[jinnia]

Discusware
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I ran this for years at Casinomeister before switching to vBulletin
$149.95
Only problem with Discus is that it is hard to convert to other platforms if you get too big. For smaller boards it's great.

vBulletin

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Casinomeister
WOL
CAP
Gambling911
need I say more
$160

PHPBB

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Free

Phorum

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Free

These are just a handfull. Your best bet is to do some surfing and find something you like that is practical and in your budget. One thing to consider is making sure it's upgradable to other platforms in case you change your mind down the road.

Thank you Meister. I appreciate you posting the forum software for me. I'll be checking them out.