2011-10-02, 00:02 | Link #1 |
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MyAnimeList hacked?
Apparently all the news and most of forum topics are now "We're officially screwed".
I'm scared. My precious manga and anime lists http://myanimelist.net/
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2011-10-02, 00:13 | Link #3 | |
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There's no ?. MAL has certainly been hacked.
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Anyways, it's nothing to fret about. I exported my list.
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2011-10-02, 01:01 | Link #7 |
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Simple. You make your list once. Then you update it afterwards, with each series you complete. I must admit: it does push me to watch more series than before; although, I will refuse to outright watch everything, as not all of them are worth my time. Crap is crap, after all.
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2011-10-02, 01:33 | Link #8 |
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Whoever is hacking MAL's forums is at it again, this time using the hacked accounts of a user and a mod. I exported my lists after the first attack, but it looks like it's not going to be the last.
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2011-10-02, 01:44 | Link #9 |
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Looks like any "staff" member is a target for these attacks. At least so far - they've been tinkering with nothing more than the forum - unless they decided to raid the series database as well.
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2011-10-02, 01:47 | Link #10 | |
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Last edited by Coldlight; 2011-10-02 at 01:49. Reason: the other one was also a mod |
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2011-10-02, 02:37 | Link #11 | |
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We're trying to sort out the issues. Sorry for the troubles guys. |
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2011-10-02, 08:53 | Link #14 | |
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And if people work on their MAL lists just to show off to people and enlarge their ePeen, I think that's just silly. And it devalues the anime experience, I think. |
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2011-10-02, 09:01 | Link #15 | |
Princess or Plunderer?
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The advantage of online anime tracklists is that they provide you with much more information, much more than you can have in an offline tracklist.
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2011-10-02, 09:52 | Link #17 |
Sayaka★Magica
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Yes it is, the attacks already stopped several hours ago. Only the forum and some accounts were affected, as the hacker was using the compromised accounts of the site admin, some mods and users to flood MAL's forums with nonsensical, identical threads. Those threads have been deleted now. Changing your password is recommended.
Here is an announcement by a moderator about the issue: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=350643
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2011-10-02, 11:41 | Link #18 | |
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--edit-- Quite. They're also a good thing to have around if you want to ask for suggestions, as that way people will know what you've watched, dropped, etc. and so you'll get reasonable suggestions rather than some generic list (e.g. best titles in a genre). Last edited by Fahd; 2011-10-04 at 21:36. Reason: typo |
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Now that the problem's solved, perhaps we can close this thread? Unless we really want to turn this into a "MyAnimeList general discussion thread". |
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