i was told to stop the server and someone said not to by one person....
anway I am asking for perms to console for future events because I was quickly powerless when they took my pperms you guys are accusing phant but I don't think it was him
we will try to sort this out ASAP
hopefully rollback the server and such I will cya later guys
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[AlphaGuard] on Convicted
IP: MC-Convicted.org RIP
Warden on Prison Island! MC-PrisonIsland.com:25825
Forums: Bit.ly/prisonisland
Currently down for rebuild, release date will be released..... soon ish
Server is currently down. People have somehow gained console access to the server and has shut it down. Guard ThePhantomHD and I, along with help from thefirstboss and various other people, attempted and failed at controlling the server and subduing the people suspected to be responsible.
Hopefully the server will be brought back online. A rollback will likely be issued.
When using anti-aura you're not supposed to type /reload... at all... it's very buggy when it comes to reloading... so yeah... my bad.... Oh and anti-aura is a plugin which I paid for so, if it needs any tweaks tell me and I will forward that to the plugin developer. Well I'm going to assume it's a legit hacker since they said that they had stopped the server.
1. The server was not DDoS'd. A DDoS is something completely different that would have made us unable to connect to the server.
2. This isn't some hack allowing someone to do this. No hacked client has the ability to OP themselves on a server. The only possible way someone with a hack could get control of the server would be to use an exploit, and none are known for the current version of Spigot--and it is unlikely that there are any. It is however possible that the person who gained operator on this server had a hacked client.
3. The "hacker" does not have access to Console. To get Console access s/he would need SKP's password, and it is very unlikely that s/he would have managed to gain this information.
As for what exactly happened on the server...I don't even know. Here are a few things I do know:
- Ham's permissions were removed. He was unable to use any commands on Minechat, but his prefix still showed him as Warden rank.
- Ranks were changed. Several prisoners who were high ranks got mysteriously demoted to D Block even when they tried to /rankup.
- All regions were removed/disabled. Everyone was able to access and break any regions, and if I had to guess they probably were just removed by whoever managed to gain OP.
- The server was shut down. I'm not sure whether this was with /stop or if it crashed, but it wasn't Ham since he was unable to use any commands (Ham was the only Warden on at the time).
Several other things were reported as happening by people who I consider trustworthy sources such as:
- Good items disappearing from inventories
- Random users given OP
- Prisoners receiving the [Warden] tag, with it being removed later on.
- Mass jailing (sounds like it was the Guards that were online at the time trying to fix the prison griefing situation).
- People in /vanish flying around (someone said they saw particles? Not sure about this one).
TL;DR: Entire prison was griefed by someone and we have no idea who it was (yet?).
SKP: This has been a rough day for you. My best wishes to you getting everything cleared up--I also have some suspicions that I don't want to say in a forum post because they may be false and it wouldn't be fair to anyone if they were.
As you can read from upper posts, unexpected situation has happen to our server. Yet unclear and unsure what caused these opportunities, we will check that out ways we can. We hope to find reasons to it and learn lesson about it. As this is not end of the world, our prior is open server once again, but it can take a while.
We will keep you informed and I apologize that you can't enjoy our server at the moment.
I, like many others, would like to clear up some misconceptions as well.
Firstly, like Zoomreddin said, the server wasn't DDoSed. It's likely that the attackers shut down the server, but as I don't have the means to find out that information, I can't be certain. It's unlikely that it was a Warden that stopped the server because, during the attack, the only Warden that logged on was hamann10 and he didn't have the ability to do anything.
Secondly, neither I, ThePhantomHD, or thefirstboss griefed the server. ThePhantomHD and I repaired the jail when it was broken (due to a lack of regions) and he covered it in bedrock to keep the prisoners in.
The reason thefirstboss and ThePhantomHD jailed everyone on the server was to minimize the damage done to the prison and to contain everyone until we could find a better solution.
I'm not sure if SKP is currently handling the situation, but I'm sure he will. None of the Wardens were online while it happened, so there was no way for us to stop people from griefing other than jailing them. No one in particular did anything wrong considering the circumstances. It was just a precautionary measure. Hopefully the server can be rolled back to a previous point in time to fix the prison and give ranks back to players, but I'm not in a position to say whether that'll happen.
ThePhantomHD and I were opped for a short period of time, which we used to try and prevent any more destruction to the server (i.e. creating a new region where building was prohibited). During the time we were opped, we did try to edit permissions in order to have a failsafe in case we lost our permissions However, the region was deleted, the permissions changed, and we were de-opped shortly after.
Lastly, to those who've asked, I have not been guarded. I'm not in a position of authority. Nor was I the person who attacked the server. I just happened to be there and alerted ThePhantomHD when it happened. I helped him in containing and controlling the situation but only could do so much given my rank. That's why I wasn't jailed or anything. It's not because of "guard favoritism" or me being promoted; I just happened to be a useful player at that point in time.
