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The edition you are currently reading is the 89th full edition. To read any older editions of HF News, please go here.

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Massive down time
While our beloved owner Omniscient was away at Lake Tahoe this weekend HackForums went down for a lengthy time of 8 hours. The event occurred on the 22nd, only a day after HackForum's 5th anniversary. To see Omniscient's short and sweet announcement click the following link: http://goo.gl/AXt0G

Beware of phishers
Earlier this week there was talk of a phishing scam where a non-upgraded member would PM you yelling at you for a post. In the PM it would contain a link that looked like a link to a thread or reply, but when clicked it would take you to a phishing site where members would be prompted to log back in to HackForums. Omniscient has not commented on this matter, however some members believe that he is going to take legal action in hopes of shutting down the website. To view a warning thread regarding this event click the following link: http://goo.gl/XqCMR

TechSperts now mentoring
The TechSperts have been known for their tutorial making and wide variety of skilled members, however they have recently started a new mentoring program giving almost any member a chance to learn from the best here on HackForums. These Public Classrooms require members to apply, however they do post the lesson after they are finished for anyone that could not attend. To view the TechSpert's announcement thread click the following link: http://goo.gl/rb2nc

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Riggs has reached 1,000 reputation points.
SWAGSTER was rep fucked for using an adult image as his avatar.
Velocity was banned for UB3R junk abuse.
Killerpop89 had his account stolen.
Marine was banned for fraudulent donations.
BigDomePiece has requested to be banned while on vacation.
Han. has requested to be banned while on vacation.
WARZONE was banned.
.Hack has requested to be banned while on vacation.
Netflix was banned for advertising a social engineering site.
NiTrOwow requested to be banned.
Witness was banned for LQP.

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General Thread(s)
HJT Thread - Inactivity Purge + Restructuring - Trainees, Teachers, and Helpers - Valiant - Here tells a sad tale of how the HJT Team is falling, many are leaving and becoming inactive. However, new faces will join and start their training, all is not lost!

Admin Thread - Omniscient was at my house. [proof] - Positive - Positive tells his story of how he met Omniscient.

Dog Thread - Dog dog dog.. Bear Bear Bear. - Grammar Hax1n - Here we find a heartwarming thread of someone who would take a bullet for their dog.

RAT Thread - TechSperts | Lesson One - All about RATs - -๖ۣۜDivine- - The Techsperts have released a new tutorial on RATs.
 

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Interview - Opulence (Click to View)
Waleed: Hello Opulence, I'd like to thank you for taking a few minutes out of your day to participate in this interview. We generally kick off our interviews by giving our interviewee's the opportunity to give their favorite HackForums colleague's a shout out. Do you have anyone in mind?
Opulence: Ωмεɢα comes first to my mind since we haven't spoken much lately! Should probably drop him a PM now lol. Then there is Sold, awesome girl. And of course the only sane mature person here Bugga. And let's not forget the mustbementioned Omniscient and Judge Dredd, strict to some but really cool to talk with.

Waleed: I hope they will be pleased to see their names mentioned in this edition of HF News. You may be aware that HackForums had reached its 5 year anniversary on the 21st; what are your views on this milestone?
Opulence: Every milestone reached is worth a celebration. HF grows, and changes for every day that passes by, to some in a more negative direction. To me, every change is positive as the site and community keeps growing and it's a normal thing that people always romanticize "the good old days when everybody loved anybody". I do however wish to see some of the rulings on disallowed blackhat activity be lifted.

Waleed: HackForums has definitely come a long way, and you've been around for much of its progress. This month marks two years since you've joined HackForums, can you recall of any memorable moments you'd like to share with our readers?
Opulence: Wow, has it been two years already? Memorable moments you say, hmm, HF is a jungle, epic things happens in the shadows all the time. But examples of noteworthy moments was when Braco got a whole country blacklisted, that was hilarious. So was the return of Hanzo, aka Judge Dredd and the thousands of repfucks that followed and who can forget Boxxy and partners that scammed for thousands of dollars. P R O D I G Y pulled one off as well.

Waleed: I see you have lots of memories to reminisce. What brought you to join HackForums and what were your intentions?
Opulence: My original reason were embarrassingly enough to buy a Windows 7 key here, and just delete my account after that. I got not only one but several ones for free, and more keys for other software that got me stop using pirated, and cracked software. I stayed cause of the generosity by those members, and the great community that wanted me to learn.

Waleed: With three month worth of activity I have to ask what keeps you active on the forum?
Opulence: I'm not as active as I used to but I stay for the many discussions here, and the constant new methods to do things. If you want to learn, there's a lot of people willing to teach in this community.

Waleed: There are plenty of sections here on HackForums; even ones that don't revolve around hacking. Which would you say is your favorite and why?
Opulence: The Lounge for the laidback silly discussions, and the SRPP section for the more heavy discussions.

Waleed: I'm very joyous for our 5th anniversary and I'm sure much of the community is as well. What can HackForums improve on for next year?
Opulence: Anything and everything always needs an improvement, I can't say what exactly but I'm sure Omniscient has tons of ideas for HF left in him. But as said before, keys and serials needs to return to HF, would fill a lot of pockets for some members here.

