Tentative Victory against Cyber Bullies
Mikey 39 comments
Update 01: The site owner was dumb enough to expose his email address in the source code. You can email him at
Update 02: 'Hacker' advises us below that the code no longer works. I had a quick check (after having to create my account again because they deleted it!) and it turns out to be true. But wait! After pasting in the code and submitting I noticed that the comment just shows the same source but with the < and > characters stripped. This confirms my suspicions that we are dealing with an amateur web kiddy who doesn't know a thing about web dev. I have created some new code that does in fact work. All I had to do was replace the < and the > with their HTML equivalents :-)
Grab the updated source code here.
Update 03: The code no longer works. The required parts of the HTML are being stripped. It was good while it lasted but we haven't given up. Stay tuned.
Continuing the datingpsychos.com saga, I thought I would share some revelations and clear up something.
Yesterday I received a bucket load of messages through our contact page expressing support for my actions, and a handful saying we shouldn't be hacking other people’s web sites. I need to set the record straight:
Neither I nor any of the other contributors at Rusty Lime have hacked any web site. The ‘exploit’ discovered is simply made possible because datingpsychos.com have a poorly conceived web site which allows HTML to render when you post a comment. It’s a gross oversight on their part, one that leaves them quite venerable to some nasty attacks from a less moral person. I have used this ‘exploit’ to change the way Samantha’s page renders.
It does not harm datingpsychos.com in any shape or form. Datingpsychos administrators can delete the comments manually themselves and it will be restored to how it was, and checking this morning it appears they have already done just that. But most curiously, I have just found the exploit still exists (unbelievable, I know) so profiles can still be hidden by copying and pasting this source code into any of their comment fields when logged in.
Yesterday we claimed a 'tentative victory' as many of the victims on datingpsychos.com had used the code we supplied to cover up the slanderous profiles. As an additional bonus, Samantha Fletcher's profile no longer exists on the site.
In the meantime, we will do our best to find the man behind the site and put some serious questions to him. Stay tuned.
Dude you rock
Friday 21st March 2008 | 08:42 PMKeep it up dude people need more people like you
Cathy Lee
Friday 21st March 2008 | 10:52 PMIts good to know there are people like you out there to defend bully victims. Expect good karma to reward your efforts.
Cathy Lee.
Medi
Saturday 22nd March 2008 | 07:00 AMAwesome!!!
all we need to do now is setup a script which people can run on their pc so it updates the coments ever 10 min with your html code. LOL
Gayle
Sunday 23rd March 2008 | 04:47 PMThanks for doing this. Is there a way to bring the site down?
Hacker
Sunday 23rd March 2008 | 07:34 PMI changed hundreds of profiles last night as I was bored and someone had put something slanderous about one of my friends on the site. It took me only a couple of hours whilst watching TV to change hundreds of profiles and by changing the HTML text I could put in whatever I want. Some of it was pretty vicious and I hope whoever runs the site gets some sort of idea of what it feels like to have lies told about them. They obviously have no conscience and when lies are told about them they get pulled pretty quick. It is a nasty website and I hope it eventually gets pulled. Keep up your good work Rustylime!
...in response to this comment by Hacker. Thanks Hacker. You keep up the good work too!
Hacker
Sunday 23rd March 2008 | 09:22 PMI hope someone gets a chuckle at the websites expense anyway.
Hacker
Monday 24th March 2008 | 05:31 AMSource code doesn`t work anymore :-( Am trying alernatives.
...in response to this comment by Hacker. Thanks Hacker. See Update 02 at the top of the article. I got it working again. Only took 5 seconds :-) Man those guys really suck at web stuff as well LOL
Hacker
Monday 24th March 2008 | 09:05 AMThanks man - have just done the first 100 and will then pick them at random. Can you tell me if they have to manually remove each comment or can they do a mass sweep? I have been inventing login details at random with fake email addresses and it lets me log in straight away - Unbelievable! (BTW - I do have a life but I also know what it`s like to get bullied)
...in response to this comment by Hacker. Good on ya. I don't know how they are removing them but if they have a tool like PhPMyAdmin or similar they can sort by userID and simply delete all comments associated with them. But as we are clearly dealing with amateurs, they might just be deleting them manually one at a time in a CMS environment.