My Skype is timm.arus if you have any more questions for me. If any of the Wardens would like my recount of what happened, or any of the players have any further questions, feel free to contact me there.
P.S. ThePhantomHD recorded much of the ordeal. The Wardens should speak to him for the links to the videos. It should exonerate me and him of any suspicion.
Update: We have found possible reason for this event and we do not doubt any users about anything what happened last night. We thank our commune the information you have shared us so far. Right now we are working to get server back online. Server will be white listed first so we can check the damage to measure what we can and what we should do.
Our top prior is to get server back up and playable again. Thank you for your understanding.
Yeah yesterday was hard for the guards that were on (me thefirstboss and thephantomhd) We all tried our best to find who the hacker was but Later on in the search it got harder for me to help because the hacker demoted me to D. But I hope the hacker has been found and the server gets rolled back safely.
Cody I didn't grief the server and I told you to calm the hell down, I said multiply times that I was recording and enclosing players so that they didn't escape once again.
Please pay EXTRA attention to what i say next time.
-ThePhantomHD
P.s - Here is the video I made, Turn up the sounds to hear better
Oh, sorry I thought it was greif cause I didn't know you could place/break blocks yet and then u covered it with bedrock also at that time I assumed it was greif sorry.
You have heard what happened, and we are now working the best we can to get everything back to normal. My perms were removed last night but we got them back.... to pretty much normal
Everything was actually in better shape than we expected
Thanks to the grief not being too bad thanks to you guys not going crazy
We should be re-opening soon
We are also striving to get everyone's ranks back to where they were before, stick with us and we'll do the best we can
GOOD NEWS: Quint's house under the foyer is still in perfect condition and is still open for people who love pink glass
We hope to open as soon as possible and are working to try and avoid this situation again, but if it does I have my own mini plan
I'm glad people are thanking me and praising me for my actions but also Timmarus was helping me as well. I cannot take all the credit, thank him as well.
Sorry for not being able to stop this guys :/
i logge onto minechat with jacked up perms
i was told to stop the server and someone said not to by one person....
anway I am asking for perms to console for future events because I was quickly powerless when they took my pperms you guys are accusing phant but I don't think it was him
we will try to sort this out ASAP
hopefully rollback the server and such I will cya later guys
[AlphaGuard] on ConvictedIP: MC-Convicted.orgRIPhttp://www.minecraftworldmap.com/worlds/6Co4I
Server is currently down. People have somehow gained console access to the server and has shut it down. Guard ThePhantomHD and I, along with help from thefirstboss and various other people, attempted and failed at controlling the server and subduing the people suspected to be responsible.
Hopefully the server will be brought back online. A rollback will likely be issued.
When using anti-aura you're not supposed to type /reload... at all... it's very buggy when it comes to reloading... so yeah... my bad.... Oh and anti-aura is a plugin which I paid for so, if it needs any tweaks tell me and I will forward that to the plugin developer. Well I'm going to assume it's a legit hacker since they said that they had stopped the server.
I'd just like to set a few things straight here.
1. The server was not DDoS'd. A DDoS is something completely different that would have made us unable to connect to the server.
2. This isn't some hack allowing someone to do this. No hacked client has the ability to OP themselves on a server. The only possible way someone with a hack could get control of the server would be to use an exploit, and none are known for the current version of Spigot--and it is unlikely that there are any. It is however possible that the person who gained operator on this server had a hacked client.
3. The "hacker" does not have access to Console. To get Console access s/he would need SKP's password, and it is very unlikely that s/he would have managed to gain this information.
As for what exactly happened on the server...I don't even know. Here are a few things I do know:
- Ham's permissions were removed. He was unable to use any commands on Minechat, but his prefix still showed him as Warden rank.
- Ranks were changed. Several prisoners who were high ranks got mysteriously demoted to D Block even when they tried to /rankup.
- All regions were removed/disabled. Everyone was able to access and break any regions, and if I had to guess they probably were just removed by whoever managed to gain OP.
- The server was shut down. I'm not sure whether this was with /stop or if it crashed, but it wasn't Ham since he was unable to use any commands (Ham was the only Warden on at the time).
Several other things were reported as happening by people who I consider trustworthy sources such as:
- Good items disappearing from inventories
- Random users given OP
- Prisoners receiving the [Warden] tag, with it being removed later on.
- Mass jailing (sounds like it was the Guards that were online at the time trying to fix the prison griefing situation).
- People in /vanish flying around (someone said they saw particles? Not sure about this one).
TL;DR: Entire prison was griefed by someone and we have no idea who it was (yet?).
SKP: This has been a rough day for you. My best wishes to you getting everything cleared up--I also have some suspicions that I don't want to say in a forum post because they may be false and it wouldn't be fair to anyone if they were.