Waleed: I'd like to thank you once again Opulence for allowing us to interview you. Are there any last words you have for our readers?
Opulence: Stay active and stay positive and show others the respect you want for yourself. And Ub3rs and L33ts, you guys can always be nicer to the normal members, we've all been there, not the annoying trolls of course. And to answer a question I get PM'ed about constantly, no, you don't have to pay a cent to receive these awards.


Interview - Phismatic (Click to View)
Michael Westen: Hey Phismatic! Thanks for taking the time out for this interview! Before we begin, would you like to give a shoutout to any special members or friends on Hack Forums?
Phismatic: I'd like to give a shoutout to Koala. He's having a difficult time adjusting after coming out of the closet.

Michael Westen: Great - I wish the best to Koala, I know that you too struggled when you eventually came out. I am sure it'll get better! How did you find Hack Forums, Phismatic?
Phismatic: It's hard to remember, but I think I found HF from another forum I was on.

Michael Westen: Ah! That was a while ago, wasn't it? Back with DJ Keemstar and all of that nonsense. What has been your most successful accomplishment on Hack Forums?
Phismatic: Yeah, my most successful accomplishment on HF would have to be when I got accepted for ub3r.

Michael Westen: Interesting! Congratulations, I was certainly rooting for you. If you could change one thing on Hack Forums, what would it be, and why?
Phismatic: If I could change one thing, it would have to be to allow the disallowed blackhat activity.

Michael Westen: You have always had a tendency to be a naughty boy, haven't you Phismatic? That would be interesting, but would lead to legal repercussions for Omni. What's your best memory on Hack Forums?
Phismatic: My best memory would probably be getting uber. It’s definitely a pretty cool to get accepted.

Michael Westen: I agree completely! It’s the best feeling ever, I still have my acceptance PM from Omni I believe. What do you look forward to doing on 4/20?
Phismatic: I’m definitely looking forward to all the marijuana threads in the Lounge, there aren’t enough of them. I’m going to enjoy myself with friends. What about you?

Michael Westen: I have no idea yet, thanks for asking! Hopefully I get to enjoy it also! In the spirit, what do you think about the marijuana legalization movement in the US?
Phismatic: I think its fine, I just want people to stop bitching about it personally. It doesn’t hurt anyone. They’ll just tax the shit out of it. 

Michael Westen: I agree – Who knows, we’ll see what happens. Do you have any closing regards for the readers/smokers out there?
Phismatic: Enjoy your holiday.

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Obama Picture with College Student goes Viral
During his travel through Colorado on Tuesday, Obama entered a local pub known as the Stink and took a photograph with student Madalyn Starkey.  Madalyn uploaded the picture to her Twitter never guessing it would blow up that quickly but she was quickly proven wrong.  
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Eric Pfeiffer from Yahoo News stated that, "After all the attention, it would seem the president is giving the Ridiculously Photogenic Guy a run for his money."

North Korea in possession of 'Mobile weapons' with capability of Striking USA
Recently, a North Korean army official states that his country was armed with powerful mobile weapons with the ability to strike America.  He also claimed that the weapons could annihilate the United States "at a single blow."
Reporters at Yahoo state that:

North Korea made another unusual claim Monday, promising "special actions" that would reduce Seoul's government to ashes.
North Korea is believed to have nuclear weapons but not the technology to put them on long-range missiles. A rocket launch that the U.S. claimed was a North Korean attempt to test missile technology failed this month.

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Apple:
The tech giant Apple Inc. has released their quarter two earnings. They made a whopping thirty-nine billion dollars, with the fact that they sold less iPhones and iPads this quarter.  Apple is believed it will be the first company to be worth a trillion dollars. It’s currently worth about half a billion dollars. Apple has been achieving things other company’s dream of. There are skeptics out there who say Apple will eventually be just a trend and fade out. A half a billion-dollar company fading out? I don’t think so. 

The “Cloud”:
It seems like every computer company know is releasing a cloud storage program. Apple and it’s iCloud, Microsoft’s SkyDrive , Dropbox, and Box. Storing things in the cloud has become the easiest thing ever thanks to all these companies coming out with their programs. Google recently joined the party with Google Drive, a nifty name, which stores five gigabytes for free. Google’s new Drive is supposed to be friendlier to users because it allows files up to ten gigabytes to be uploaded to their cloud storage.  It is available on both Windows and Mac, also on Android and iOS. 

Viruses:
New viruses have been going around like wildfire. The once thought to be untouchable OSX has been attacked many times this month with many new types of Trojans. Windows has always been attacked by viruses. There are many ways to protect yourself like: downloading things that you trust, don’t open emails from an unknown address, disable Java (has been attacked a lot lately), and if you can get your firewall setup.

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Carrie Underwood
Few female vocalists in any genre can boast a more stylistically diverse résumé than Carrie Underwood. In the past year alone, she's scored a No. 1 country hit with pal Brad Paisley, partnered with rock icon Steven Tyler for top-rated CMT show "Crossroads" and performed with legendary crooner Tony Bennett at the Grammy Awards, serving up the classic "It Had to Be You," their collaboration on Bennett's Duets II album

Hall Of Fame
The Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame recently inducted Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys and more.

