CEcurity Breach

CEcurity Breach is an event that occurred on CE on 7/14/10, in which a series of hackings took place on Current Events. Over 40 CEtizens' accounts were hacked into over a period of a few hours. There is speculation that the hacker was able to access these accounts because the victims used universal passwords for both GameFAQs and WikiCEdia, but this is not confirmed (see WikiCEdia:Security). It is currently unknown who is behind the hackings or why it happened, but several people have been accused for the incident, including FireCrotch and Liam8. The incident has also been referred to as Natural CElection.

A topic created by Liam8 (also known as TRC) titled "Everyone that got "hacked" deserved it and should be banned." was inexplicably stickied and reached 500 posts in less than an hour. A few minutes after it was locked, another topic by CEman SH_expert44 titled "Good RiddanCE" was stickied for a couple minutes before becoming unstickied again.

Mr. Valhalla
On August 3, 2010, another series of hackings occurred, and over 70 more accounts were compromised. A person known only as "Mr. Valhalla" claimed responsibility for all of the recent hackings, and promised that there would be more accounts hacked if his demands were not met. The user rerkid later confessed on Hellhole that he was Mr. Valhalla, and was subsequently banned by SBAllen, who made an appearance in the Hellhole topic in which rerkid confessed, stating "Not trying to knock your "technical skills" or anything. but you didn't really hide your tracks very well." The account was later restored after rerkid claimed via a feedback ticket that he was not responsible for the account hijackings.

On August 21, 2010, more compromised accounts were suicided on CE and Hellhole, again by "Mr. Valhalla". More demands were issued, and Mr. Valhalla again stated that the hackings would continue until his demands were met.

The true identity of the hacker or hackers is currently unknown.

SBAllen's Response
SBAllen has expressed disappointment in the users who have been hacked, and blames them for not protecting the security of their accounts better, stating "I debated requiring retinal scanners to add security to GF accounts but I'm pretty sure users would just get their eyes hacked somehow."

Hacked accounts
The following accounts are believed to have been compromised in these incidents, but it is by no means a comprehensive list. The users who lost control of their accounts during the first round of hackings have been given their accounts back if they filed a feedback ticket stating that they lost control of their account. Users from the second and third round of hackings who have submitted a feedback ticket have had their accounts locked for 40 days as punishment for losing control of their accounts.


 * CrimsonMamba
 * MagicToaster
 * anonymous46773
 * emblem boy
 * Xero-Apollo
 * Raza4
 * CestGurl
 * NueSama
 * Kadabra025
 * SoraOwnsAll
 * the_k_nine (and his alt, Tek_Nyne)
 * Karthesios
 * NotApplied
 * xRyokusa7
 * Sefirot115
 * brokenearbuds
 * Sadian
 * DonttrustaHo
 * GaspingLlama
 * Wiiman741
 * Tadg30
 * Funployee
 * Ashguku2006
 * XCII
 * Sithperson
 * WinWinWinner
 * Grand_Cardinal
 * zucchini1822
 * gran_pulse
 * ava425
 * ReverendSanderz
 * St0rmFury
 * DontTrustAHo
 * CrazyandLazy
 * sahk2991
 * whereintheworld
 * DrunkDeathClaw
 * MiyukiKotobuki
 * royishere
 * Lightslayer99
 * Lunatiix
 * Mikulekee
 * SalixDurkun