Hack Forums
[11/18/12] - HF News - Printable Version

+- Hack Forums (https://hackforums.net)
+-- Forum: Hack Forums Official Information (https://hackforums.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: Site News (https://hackforums.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=2)
+--- Thread: [11/18/12] - HF News (/showthread.php?tid=3034418)

Pages: Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

[11/18/12] - HF News - Oak - Nov 19, 2012

[IMG]http://i.minus.com/jpbRhrRig2LgV.png[/IMG]

The edition you are currently reading is the 118th full edition. To read any older editions of HF News, please go here.

[img]http://i.minus.com/jba1spITkcOXLN.png[/img]
HEY YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE
... is what Omni would say if he was pissed off about people talking about hacking, exploiting, or attacking chat services. Well actually, that's what he did say. Omniscient seemed rather annoyed, suggested by the title of his thread, which is identical to the title of this article, by the amount of blackhat discussion that has been happening in recent times in the Tinychat/Skype/Join.me Invites section. Omniscient warned users that he'd "...immediately close your fucking account and tear apart any good-will you ever had here" if you think you're above this section's rules. This happened approximately a week ago, although it serves as a reminder to all; don't piss the big man off. Read the full thread here.

HJT Updates
This last week has been a busy one for Omniscient and the Hi-Jack This Malware Removal Team that is native to Hackorums. Things all kicked off with Omniscient announcing on his Twitter that "HJT new recruiting will begin this week. Stay tuned for more updates and info on the groups new procedures." The full story can be found here. Furthermore, he then announced that the Hi-Jack This Malware Removal Team, that has been around since early 2009, will be renamed to "Hackforums' Malware Removal Team", or what will commonly be referred to as "HF MRT". With the announcement, Omniscient , created a thread on the behalf of the newly named "HF MRT" looking for all new graphics in the group, including a userbar, logo, and ficon. The thread can be found here.

Downtime
You may have noticed downtime recently, specifically mid last week. It was stated on HF's official Twitter that this was due to maintenance. This downtime was predertermined, and users were warned prior. Although, only a day after this maintenance, the site again went offline. This time, however, was due to hardware failure. "Apparantly" (Omniscient's words, not mine) there was some form of motherboard failure. The issue was relatively quickly resolved.

[img]http://i.minus.com/jHAVGLpCK2X3O.png[/img]
User News
adampelletgun, BaussHacker, and Mark Webber reached 1,000 reputation points. Congratulations!
DafuqDude and Grammar Rays reached 10,000 posts. Congratulations!

Repfucks
Bans
Awards
  • PubMaster received the Gamer award.
  • Yellows no longer has the 24k award.
  • Яǝʌǝɹsǝ received the Hustler award for coming up with the sub-forum's description.
  • Aeon ‹3 received the Master Donator and the Militant award.
  • Froggy received the Frog and Cuddly and Cute awards.

Group Leadership Changes
None.

[img]http://i.minus.com/jC7Qf9JqwY96f.png[/img]
Salvatore - Spotify Web (Beta)
Yellows - Empire | HF OMGPOP Pool Tournament 7
Winner - HF radio [Become a DJ NOW!!]
xadamxk - iDevice/ Android Section Changes

[img]http://i.minus.com/juGD7pFSr607C.png[/img]
Interview - Brandenx781
(Click to View)

Interview - Hazy
(Click to View)

* - Oak - Nov 19, 2012

[img]http://i.minus.com/jTNhWwab1CFHJ.png[/img]
[img]http://f.cl.ly/items/1t3k3K3d2U2H1F2n0V1z/Image%202012.11.17%207:58:52%20PM.png[/img]
Xbox LIVE Turns Ten!
Earlier this week, Xbox LIVE officially turned 10. The service launched back in November 2002 with games like MechAssault, NFL Fever and Ghost Recon. Microsoft have revealed enormous stats about the service and have also gone crazy on freebies this week. Players who have been Xbox LIVE members for an undisclosed time will receive a special avatar helmet. Thats not all! Xbox LIVE members can also grab a few freebies and discounts on the Xbox LIVE marketplace for a short period of time. Oh, did I mention that Xbox veterans are receiving limited edition consoles? Yeah, now thats cool. Microsoft revealed some very big numbers... 