Hacker
Monday 24th March 2008 | 12:20 PMThey seem to be manually removing them and the code doesn`t work anymore! Please help mate :-)
...in response to this comment by Hacker. Yeah it still works. They don't have a clue what they're doing.
...in response to this comment by Hacker. It looks like they fixed their problem and the code no longer works. I am guessing they simply strip out the HTML equivalents because it is doing the same thing as before I made the new work-around. Stay tuned though...remember these guys are clueless.
Hacker
Monday 24th March 2008 | 12:43 PMI have worked out whilst I am logged on I can just keep creating profiles. the minute I log out they will the username and I have to create a new one. PS - The code has stopped working again Michael.
Hacker
Monday 24th March 2008 | 01:17 PMThey finally kicked me off so I`ll just have to take 10 valuable seconds of my life to create another one with another bogus email address - lol.
Danial
Monday 24th March 2008 | 07:35 PMKudos to you for your efforts. The internet needs more people like you.
Hacker
Monday 24th March 2008 | 09:15 PMIf you want to piss them off create a profile with a bogus email address and then go to the submit comments on any random profile and just hold a key down on you keyboard for a good 20/30 seconds and don`t push tab. What happens is that key you push continues till the profile goes off the page when you submit the comment.
Rubble
Tuesday 25th March 2008 | 11:23 AMthe admins of this site are pathetic losers. I left a couple of comments on a page where they were obviously dafaming the poor girl and calling her some serious and nasty names, the girl came back and tried to defend herself but even the bullies whole family got stuck into her and each left their own poisonous comments for her.
i wrote my 2c worth and advised her to get a lawyer and subpeona the website for its admin owners details and the isps of the hosts for the posters details and to take a defamation case against the posters and a 'false light' case against the website for protraying the girl as a "psycho"
2 minutes later i had my post deleted, and the offending posts still remain...
this is not a site for US bullies, this is an international site, so whilst the site owner seems to think deleting a post from an international member is ok as they will be immune, they're not!
i agree, the site owners are just some lame kids trying to make a quick buck by blackmailing those who are posted there.
i have ways and means of finding the admins... can't post them here for various reasons... ;) but if i find the names, i will post them.... (just not how i do it... ahem... )
...in response to this comment by Rubble. Hi Rubble. Agreed. They suck. Vicious pathetic losers exploiting the feelings of innocent people.
If it helps, see this comment by Rodney:
https://rustylime.com/show_article.php?id=1372#comm11107">https://rustylime.com/show_article.php?id=1372#comm11107
Keep us posted on any developments.
Hacker
Tuesday 25th March 2008 | 04:39 PMHave been playing with the site again :-) - very easy to manipulate. There seem to be more Australians putting profiles on everyday now and it really is vicious cowardly stuff. Channel 9 should do another story on it maybe but I suppose that is how it got found out about in the first place and ACA did seem to constantly mention the website in their story. Maybe Channel 9 has a wee bit to answer to as well? What do you think peoples?
It goes with the territory. My efforts have helped promote it as well but that's just an unavoidable 'side effect'.
Hacker
Tuesday 25th March 2008 | 05:06 PMI suppose you`re right Michael
(my name is Pete) I`m 40 and I had a terrible time at high school. I could imagine the people that used to bully me putting comments on the said site if it the net had been available in the 1980`s - I would have committed suicide and I suppose that`s what scares me is that someone could literally bully someone to death from a nasty website like the afore mentioned. I really wish I could get hold of the bastards and show them how much it hurts and how it can haunt you for a long time but alas that makes me one of them. I had to have therapy by the time I was in my late 20`s as I felt like a worthless human being and couldn`t even form a relationship. I am better now and life is worthwile, especially having two of my highschool friends commit suiside in the last ten years. I have seen how people committing suicide has like a ripple effect on the people around them. Thanks for helping the little people Michael. :-)
Hi Pete (AKA Hacker)
Thanks for sharing that. It's a scary prospect, isn't it? Cyber bullying is just as powerful as physical bullying - some say it's worse.
