Notice: several other Pokemon sites were hacked

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Just thought I'd mention here that several other Pokemon sites/forums were hacked earlier today, including Serebii, Bulbapedia, Smogon and Showdown.

Pokemon Database is currently safe but if you use the same password here as on any of those sites you should change your password here (and on those sites). We don't use the same forum software so the chances of us being hit are low but keep an eye out for any suspicious activity.

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Hacked as in a bunch of stuff being edited or just down and unable to get back up?

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We're just too rock solid to get hacked.

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Some of the sites were edited (Serebii said the guy installed some plugins on the forum).
Mostly it looks like he gained access to the database and list of user accounts with (encrypted) passwords.

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The way i see it, someone has something against pokemon. why would anybody hack all those pokemon sites unless they have something against pokemon

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Damn Digimon people.

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XD lol. No, I bet it was all the TGC Deck players that were sick of the video game competitive battle. ;)

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today pokemon, tomorrow the internet! *gasp*
Hide the children! Hide the children!

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Bulbapedia isn't competitive.

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Here is the twitter: https://twitter.com/rootinabox
Looks like he hacked a few other gaming sites before this recent spate of Pokemon attacks.

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My guess is PETA

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I know this guy he an expert at hacking stuff.

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Serebii? How sad.
I had a Serebii account, but I forgot the password. Boo-hoo. xD

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It's people like that that makes me hope for random train derailings.

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uh-oh. ummmm was this all yesterday?

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this is bad! D;

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The way he hacked PS was based of pure luck. Not skill.

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http://www.smogon.com/ Smogon is finally back up

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Am I the only one to suspect sciz in this? I mean, he takes out all the competition and leaves us?  :P I jk of course.

I am a bit late on this, but if most of the sites are up then everything seems normal. Be careful with your passwords tho. Never know who might be watchin..

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Nah I wouldn't do anything like that.. Or would I? o.O

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Well it all seems to have blown over now...

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I`m safe!!!!!