Since Launch
122,265,266 friendships have been forged
4.5 billion achievements have been unlocked
270 billion achievement points earned

Black Ops 2 Makes $500 Million In First Day Sales
The newest Call of Duty title, Black Ops II, has earned more than $500 million on launch day, according to Activision. It passed both MW3 ($400m) and Halo 4 ($220m). There were over 16,000 midnight launches for the game, with over one million copies sold from Gamestop at midnight. Activision haven't announced how many copies were sold, but it's obviously a lot. "With first day sales of over half a billion dollars worldwide, we believe Call of Duty is the biggest entertainment launch of the year for the fourth year in a row," said Activision CEO Bobby Kotick. "Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for Harry Potter and Star Wars, the two most successful movie franchises of all time."

Video of the Week
We have a few videos this week to show off, the first being the latest Minecraft Let's Play which was suggested by a user - you can view the video right here. Black Ops 2 is finally out, and it seems there is a lot of lag. WoodysGamertag might have your solution, which you can view here. He also has a video to fix PS3 consoles from freezing when playing the game, which can be viewed here.

[img]http://i.minus.com/jl0EswX4V4jJf.png[/img]
Israeli-Hamas Explosive War
So far, roughly 47 Palestinians have been killed as a result of the Israeli bombings, a dozen of which are children. At the same time, over 500 rockets have hit Israel, leaving 3 dead and dozens severely injured. The current war is a result of a Hamas commander being killed by Israeli forces. Hamas and Israel have had an ongoing conflict over the years. Abu Ubaida, a Hamas military spokesman, has stated that, "This round of confrontation will not be the last against the Zionist enemy and it is only the beginning." Also, the Israeli forces have been preparing for ground as Major-General Tal Russo has stated that it is was "definitely" possible.

Egyptian Bus Crash Leaves 50 Dead
Near Manfalut, an Egyptian bus crash has taken the lives of 50 children and a bus driver. Even more disheartening, the children were all aged between 4 to 6 years old. Doctor Mohamed Samir told Reuters, "They told us the barriers were open when the bus crossed the tracks and the train collided with it." President Mohammed Mursi told his ministers to aid the families of the victims. The crossing guard, who happened to be asleep, was arrested and charged as a result of the incident.

French Protest Against Gay Marriage
Over 70,000 protestors in Paris, along with protestors in other French cities, took to the streets against the legalization of same-sex marriage. President Francois Hollande had publicly stated that he would make it legally possible for homosexuals to marry. Marthe Vignault, one of the protestors, explained, "A child needs a father and a mother, he needs the paternal and the maternal side and with this bill that might not be possible any more."

UN Responds to Rebels in Congo
The U.N. Security Council, in an attempt to disuade more violent acts, threatened to increase sanctions on rebels for their attacks launched on the Congolese Army. M23 rebels, with the support of forces in Rwanda, conflicted with the army, which resulted in U.N. helicopters bombarding the rebels. French U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud claimed, "We must stop the M23...would, inevitably, become a humanitarian crisis."

[img]http://i.minus.com/jbnJDqXKVJiOjS.png[/img]
Apple
Apple suffered a loss of around $2M earlier this week due to theft of stock. Approximately 3500 iPad Mini's were stolen last week in a New York airport. Renel Rene Richardson, who was an employee at New York's JFK airport, enquired consistently towards his co-workers to receive information about Apple's iPad Mini shipment details. The FBI managed to squeeze vital info from Richardson and eventually figured out that the products were loaded into a truck by the thieves with the use of a forklift, while Richardson was left a measly 3 iPad Mini's for himself. This action took place on Monday night at the Cargo Air Services Building at JFK. Reports say that, after the arrest, Richardson was teaming with the FBI to found the stolen iPads. The FBI has yet to release details about the known or suspected location(s) of the stolen goods.

Anonymous
In retaliation to the attacks that are taking place in Gaza, Team Anonymous has hacked protest support websites, along with various other websites dedicated to other primary topics, although featured protest support material. According to Anonymous, the 'hack count' for this project is currently at 663 websites. Among these sites is the Bank of Jerusalem, which is one of Israel's largest financial institutions. Anonymous managed to gain access and wipe their entire database. Swiftly after Anonymous tweeted of this particular feat, the site was taken offline, leaving a database error message. The site is still offline. Dumps including full names, email address' and IP address' of the breached databases were also released over the internet. Anonymous, in a press release, stated "They crossed a line in the sand. As the former dictator of Egypt Mubarack [sic] learned the hard way -- we are ANONYMOUS and NO ONE shuts down the Internet on our watch."

Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, has finally mobilized Facebook for 5 billion users. This change was done in order to attract more developers and more data to provide a much more efficient environment to the DNA. Mark stated that Facebook is positioned better on mobile rather than on computer. Every day, 6 billion mobile subscriptions and 75 percent of the world's population has access to some kind of mobile phone or smart phone, so Zuckerberg has decided to concentrate and further specialise Facebook with this trend. Zuckerberg stated, "One of the big trends we see is that the amount that any individual shares in a given year seems to be growing at this exponentially increasing rate. It is this social networking version of Moore's Law. What that suggests to me is that if we expect that this rate is going to double every year, then look out ten years, 2 to the 10th is 1024, ten years from now people will be sharing about a thousand times as many things."

[img]http://i.minus.com/jbjo5C8ZAaCfSc.png[/img]
Vampire Weekend, Others Play NYC Benefit Concert
Indie rock bands Vampire Weekend, Dirty Projectors, Real Estate, Walkmen, and others played an acoustic benefit concert to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims this past week. To attend the show you had to pay a minimum $30 donation. The lineup was stacked, but the venue was rather odd. All performances took place at a church in Brooklyn. 

Miami Set To Host Kurt Cobain Tribute
Miami's Gusman Center will play host to a December 6th Kurt Cobain tribute. The exhibition will include a short film, KURT, showcasing the multiple masks and personalities of the late Cobain. The show will also include a performance headlined by Thurston Moore. 

Music Video Of The Week
Spoiler (Click to View)

[img]http://i.minus.com/jKQ5rwMHo9quw.png[/img]
This is basically my own little corner to type up my thoughts and some standpoints on different topics.
Potato juice is vodka. That is all.

** - Oak - Nov 19, 2012

[img]http://i.minus.com/jbdTi8oysSZ1ey.png[/img]

"Where do you stand on decriminalizing versus legalizing Marijuana?"

"There are a lot of people that don't want weed legal, some being straight-edgers,
others being people that make a living off the distribution of marijuana, so really all the
government needs to do is get the growers from the rings, and just give them an offer
they can't refuse. Decriminalization of marijuana would do more good then bad, when the
legalizing, it comes with restrictions and taxes, and controlling by the government, which
no one in the business wants."
-Baked

"If we decriminalized marijuana, it would take a lot of pressure of the police.
However, people would start to grow it and there would be a LARGE amount of it circulating
and being smoked. It should remain illegal."
-The Dark Knight

"I am of the opinion that marijuana and other similar drugs should not be legalized because
there will be people buying it who can't afford it. The rest of the country will be left with high
poor people to take care of, causing more tax dollars to be given to people who willingly wasted
their money."
-webdev77

The topic for next week is "What are you looking forward to in the 'future'?"

To send in your entries for the next edition, PM Sir.


[IMG]http://i.minus.com/jbatvBgH1Vli7e.png[/IMG]
[img]http://i.minus.com/iIzeiHXvsvctf.png[/img]


[img]http://i.minus.com/j1AUE1oYr068J.png[/img]
(Click to View)
(Click to View)

[img]http://i.minus.com/jbxAIvN3j9rdSS.png[/img]

HF News Team

* - iwu - Nov 19, 2012

Great read as always, however should've been earlier!

* - Healasuk - Nov 19, 2012

Great edition to the HF news collection. Good job guys!

* - Vandal - Nov 19, 2012

What is that the 4th time USMC Chris has been repfucked? Great edition as always though Writers team. Keep up the good work!

* - pubmaster - Nov 19, 2012

Another great edtion. Good job mate!

* - Visualize - Nov 19, 2012

Oh I just realized the new edition was posted. Always a pleasure to read, nice release!

* - #YOLO - Nov 19, 2012

Another awesome post :D
Love reading these!
Keep up the good work!

* - Odin the Wanderer - Nov 19, 2012

Nice edition to the HF news, it was a good read.

* - TechApp - Nov 19, 2012

Another good edition of HF News. Good job News team!

* - soulreaper123 - Nov 19, 2012

How is infinity not mentioned here that is a huge thing?

* - Morchid - Nov 19, 2012

I was put in this news :D
I changed my name from DafuqDude to Morchid :)
I wouldn't mind if you changed it if possible.

Another amazing news from Sir and his amazing News team :3

* - BaussHacker - Nov 19, 2012

Finally the news was posted! Been waiting for this c: Great job as always! :)

Looking forward to the next weeks news!

* - Premortal - Nov 19, 2012

Congratulations on your new awards, Aeon! The GFX this week was particularly good as well!