Okay, it's time for me to come clean.
What most of you know happened:
- My forum account was compromised.
- This was used to gain access to Kez and His Lordship's forum accounts.
- Some RS account details were leaked.
What then happened:
- Mark (Exiled WG, but a friend of mine) and I decided to pretend that I had been RATted, meaning Mark had access to control my PC.
- We faked my CD drive being opened remotely, and desktops being changed etc.
- Mark and scumtroll69 claimed they had Root access to our forums.
- Thinking a severe cyber crime had been committed Gene and the Staff were in the process of building a legal case/police report.
- Upon realising how far this 'practical joke' had gone, Mark and myself decided to come clean.
So, my forum account WAS compromised, that wasn't me pretending, that happened and forum security was breached but has now been fixed. I've removed any threats found after an entire system scan and all passwords have been changed.
What happened after that, regarding the phony RAT, and the almost police action, I can not apologise enough for, particularly to Staff who were dealing with the problem, as soon as I realised it could have severe real life implications, I thought it best for me to take the heat for a joke gone horribly wrong.
I'd like to think previous to this I've had a good track record of knowing where the line is, and when to tip toe around it, but tonight I took a huge fucking bound over the line, the line was a dot to me. I can only ask that you don't judge my character based on this one blip, but rather on my past actions and history.
I am wholeheartedly sorry for any inconvenience I caused and can only beg for your forgiveness.
Owen.
