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Creative Labs Forums Are Hacked - Closes Down Permanently
Last week somebody already made a mention of this our forums, but it seemed that the Creative labs forums were down for a while. Creative now send around word that their vBulletin forum software was hacked.
From my memory, this already happened a couple of time before. Creative now has closed down their forums indefinitely. Recent caches show that their forums had over 222,000 user accounts. When you visit the forums, it's apparent that Creative is not going back online with them.
Notice: We have discontinued our discussion forum permanently. For customer support, please visit www.creative.com/contactus. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding.
Users who try logging in, get an autoresponder that writes this:
Hi,
We were recently made aware of a partial data breach of the Creative Support Forum database.
The breached data comprises:
1. Email addresses
2. Forum user names
3. IP addresses
4. Encrypted passwords
To be on the safe side, we suggest that you review your online access to other websites where you use the same login details, and change them if necessary.
Meanwhile, we have taken steps to prevent further incursions and compromises to the Creative Support Forum.
As this is a standalone platform, it does not affect your access to the rest of the Creative accounts.
We regret for any inconvenience caused. Your privacy is of utmost importance to us, and we are actively taking steps to prevent such incursions from occurring in future.
In the meantime, do feel free to contact us by replying to this email if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Creative Labs Pte. Ltd.
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#5555914 Posted on: 06/11/2018 04:59 PM
I didn't get any notification from them about my account / password / data being hijacked, talking about common courtesy...
at least they could have sent an email. 
I didn't get any notification from them about my account / password / data being hijacked, talking about common courtesy...
at least they could have sent an email.
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#5555919 Posted on: 06/11/2018 05:09 PM
Why would anyone attempt to hack these forums in the first place? That's like robbing a mom and pop convenience store - all you're doing is ruining the day of a handful of people with very little yield.
Why would anyone attempt to hack these forums in the first place? That's like robbing a mom and pop convenience store - all you're doing is ruining the day of a handful of people with very little yield.
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#5555921 Posted on: 06/11/2018 05:12 PM
I loved creative sound boards and I'm still looking for a dedicated soundboard to buy. But this makes me hold the buy longer and longer.
I loved creative sound boards and I'm still looking for a dedicated soundboard to buy. But this makes me hold the buy longer and longer.
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#5555923 Posted on: 06/11/2018 05:14 PM
GDPR 101
I didn't get any notification from them about my account / password / data being hijacked, talking about common courtesy... at least they could have sent an email.
at least they could have sent an email. GDPR 101
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#5555954 Posted on: 06/11/2018 06:05 PM
Because they could? There is no reason.
Why would anyone attempt to hack these forums in the first place? That's like robbing a mom and pop convenience store - all you're doing is ruining the day of a handful of people with very little yield.
Because they could? There is no reason.
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#5555983 Posted on: 06/11/2018 06:45 PM
I can't comprehend why anyone would ruin such a thing on a whim. Usually, sites are hacked to gain information. Vandalism is usually because of making a statement, or, at least it doesn't affect anybody's daily activities (like tagging a brick wall). For the most part, a lot of such destructive activities are fast and easy to do. But unless Creative's forums had 0 security measures, it just doesn't make sense to me why anyone would put so much effort into hacking something "just because".
Because they could? There is no reason.
I can't comprehend why anyone would ruin such a thing on a whim. Usually, sites are hacked to gain information. Vandalism is usually because of making a statement, or, at least it doesn't affect anybody's daily activities (like tagging a brick wall). For the most part, a lot of such destructive activities are fast and easy to do. But unless Creative's forums had 0 security measures, it just doesn't make sense to me why anyone would put so much effort into hacking something "just because".
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#5555998 Posted on: 06/11/2018 07:10 PM
I did today, so..
I didn't get any notification from them about my account / password / data being hijacked, talking about common courtesy... at least they could have sent an email.
at least they could have sent an email. I did today, so..
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#5556005 Posted on: 06/11/2018 07:30 PM
They were probably sick of being told the truth - that their drivers and customer support suck XD
They were probably sick of being told the truth - that their drivers and customer support suck XD
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#5556008 Posted on: 06/11/2018 07:39 PM
Because many people use the same username and password combination on every site. Compromise one and you could potentially have bank logins or details for many other sites.
Why would anyone attempt to hack these forums in the first place? That's like robbing a mom and pop convenience store - all you're doing is ruining the day of a handful of people with very little yield.
Because many people use the same username and password combination on every site. Compromise one and you could potentially have bank logins or details for many other sites.
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#5556094 Posted on: 06/11/2018 10:15 PM
I was wondering why I felt a little funny today. You know, just that odd feeling.
Turns out it's raining outside.
I was wondering why I felt a little funny today. You know, just that odd feeling.
Turns out it's raining outside.
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#5556101 Posted on: 06/11/2018 10:41 PM
I was wondering why I felt a little funny today. You know, just that odd feeling.
Turns out it's raining outside.
What are you talking about?
I was wondering why I felt a little funny today. You know, just that odd feeling.
Turns out it's raining outside.
What are you talking about?
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#5556111 Posted on: 06/11/2018 11:05 PM
I can't comprehend why anyone would ruin such a thing on a whim. Usually, sites are hacked to gain information. Vandalism is usually because of making a statement, or, at least it doesn't affect anybody's daily activities (like tagging a brick wall). For the most part, a lot of such destructive activities are fast and easy to do. But unless Creative's forums had 0 security measures, it just doesn't make sense to me why anyone would put so much effort into hacking something "just because".
They were probably hacked because they were an easy targert. i.e., it was 'for the practice' / 'for the experience' of hacking something. i.e., start with something small and easy before trying something bigger and harder. (umm, "that's what she said", not intended.)
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#5556201 Posted on: 06/12/2018 05:13 AM
I beat anything that it was never hacked and why I'm not surprised by them closes down it permanently as they didn't want to deal with it any more likely why it close it and using hacker as cop out escape goat
I beat anything that it was never hacked and why I'm not surprised by them closes down it permanently as they didn't want to deal with it any more likely why it close it and using hacker as cop out escape goat
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#5556204 Posted on: 06/12/2018 05:29 AM
im gonna guess, no backups
lmao
im gonna guess, no backups
lmao
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Forums "Closes Down Permanently", doesn't surprise from the worst customer support ever.