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RickJP

Join Date 11/2007

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Skinartistry

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From the web site. Skinartistry.com is now officially closed due to hackers installing a series of php scripts, to send out spam, and other various malware. I am sorry that it had to come to this, but they say the third time is the charm. To all those that made SA what it is today, I thank you. Especially all Admins, thanks for your hard work! I will be talking to some that may want to revive the site, but for now, SA is Closed for business This is a shame had not been a member over there for long but a lot of good stuff being turned out.

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superman

Join Date 03/2008

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Forgive me for my ignorance, but how the hackers were able to install such scripts... U mean to say they uploaded something bad

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It is a very sad day to hear this news.

Skinartistry was a great site and one of my favorites to visit.

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kenwas

Join Date 04/2003

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It was a fine site with some special peeps and this is indeed a great loss. So easy to take sites like Skinartistry for granted. I certainly have been guilty of that. Thanks to Tom and the admins for putting on a fine show.

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Bushman

Join Date 08/2001

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Shot? I have a better idea, hang them up by their wrists and draw and quarter them in a public square!

I agree but I say hang them up by their thumbs. SK will be missed

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Phoon

Join Date 10/2001

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Forgive me for my ignorance, but how the hackers were able to install such scripts... U mean to say they uploaded something bad

Myself NOT being a hacker, nor having a thorough knowledge of php, couldn't begin to answer that. This entire thing happened so fast that I was left out of the communication loop and thus have no details. Perhaps Reppiks or Bones will show up here and enlighten us all a bit more. I'll shoot some emails out and try to pass more infor along as I find out.

I had not been as active during the past several months as I would like to have been but I think I can safely speak the following for all the admin staff.

To all that have expressed concerns and condolences, thank you so much for your heartfelt comments. It was a pleasure being associated with all of you in one manner or another. We will miss that interaction as much as you will miss coming to see us.

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Yes, It's a loss for the online skinning community as a whole. It always is when one of the sites 'goes down' for whatever the reason, and sadly it happens a lot more frequently than most would like to remember, and not 'only' to the smaller sites, either.
Hackers, crackers, phreakers, and OTHER wankers should ideally be shot.....much of it is urban/social terrorism, nothing more.

I agree...

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As someone that has called Skinartistry home for the past years, all I can say is thanks to the community...they made SA the great place that it was.

It is a shame that in these times, that a few people inspired by the almighty dollar will go to the the trouble of infecting web sites (that have nothing in common with their intrest).

Thanks to the members, the community, and my fellow administrators for making Skinartistry what it was.

Reppiks

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Thanks Everyone for the nice words!

I did manage to find a signature html file left by the would be hackers, a group called 1919turk.org, they left their calling card one too many times. And I would like to thank them personally for ruining years of work!

Although I haven't been around as much these past few months, the admins did a marvelous job keeping these guys at bay for awhile. I appreciate all their hard work, taking care of the site while they could.

And thanks to everyone who was a part of the site, members and admins, thanks for making SA What it was!
In the future, maybe somewhere downline maybe one of the Admins might want to have the domain and start fresh. As for me, I am done with it, it was fun while it lasted. I just don't have the time to dedicate to running that site right now.

But I will try and check out WC, and keep up with you all, as much as possible. Thanks for a great run!

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Forgive me for my ignorance, but how the hackers were able to install such scripts... U mean to say they uploaded something bad

Thats easy enough,

Hackers can crack ftp passwords, break thru firewalls, do brute force attacks, denial of service attacks. You name and they can do it, if you're in their sights, too bad for you.

We regularly changed passwords to all ftp users, and kept a close eye out, but these guys are no joke. If they want something bad enaough, they will get it.

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