Coachella
Tupac rose from the dead and stole the show at Coachella, performing alongside Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. Read more about it here.

Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney sat down recently with Billboard's Ray Waddell to discuss the many projects keeping him busy in an American Express Press Pass Q&A.

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This is basically my own little corner to type up my thoughts and some standpoints on different topics.

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Frankly, I'm dead tired. I'm sorry I cannot grace you with my wise words this night.
Yet, here's one quote from me "Sometimes it's okay to opt out of something you usually do, if you just feel you aren't up to the task."

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"If you spent 4/20 doing something special, what did you do? In detail."

"A friend and I counted down 'till midnight before we lit our first joints. We
had spent over $350 on weed and additional necessities to celebrate 420, so
we were totally pumped. After four joints each, we went to sleep, since we
had school the next day. We were at his house and his parents weren't at
home, so the first thing we did the next morning was a peaceful wake and
bake at the dinner table. My friend's mom had left bread from the baker, which
we ate entirely by ourselves before we even arrived at school.
We were forty minutes early, so that was enough time for us to smoke another
two joints and roll a sticky for the first break.
Class was perfect. Our teacher for the first hour didn't show up, so we spent the
first hour outside, smoking. The teacher for the second hour was there, but I can
guarantee you that we barely noticed that.
During our first break, we both went to the school bathroom and smoked our
sticky. We had to drill it, since we only have five minutes.
When the bell announcing lunch break rang, we were the first two to get up and
leave class.
My friend and I had made space cake for the occasion, so that's what we ate.
After we had finished our 420 themed lunch, we sparked up three more joints each.
On our way back to school, we encountered a cop riding a horse. We were barely
able to hold back our laughter. The cop noticed we were baked as, but instead of
arresting us like he should have, he wished us a happy 420 instead. We grinned,
high-fived him, pet his pony and strutted back to class, laughing constantly as we
were walking.
The afternoon classes were slow as hell. Teachers were talking about boring shit
and we weren't even paying attention. The only thing that made the afternoon
more fun was the occasional snort of laughter that came either from my friend
or me.
When school was over, we went back to my friend's house were we smoked some
more, but this time with Hash instead.
We prepared for a 420 party we were attending and left his house around 8PM.
The bus ride was hilarious. Everything was so beautiful, yet hilarious at the same
time. The bus driver realized we'd smoked, but he didn't say a thing about it.
We got at the other guy's home around 9PM. We rang the door and a stranger
opened the door. His eyes were red as fuck, so we were clearly at the right address.
We entered the house and thick white smoke greeted our lungs.
We still had a LOT of weed left and quickly lit up another joint.
The night was young and we practically smoked one joint after another. The host
of the party had also made space cake, so that was pretty much our 420 dish, 24/7.
The last thing I remember doing on 4/20 was passing out in a hotboxed Peugeot 106
around 11AM. I woke up the next day, Saturday, around 6PM and still felt a bit hazy.
That was the best twentieth of April ever!"
-Oldskool.

"I think people need to chill. I mean what the world is coming to if
young people started to smoke marijuana a lot. Imagine what society will be in the
future: Full of prisoners, dropped out of school teens and so on. I think marijuana
shouldn't be legalized, not the USA, Not in any other country in the world. What was
illegal will stay illegal because it was illegal for a good reason. Now I know that people
will start to hate me for this opinion but chill, I'm just trying to warn people. Thanks."
-Makaveli The Don

"My 4/20: 10 pipe bowls, 4 bong bowls, 1 Juicy J, and 3 King sizes.
All in the course of a 12 hour span."
-iDuL

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Leadership Changes
Existence was recently promoted to leader of Blackshades.

Awards
Dan. received the Youtube award.
Genuine received the Jokester award.
Sir received the Speaker of the House award.
BELLAGIO received the Businessman award.
Subscription received the Youtube award.
TheVortex received the Master Donator award.
Яǝʌǝɹsǝ received the Youtube award.
TheVortex received The Alien award.

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[BELLAGIO]

First friday news. First reply. Looks great

[!!* Alone Vampire *!!]

A good edition as always, well done Sir.

[Tangy]

Looks like a promising edition, reading it now!

[d4rkj4y]

Awh, I got repfucked for a stupid reason as well :(
OT : Looks good :D

[MaxX0r]

Good news Sir!
Reading the news now. :)

btw. there is an h (hhttp) to much in the link to SWAGSTER

[Jovis]

A great edition of the news Sir, I'll read this later :) Webshow was good by the way.

[The Kramer]

Another good edition Sir. Keep it up :) <3

[Mr Kewl]

Great edition Sir, another good to read edition.

[Pocky]

Lol when is Warzone never not banned?
Anyway, great addition.

[Sir]

Very happy with this edition. We all did a great job, pat on the back news team. :)

[Eeluminati]

Good work Sir! I liked this edition a lot. :P

[Isaac Newton]

"Killerpop89 had his account stolen." been written twice in Notable account changes.
As always, a nicely written news edition.