Moderator Account Accessed By 3rd Party

[RoosterML]

It doesn't look like anyone or anything was targeted specifically... just a person accessed the account and immediately started deleting threads as quickly as they could before we shut them down.... which we did very quickly

It's kinda like how a thief robs a convenience store. They try to do as much as they can as quick as they can before the police get there.

Must have been the Russians, I think Putin has a thing for chickens.

 

[TheTexasChickenGirl]

I seriously CAN'T imagine life without BYC.

SAME!

 

[TheTexasChickenGirl]

It's strange how someone would want to hack a forum for chicken-nerds. LOL
They wanna find out the secrets of chicken-keeping!!!

Haha, exactly! I was talking to a friend who knows pretty much nothing about BYC or chickens in general, and they said "Why doesn't the hacker just go hack a BackYard Frog site or something??"

 

[Henriettta]

Who in the world has that much invested in ruining the backyard chicken site I felt really bad that my thread got deleted. But the feedback made it clear that it was not a mods doing. It's like the villain HAD to announce themselves. "HACKED" muwahahha.
Thanks for the clarification, evildoer.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Same. I kept saying I hope this is a late April fools joke.

Preparation for next year

 

[CarpCharacin]

I miss helping plan the April Fools' threads. I think my favorite is the self-moderation one.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

I solved the mystery!
The hacker wanted a PFM for free so (s)he tried to scare everyone off

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Which moderator's account was hacked? Or is it secret BYC-FBI stuff?

 

[Tonyroo]

No one can access into my account cause I never log off. So I'm here 24/7 in person or in spirit, lol.
Oh yeah, my rooster has access to it also.

 

[Marie2020]

i left for 45 minutes and 56!? notifications

At least you are not ignored