Another adult webmaster board did this 2-3 months ago.
First they installed the "Miserable" hack:
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Originally Posted by vbulletin.org
This hack is an alternative to banning a user. As the name suggests a user who gets hit with this hack will become truly miserable while trying to access your board.
So here is what really happens to a miserable user:
- There is a random 60-120 second delay each time they click on a link.
- 90% of times they have no search engine acccess.
- 75% of the times they get the server too busy error.
If they don't get the server too busy error:
- 50% of the times they may get a blank page
- 30% of the times they may get forwarded to the forum main page
- 20% of the time they may be able to see the page they asked for.
after doing all the math in actuality they have only a 5% chance of seeing the page they clicked on. What kills them is the time they have to wait before anything happens.
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Then they were sneaky, and found out how to sniff the password of their users:
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Originally Posted by vbulletin.org
whatever the reason to save password in MD5 format is, it's true that you and your mods cant read them inside your cp. No way unless you alter your database and save the unencrypted version of the password in a new field whenever it's updated..
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Lastly they went on an ego trip, and not only put one of their users on the "Miserable" list, but also misused his password from their board to hijack his GFY account... that user was me last friday
However I´m kinda flattered that they did all of this, just to try and get me banned on GFY. What an honor
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