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trunkswd on 02 October 2022

Some good news is the site is backed up daily, so we won't need to revert too far back. JLauro and Talon are looking into how the person gained access and to close that. 



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube channel discussing gaming sales and news. Follow me on Bluesky.

I post and adjust the VGChartz hardware estimates, with help from Machina.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Monthly Hardware Breakdown | Monthly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

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EpicRandy on 02 October 2022
trunkswd said:

Some good news is the site is backed up daily, so we won't need to revert too far back. JLauro and Talon are looking into how the person gained access and to close that. 

Just a though you probably had too but since the site was rollback. Unless user info / password are kept in a completely separate DB you just rolled back any password change to a day prior which may include Talon's compromised one so it might need to be changed again. 



trunkswd on 02 October 2022
EpicRandy said:
trunkswd said:

Some good news is the site is backed up daily, so we won't need to revert too far back. JLauro and Talon are looking into how the person gained access and to close that. 

Just a though you probably had too but since the site was rollback. Unless user info / password are kept in a completely separate DB you just rolled back any password change to a day prior which may include Talon's compromised one so it might need to be changed again. 

We haven't rolled the site back yet. At least that I am aware of. I was told that would take several hours. We do plan on keeping Talon banned for now. 



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube channel discussing gaming sales and news. Follow me on Bluesky.

I post and adjust the VGChartz hardware estimates, with help from Machina.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Monthly Hardware Breakdown | Monthly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

Chazore on 02 October 2022

makes me wonder if the attack was from someone who used to use the site, but got perma'd and wanted revenge (though most that do get banned on here just make alts over the yrs and not much else).



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GoOnKid on 02 October 2022

Not sure if it helps but I reported all corrupted posts that I found. You guys are doing a great job and your effort is highly appreciated!



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SegaHeartWink on 02 October 2022

Hacker destroyed my old account so I made this new one.



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Eagle367 on 02 October 2022

Thanks for all the hard work



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trunkswd on 02 October 2022

JLauro and Talon are still working through everything. Some bad news is the backups appear to be corrupted, so we might not be able to revert the entire site back. This was not caused by the hacker. 



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube channel discussing gaming sales and news. Follow me on Bluesky.

I post and adjust the VGChartz hardware estimates, with help from Machina.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Monthly Hardware Breakdown | Monthly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

trunkswd on 02 October 2022
SegaHeartWink said:

Hacker destroyed my old account so I made this new one.

Did you get a verification email to verify this new account? 



VGChartz Sales Analyst and Writer - William D'Angelo - I stream on Twitch and have my own YouTube channel discussing gaming sales and news. Follow me on Bluesky.

I post and adjust the VGChartz hardware estimates, with help from Machina.

Writer of the Sales Comparison | Monthly Hardware Breakdown | Monthly Sales Analysis | Marketshare Features, as well as daily news on the Video Game Industry.

SegaHeartWink on 02 October 2022
trunkswd said:
SegaHeartWink said:

Hacker destroyed my old account so I made this new one.

Did you get a verification email to verify this new account? 

Yes.



Sega Saturn fan most honest, Can you guess which Miku veriosn on here? She has my birth stone color Turqiouse on her eyes.