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He seems to be in a bit of a mess with two hackers and no recent back up. If he's done something to upset Russians, he's perhaps lucky that they attacked only his website. I heard that there have been some Russian 'businessmen' in Korat recently.

It serves him right. He did much worse himself a couple of years ago so he gets no sympathy from me.

Russian 'businessmen'? Do you mean those musicians with the violin cases?

Russian 'businessmen'? Do you mean those musicians with the violin cases?

Exactly, but these days they carry briefcases and don't play music.

I heard that there have been some Russian 'businessmen' in Korat recently.

We're getting closer! From that post on koratfarang by some il kid I conclude there must be three of them:

Sincerely, there are some bad people in Korat that really want to make problems.
I know only 3 people who could have spend money to hack this website. Same as suspects as usual.
They should really get a life.

Made me think that he might even have the income certificates of all Korat expats in his dossiers.

But that post really puzzled me:

Quote from: Isaan Lawyers

Thanks. I found 3 of his emails, his IP, found his paypal account, etc.
He is russian, I presume young. Problem seems corrected now.

Didn't you say when you started this topic that it was three people, referring to three people in Korat, because we all know that's what you meant?  You know, when you said "Get a life" and the part about your pathetic speculation that possibly one of, or a combination of three people in Korat would pay a Romanian hacker to post a Russian flag on your website.  Paranoia setting in again?  As usual when something bad happens to you, you go into paranoia mode and start blaming the wrong people.  I'm surprised you didn't ad to your posts, "WE WILL SUE."  You're funnier than the Three Stooges.

Who can help solve this mystery? 

Let's say he does embarrass people by so openly trying to take them for stupid!

Saf, I sincerely do like your post on KF:

Quote from: Isaan Lawyers

I can post what was on another Korat forum.
And Cyanid was you.
People are laughing about you because anything I post, you jump on it.
Get a life.

Bonjour Monsieur xxxxxxxxxx.

That's a very old post from Grumpyexpat.com about the security or otherwise of Simple Machines software as it was at the time. I think that you have posted it here previously.

What you seem to have missed, in your glee at having a copy of that item, is that whoever took the screenshot was logged in as Administrator. I am the only legal Administrator of that forum and I didn't take the screenshot. So, Mr. xxxxxxx, please tell us how you managed to get a screenshot of a page that is in a form only I could see legally.

It seems to have become common knowledge that, a couple of years  or so ago, you had in your possession copies of PM's between me and another member. Perhaps it became common knowledge because you were showing those PM's to people in a bar in Korat. The only people who could legally see those PM's were the two people who wrote them. Monsieur xxxxxxxx, kindly explain how you came to have them, please.

As an admin also running a phpBB forum I would like to explain to our readers why it is obvious from that screenshot that it was taken while logged in as admin: That "question mark in the upside triangle" icon above the post next to "QUOTE" is the information button displayed to the admin only. A click on that let's you see which IP that post came from, which other members have posted from that IP as well, and from which other IPs that member has posted as well etc. It holds highly confidential information that is by standard of phpBB3 only accessible to the admin.

Now imagine a lawyer representing you at court who shoots himself, or better shoots you, the client he's representing, in the foot by submitting "evidence" that does nothing but prove himself a criminal.

One of the favorite expressions of that individual is "Bad Faith". In discussions he keeps using it to criminalize about every fully legal action other people do, insinuating abuse of the law. Now did he act in "Good Faith" publishing obviously by criminal action illegally obtained data in a personal attack? Can he make somebody believe that with all the special knowledge he pretends to have he did not understand the crime committed "collecting that evidence"? 

As an admin also running a phpBB forum I would like to explain to our readers why it is obvious from that screenshot that it was taken while logged in as admin: That "question mark in the upside triangle" icon above the post next to "QUOTE" is the information button displayed to the admin only. A click on that let's you see which IP that post came from, which other members have posted from that IP as well, and from which other IPs that member has posted as well etc. It holds highly confidential information that is by standard of phpBB3 only accessible to the admin.

Now imagine a lawyer representing you at court who shoots himself, or better shoots you, the client he's representing, in the foot by submitting "evidence" that does nothing but prove himself a criminal.

I marked the indicators now, so one can understand better how obvious that is for an admin familiar with phpBB.

The 'Edit' button is also significant. It appears only:

1. On a logged in Member's own posts, allowing him to edit them.

2. On every post by every member for Admin. and Mods., allowing them to edit member's posts when necessary.

The screenshot was, as everyone now understands, taken by someone who was logged in as Administrator. It could not have been the member himself because the Admin. buttons wouldn't show. I have asked on another forum how this came to happen but, so far, there has been no reply.

I have also commented elsewhere on the paper copies of several PM's between me and another member of Grumpy that were shown in a bar in Korat Old Town. You can guess who was showing them and it was not either me or that other member. Much more than this was going on at the time.

All of this was a couple of years ago and I learned a lot about password security from it. There has been no such problem with the forum, my email account, my eBay account or my PayPal account since then.

I notice that a few people on another forum would rather this issue be buried so that they can get on with their own lives as members. Perhaps they don't understand how serious this matter is and what could happen to their own internet accounts if someone like that decided to attack. They really should listen and learn. It's much more important than discussing brands of diapers.

Even if someone else showed him the screen or gave him the screenshot, making it public as he did was also a crime.

If you are logged in as admin on a PHbb forum are you able to manipulate user posts or anything else?

Apart from viewing and changing PMs or viewing passwords you can view and change just about everything. But there is an admin log that lists when an admin logged into the ACP and which items have been changed, when, by which admin, and from which IP he was logged in then. Maybe that log can supply some more evidence even.

Wow!  This is getting deeper by the minute!  Stealing the Admin's password and logging on is one thing, but tampering with stuff, changing user name passwords, emails, stealing data to try and use it to blackmail people...God the list goes on.  I wonder if he realizes what trouble he's gotten himself into.  There is a huge list of charges that can be brought against him for this....posting screen shots to try and discredit people not realizing that he was basically incriminating himself. 

Grumpy is also covering this story. I hope that Admin. here is agreeable to me posting a link so that readers can get the complete picture.

http://www.grumpyexpat.com/forum/isaan-liar-loses-face-again-t961.html

Thanks, JF. If reciprocated, of course.