The site is obviously run by someone with a bully mentality. They are no doubt of sub-standard intelligence with no regard for other people's feeling or what implications their lame site could have.
Although the code doesn't work any more, the war is far from over. Send me a message via our contact page and I will keep you in the loop on some things I shouldn't discuss here.
Mike.
Hacker
Tuesday 25th March 2008 | 07:39 PMThanks Mike :-) I`ll be in touch in the next few days.
So -- stumbled upon this thread earlier today due to some friends being added and doing a little research on the site... Anyhow, noticed no one was able to have fun anymore, so here you go-- a little bit of sql injection for you all to play with....
http://www.datingpsychos.com/view_psycho.html?psycho_id=d%27z%220
Rodney
Thursday 1st May 2008 | 09:59 AM...in response to this comment by krnlpanick. hahaha nice! Real quality coding done on that site, I see!
...in response to this comment by krnlpanick. My hat off to you sir. Freaking awesome.
krnlpanick
Thursday 1st May 2008 | 11:36 PM...in response to this comment by Mikey. As soon as I have some time, I will run a more extensive audit against his webapp, but it looks like good ole j-dog also has a software development company, kind of scary if you ask me...
http://who.godaddy.com/WhoIs.aspx?domain=logiksoftware.com&prog_id=godaddy
The key information being
Registrant:
Jeremy Johnson
26701 Quail Creek
Laguna Hills, California 92656
United States
Administrative Contact:
Johnson, Jeremy
26701 Quail Creek
Laguna Hills, California 92656
United States
9495105364
J-Dog Communications
27662 Aliso Creek Rd #10-213
Aliso Viejo, California 92656
United States
Administrative Contact:
Dog, J
J-Dog Communications, Inc.
27662 Aliso Creek Rd #10-213
Aliso Viejo, California 92656
United States
More info when I have a little more time... :) N-Joy
krnlpanick
Thursday 1st May 2008 | 11:39 PM...in response to this comment by krnlpanick. And to make it even better, he thinks he is 1337 (leet for the non script kiddie reader) if you go to his j-dog.net domain... hahaha
Rodney
Thursday 1st May 2008 | 11:42 PM...in response to this comment by krnlpanick. krnlpanick, you may be interested in this follow up article.
https://rustylime.com/show_article.php?id=1631
bobby1234
Sunday 18th May 2008 | 02:05 PMHe has info about a 16 year old girl on the site including her phone number etc.
I have tried contacting him (no joy), contacted his web provider logiksoftware (no response), godaddy (not our problem), Google ads as a harrasment site (no response) and paypal as a harrassment site (no response).
Currently complaining to the FTC and the IC3 (Feds). (will update the complaint with the info whois info above).
The www.resentment.org site has lots of personal info about J-Dog including some lovely photos of his 69 olds 442... including shots of his rego...
...in response to this comment by krnlpanick. Can anyone tell if this client site of his is also venerable to the SQL injection?
http://www.mmamadness.com/
Rodney
Sunday 18th May 2008 | 03:18 PM...in response to this comment by Mikey. You should note that mmamadness is actually his personal site, not a client of his. How strange that someone who thinks its funny to bully and humiliate children and strangers online also loves ultra-violent "sport"...
gee what a surprise...
jeanette
Sunday 28th August 2011 | 01:52 PMA close friend of mine has been bullied by trolls on facebook who have now added her to the sight.
keep up the good work.
Kevin
Friday 21st March 2008 | 09:37 AMMan their lame.