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IP Address Spoofing
DIR By: Agelbert
Date: May 1, 2019, 6:07 pm
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I just observed this and got a screenshot of it.
The spoofer left within seconds of me checking to see who was
online. The IP address of the guest was IDENTICAL to mine! I
have no other computers in my home.
HTML https://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/styles/renewablerevolution/files/4260_IP%20Address%20spoofing.png
As you can read from above, I have had images, particularly
those that criticize the hydrocarbon hellspawn fossil fuel
Industry, fail to display, even though the code for a given
image has not changed. I have also noticed images that I have
previously "approved" to appear "not approved" a few days later
whn I check my images in the gallery.support
Do I have to go to my ISP and ask for a new IP address? Should I
be worried about this? Yes, someone obviously can spoof my IP
address, but does that mean they can attack my computer? support
Despite having spoofed my IP address, I don't think they can Log
into my Forum (or any place else I log into) unless they have
figured out my (VERY LONG AND COMPLEX) password for the Forum
(and all other websites I visit).support
Do you have any advice for me on how to keep my images from
being hacked and whether this IP address spoofing is dangerous
to me?
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Re: IP Address Spoofing
DIR By: CreateAForum
Date: May 1, 2019, 6:16 pm
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First check that isn't you. Check you didn't open in a different
device, cell phone, different browser.
Spoofing is hard to do you can do it one way communication but
data can't be transmitted back since the IP won't reach it.
#Post#: 21757--------------------------------------------------
Re: IP Address Spoofing
DIR By: Agelbert
Date: May 5, 2019, 8:38 pm
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I have only one computer. I have no cell phone. I have no
wireless anything. I checked that I had no other browser open to
my forum on May 1, 2019 at the time the hacker spoofed my IP
address. It was a hacker trying to get into the forum. I know
this because I was not even logged in to the forum when the
"Guest" arrived minutes before I did.
I have reported the spoofer to Norton, as well. I have Norton
Internet Security and a lousy sense of humor.
The hacker will have his hands full because I now have Norton's
VPN running. My IP address is dynamic and my ISP uses a proxy
server.
That won't stop the hackers from trying to mess up my forum,
however. Today they locked my "Hydrocarbon Crooks Evil Actions"
Topic. Now only Admins can post there (There is no way available
way for an Admin to unlock a locked thread, as I have vented
about here before).
I have done nothing to lock the topic, but this showed up when I
made a reply today: Warning: topic is currently/will be locked!
Only Admins and moderators can reply.
I quickly split the topic to a new "unlocked" topic thread and
told the anonymous hacker that I would do that again and again,
no matter how much trouble he would try to cause.
Here is an example of the "fun and games" I am being visted
with:
Look at the two images below (that are there but DO NOT SHOW):
[img
width=640]
HTML https://support.createaforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.createaforum.com%2Fgallery%2Frenewablerevolution%2F3-031014141830.png&hash=a54d8a71cca0f382d208c868ad5148ab[/img]
[img
width=640]
HTML https://support.createaforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frenewablerevolution.createaforum.com%2Fgallery%2Frenewablerevolution%2F3-031014020143.png&hash=cc2201639894f9d0f9606a97d9bc2bf1[/img]
This is the code for the two images (without the formatting):
HTML http://www.createaforum.com/gallery/renewablerevolution/3-031014141830.png
HTML http://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/gallery/renewablerevolution/3-031014020143.png
Those images showed a Giant Tick/rig with Exxon written on it on
planet Earth and the Caption: " Frack this Planet, We ain't done
Yet!" The moon is shown shedding a tear in one and the other has
a closeup of Earth.
I have backups of most of my images but, sadly, not these two.
I just noticed when modifying this post that I can "copy image
address" of the images that don't display. The first one has
this address:
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The second one has this address:
HTML https://support.createaforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frenewablerevolution.createaforum.com%2Fgallery%2Frenewablerevolution%2F3-031014020143.png&hash=cc2201639894f9d0f9606a97d9bc2bf1
My gallery is being steadily hacked so the images won't show
that criticize the Fossil Fuel Insdustry. NONE of the other
images have ever been hacked, so you know who is doing the dirty
work there. I have 1,775 images in the gallery. They occupy 23
pages. BUT, when you get to page 16, NO MORE IMAGES SHOW!
Can you help recover all these images? It gets old having to
search for images in my computer to create a new image of. I do
the best I can to keep up with the hacker(s), but old posts with
said images that they hacked no longer have the impact they had,
thanks to the hackers. I post on disqus many images and the
hackers are steadily making my posts incoherent because the
image is often used as a reference.
I have resorted to creating new images in the Admin area so,
hopefully, the hacker cannot get to them. Nevertheless, I would
love to recover all the images in my gallery that no longer show
AND make the gallery hacker proof as well.
I want people to see and use those images for the good of
humanity. We are in an Existential Catastrophic Climate Change
Crisis and every bit of truth that challenges the biosphere
destroying dirty energy status quo is important and necessary.
Please HELP! Greta Thunberg would agree!
[img
width=640]
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#Post#: 21758--------------------------------------------------
Re: IP Address Spoofing
DIR By: CreateAForum
Date: May 5, 2019, 8:40 pm
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Change passwords.
Remove any mods or other admins.
Make sure no other membergroups have admin gallery permission.
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Re: IP Address Spoofing
DIR By: Agelbert
Date: May 5, 2019, 8:57 pm
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I've done the password change and the other Admin is
trustworthy. Guests can view the gallery but they have zero
permission to do anything else there. Guests cannot even delete
there own posts on my forum!
Can you tell me how to get these hacked images unhacked?
Hit the modify key on my post and you will see what I am talking
about with these hacked images.
#Post#: 21761--------------------------------------------------
Re: IP Address Spoofing
DIR By: CreateAForum
Date: May 5, 2019, 11:13 pm
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I backed up site as it is today.
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