Shuruia 3,145 / 28,023 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 (This only applies to a handful of our TS3 users, so feel free to ignore this post if you don't use TS3.) A couple of TS3 users by the names of Salad and OGMartin were found to have embedded IP trackers into their TS3 channel descriptions. How this works is that certain obscure websites can act as image hosts for the ostensible purpose of embedding images through markup languages. The difference between these and more reputable sites such as Gyazo and Imgur is that the latter are bound by their privacy policies to withhold the IP addresses of anyone that accesses a hosted image; the former do not operate in this fashion and are rather known almost exclusively by offering the ability to discover the IP addresses of others. IP trackers aren't necessarily bad on their own (a lot of Tumblr pages use them), although the actions that one may opt to take with the garnered addresses would speak volumes of their character. The aforementioned users have been permanently banned and their channels have been deleted due to DoS attacks they have conducted against certain members of our community. If you have recently been experiencing slow Internet speeds, you may be a potential victim of this. The DoS attacks seem to be limited to a pool of under ten people, although we know for certain that they logged a sizeable amount of IP addresses. If you think you have been affected, it would be prudent of you to change your IP address. This is a very simple process for most people, and there are various articles on the Internet that explain how you can go about doing this. I will be privately contacting those that we know for sure were affected. We have also presently removed channel description editing from channel admins, but you can rest assured that this will be reversed in the near future. I won't take a photo—I'll tell it through words. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options... Achievements
Joshy 4,364 / 44,927 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 Thanks for keeping us in the loop. I really appreciate this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick 1,651 / 17,972 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 Edited December 7, 2016 by RickGrimesTM What the fuck... (I guess were not getting that edit of rp_downtown_v4 that took 1 and half years to make ) Edited December 7, 2016 by RickGrimesTM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options... Achievements
Addy 1,648 / 18,732 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 purge admins... was good knowin you M E M E S Spoiler D I S C O R D D E N R O S D O N T F O R G E T W I L F O R D D O N T F O R G E T J E R M Spoiler Former Garry's Mod Jailbreak Manager Former CS:S Bhop Manager Former CS:S Dust 2 Manager #MakeGMODGreatAgain #BringBackGMODJailbreak #BringBackJermsquad #Hacking4CA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skittlez 721 / 11,279 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 Just now, Addy said: purge admins... I hope you're kidding, because you were a purge admin so you can't really talk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BunnyFox 318 / 8,341 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 Wow, I can't believe that they did this. I am sure it goes without saying that everyone on TS3 appreciates the swift justice taken against the offenders. Glad to see TS3 is being kept safe from stuff like that, even if it does slip through from time to time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
__ 727 / 8,828 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 Nice work there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel 543 / 12,777 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 6 minutes ago, Addy said: purge admins... Please don't mention the current admin team, we had nothing to do with the actions which took place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addy 1,648 / 18,732 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 2 minutes ago, JoelSmith said: Please don't mention the current admin team, we had nothing to do with the actions which took place. 7 minutes ago, SkittlezExZ said: I hope you're kidding, because you were a purge admin so you can't really talk. theres a lenny for a reason was good knowin you M E M E S Spoiler D I S C O R D D E N R O S D O N T F O R G E T W I L F O R D D O N T F O R G E T J E R M Spoiler Former Garry's Mod Jailbreak Manager Former CS:S Bhop Manager Former CS:S Dust 2 Manager #MakeGMODGreatAgain #BringBackGMODJailbreak #BringBackJermsquad #Hacking4CA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Jeez Man 556 / 12,201 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 Edited December 7, 2016 by John_Santa_Man No wonder my internet was slow and my internet kept randomly turning off.. Edited December 7, 2016 by John_Santa_Man Server Manager of Squad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben 2,378 / 31,861 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 Well, GG. I'm surprised, at least they aren't here anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Jeez Man 556 / 12,201 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 23 minutes ago, Addy said: theres a lenny for a reason Got em Server Manager of Squad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyAyRon 21 / 2,577 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 That moment when you realise, admin should be made a little harder to get to stop people like them carrying out things like this Craze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leks 2,304 / 26,632 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 3 minutes ago, Craze said: That moment when you realise, admin should be made a little harder to get to stop people like them carrying out things like this You don't have to be admin in order to have a channel, nor DoS someone. I would like to remind everyone to PLEASE BE CAREFUL, do not open links from unknown sources! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viision 45 / 2,276 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 And I was wondering who I was being dosed by.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
denros 776 / 0 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 Best thing is to get yourself a VPN guys. You never know what links are tracking your IP and for what reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyAyRon 21 / 2,577 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 52 minutes ago, Leks said: You don't have to be admin in order to have a channel, nor DoS someone. I would like to remind everyone to PLEASE BE CAREFUL, do not open links from unknown sources! I know Leks it was just an inside joke Anyone who does this sorta stuff is a low life so yea Craze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAnAltv2 21 / 3,119 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 Edited December 8, 2016 by Kite9867 My internet becomes shitty at every random moment so I can't really tell if I'm being DoS. Edited December 8, 2016 by Kite9867 I have the best ping in the whole server. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
myPHART 281 / 5,459 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 Sigh. And I considered OG_Martin a friend after I met him on TTT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimpslap 25 / 2,690 Report Post Posted December 7, 2016 Any suggestions on vpn's? Do they slow connection down at all? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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