Hello players,
As you can read from upper posts, unexpected situation has happen to our server. Yet unclear and unsure what caused these opportunities, we will check that out ways we can. We hope to find reasons to it and learn lesson about it. As this is not end of the world, our prior is open server once again, but it can take a while.
We will keep you informed and I apologize that you can't enjoy our server at the moment.
Kind regards,
Shananium
MC-Prisonisland.com
I, like many others, would like to clear up some misconceptions as well.
Firstly, like Zoomreddin said, the server wasn't DDoSed. It's likely that the attackers shut down the server, but as I don't have the means to find out that information, I can't be certain. It's unlikely that it was a Warden that stopped the server because, during the attack, the only Warden that logged on was hamann10 and he didn't have the ability to do anything.
Secondly, neither I, ThePhantomHD, or thefirstboss griefed the server. ThePhantomHD and I repaired the jail when it was broken (due to a lack of regions) and he covered it in bedrock to keep the prisoners in.
The reason thefirstboss and ThePhantomHD jailed everyone on the server was to minimize the damage done to the prison and to contain everyone until we could find a better solution.
I'm not sure if SKP is currently handling the situation, but I'm sure he will. None of the Wardens were online while it happened, so there was no way for us to stop people from griefing other than jailing them. No one in particular did anything wrong considering the circumstances. It was just a precautionary measure. Hopefully the server can be rolled back to a previous point in time to fix the prison and give ranks back to players, but I'm not in a position to say whether that'll happen.
ThePhantomHD and I were opped for a short period of time, which we used to try and prevent any more destruction to the server (i.e. creating a new region where building was prohibited). During the time we were opped, we did try to edit permissions in order to have a failsafe in case we lost our permissions However, the region was deleted, the permissions changed, and we were de-opped shortly after.
Lastly, to those who've asked, I have not been guarded. I'm not in a position of authority. Nor was I the person who attacked the server. I just happened to be there and alerted ThePhantomHD when it happened. I helped him in containing and controlling the situation but only could do so much given my rank. That's why I wasn't jailed or anything. It's not because of "guard favoritism" or me being promoted; I just happened to be a useful player at that point in time.
My Skype is timm.arus if you have any more questions for me. If any of the Wardens would like my recount of what happened, or any of the players have any further questions, feel free to contact me there.
P.S. ThePhantomHD recorded much of the ordeal. The Wardens should speak to him for the links to the videos. It should exonerate me and him of any suspicion.
Update:
We have found possible reason for this event and we do not doubt any users about anything what happened last night. We thank our commune the information you have shared us so far. Right now we are working to get server back online. Server will be white listed first so we can check the damage to measure what we can and what we should do.
Our top prior is to get server back up and playable again. Thank you for your understanding.
Kind regards,
Shananium
MC-Prisonisland.com
why cant I join? The official launch is days ago.
Yeah yesterday was hard for the guards that were on (me thefirstboss and thephantomhd) We all tried our best to find who the hacker was but Later on in the search it got harder for me to help because the hacker demoted me to D. But I hope the hacker has been found and the server gets rolled back safely.
also, Some players took advantage of be able to break/place blocks and by the time it close the prison was more like a free escape town or something
Cody I didn't grief the server and I told you to calm the hell down, I said multiply times that I was recording and enclosing players so that they didn't escape once again.
Please pay EXTRA attention to what i say next time.
-ThePhantomHD
P.s - Here is the video I made, Turn up the sounds to hear better
Oh, sorry I thought it was greif cause I didn't know you could place/break blocks yet and then u covered it with bedrock also at that time I assumed it was greif sorry.
But if u guys don't want me as guard next time just tell me you don't want me as guard
WAIT A SECOND, if you knew who the hacker was, then why in the video (after that happened) Phantom said I probably did it
Cody, I don't know, but can you please not double post? Use the edit button under your post to change your post.
Phantom, thank you, that is interesting.
Praise the lord. It was not my fault. ahh relief.
Wow I missed something big XD
You have heard what happened, and we are now working the best we can to get everything back to normal. My perms were removed last night but we got them back.... to pretty much normal
Everything was actually in better shape than we expected
Thanks to the grief not being too bad thanks to you guys not going crazy
We should be re-opening soon
We are also striving to get everyone's ranks back to where they were before, stick with us and we'll do the best we can
GOOD NEWS: Quint's house under the foyer is still in perfect condition and is still open for people who love pink glass
We hope to open as soon as possible and are working to try and avoid this situation again, but if it does I have my own mini plan
I'll see you all soon!
[AlphaGuard] on ConvictedIP: MC-Convicted.orgRIPhttp://www.minecraftworldmap.com/worlds/6Co4I
I'm glad people are thanking me and praising me for my actions but also Timmarus was helping me as well. I cannot take all the credit, thank him as well.
-ThePhantomHD
Cody if you actually check my video that I made, I never once said that you were the one hacking.