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Hackergate part four - PLEASE READ!

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RebeccaMumsnet · 20/08/2015 10:12

Previous thread here and original thread here

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ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 21/08/2015 14:57

Pip as the old saying goes "don't judge a bitch by it's cover"Wink

sorry you were hurtThanks

Pipbin · 21/08/2015 14:53

Zing I doubt anyone from Mumsnet would say what she did. What upset me was that she looked last or a perfectly nice lady with a family and a nice house. Yet she said something beyond awful.

headlesslambrini · 21/08/2015 14:53

Justine can you say whether or not this MNer was on the original list?

Do you know if he only got 3000 details or everyone's but just hasn't published them yet?

Have all Police forces been alerted to this?

I think we need a few more details if you csn give them.

RepeatAdNauseum · 21/08/2015 14:53

I second howto. Get that post removed.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 21/08/2015 14:51

Pip
I promise I will never make you cross
cake?
Cake
Wink Grin

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 21/08/2015 14:50

Thanks Justine for info

Hope you and your family are ok. Thanks

Pipbin · 21/08/2015 14:49

the hacker got her info from Twitter

I'm ashamed to say this but I will repeat it. A few years ago when I was going through a very hard time a woman said something simply dreadful to me on Twitter. I was so upset that I lost my shit and it was very easily about to find out so much about her through Twitter and Facebook.
I knew the full names of all her family, her pets, where her children went to school, her land line and mobile phone number, her postal address, her work address and phone number, the names of her children's teachers, the names and details of her work colleagues...........
I did nothing with this information but had I wanted to I could have unleashed utter hell.
That was me and I know fuck all. I wasn't a hacker, this was just publicly available information.

howtorebuild · 21/08/2015 14:49

My advice is to get the above post removed.

twirlypoo · 21/08/2015 14:46

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LurkingHusband · 21/08/2015 14:43

Why do people believe The Mirror story at face value?

Because people like to believe what's in the papers they buy. Of course everything in the other papers is wrong.

BuckyLastard · 21/08/2015 14:43

I deregisterd and registered and now I am being logged out whenever I navigate away from the page despite checking the box to keep me logged in?.

bittapitta · 21/08/2015 14:41

Why do people believe The Mirror story at face value? Softly spoken American guy could be a hoaxer.

Simurgh · 21/08/2015 14:41

Thanks for that Justine.

DontTellThePrincessBride · 21/08/2015 14:40

Just to say, if the other person swatted is reading this, feel free to PM me if you want to talk or anything. Been there, done that, downed the emergency vodka Wine

StephanieBeacham · 21/08/2015 14:40

thanks Flowers

StephanieBeacham · 21/08/2015 14:39

I think it is important that people block him on twitter and all his seedy little friends too. Don't follow, don't engage.

Thans Justine.

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JustineMumsnet · 21/08/2015 14:38

An update to say that according to the poster the police believe the hacker got her info from Twitter, not Mumsnet. She wasn't at the address targeted.

Both swats on Mumsnetters have come after they've engaged with @DadSec on Twitter - so clearly this looks like something to avoid.

twirlypoo · 21/08/2015 14:38

Thanks and Wine for those who have been targeted. I hope you are as ok as can be expected x

Devilishpyjamas · 21/08/2015 14:32

Yes it's a criminal offence www.serocu.org.uk/32/section.aspx/30/man_arrested_swatting_and_denial_of_service_offences

Juniper404 · 21/08/2015 14:32

If he's covering his back (which he will be doing) then his location will be masked. Basically, you can get through different country's security settings (or Virgin Media's, for example) by using a proxy host; it means the page is loaded in a different country and then viewed via a proxy website so it's not blocked by UK filters or ISP rules.
Consequently, an American IP doesn't mean much.

I really hope the police are not going in all guns blazing I know that's kind of the idea now they know these SWATs are most likely false. Not that they shouldn't go; of course they have to take it seriously, just I hope they are a bit gentler and not as trigger happy.

Pipbin · 21/08/2015 14:30

I think that's the issue Noeuf, they can't really take the risk of saying 'nah, this is a piss take'.

Other than wasting police time, has he actually committed a crime? Is it a criminal offence what he has done?

RepeatAdNauseum · 21/08/2015 14:25

DontTell He's American, not necessarily in America.

And the extradition agreement means we can transfer suspected or convicted criminals from one country to another. There is unlikely to be enough evidence to classify him as a suspected criminal yet, and it can a lengthy court process.

BuckyLastard · 21/08/2015 14:25

Flowers For the MNER swatted last night.

Simurgh · 21/08/2015 14:24

They're reading these threads Dont. We've been asked not to add petrol to the flames.

DontTellThePrincessBride · 21/08/2015 14:22

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