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SEOWolf · 10-31-2007, 12:39 PM

Yesterday one of our Moderators, Mert, contacted me and asked why I deleted one of his threads. I assured him I had not and started checking into it.

To my horror I discovered that Mert’s password was used to delete several threads over the past few months.

The deleted threads have two things in common.

1) They all are less than flattering about Morgan Carey and or RealEstateWebmasters(dot)com.
2) They were all deleted from IPs used by Morgan and employees of RealEstateWebmasters(dot)com.

As it turns out Mert was using the same password in this forum as he used in REW. Mert has assured me that he never gave Morgan his password so we can only assume that he has found a way to harvest passwords from the vBulletin Forum software.

We urge any of our Members that belong to REW to change your password in our forum immediately so this does not spread.

We have contacted Rackspace and have blocked Morgan and his employees IP access. Rackspace has preserved a copy of the forum’s logs for investigation by law enforcement.

Many notices will be going out over the next few days to interested parties with proof of this act that leaves no doubt as to the unethical depths Morgan and company will sink to.

I can only apologize to our Members for not being more protective of your posts and backlinks. I am fully aware of how losing aged links adversely affect rankings. I pledge to be more diligent in the future.

Regards,

~VegasMack

10-31-2007, 12:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
SEOWolf Status: Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 875	Real Estate Web Masters Sink To New Low Yesterday one of our Moderators, Mert, contacted me and asked why I deleted one of his threads. I assured him I had not and started checking into it. To my horror I discovered that Mert’s password was used to delete several threads over the past few months. The deleted threads have two things in common. 1) They all are less than flattering about Morgan Carey and or RealEstateWebmasters(dot)com. 2) They were all deleted from IPs used by Morgan and employees of RealEstateWebmasters(dot)com. As it turns out Mert was using the same password in this forum as he used in REW. Mert has assured me that he never gave Morgan his password so we can only assume that he has found a way to harvest passwords from the vBulletin Forum software. We urge any of our Members that belong to REW to change your password in our forum immediately so this does not spread. We have contacted Rackspace and have blocked Morgan and his employees IP access. Rackspace has preserved a copy of the forum’s logs for investigation by law enforcement. Many notices will be going out over the next few days to interested parties with proof of this act that leaves no doubt as to the unethical depths Morgan and company will sink to. I can only apologize to our Members for not being more protective of your posts and backlinks. I am fully aware of how losing aged links adversely affect rankings. I pledge to be more diligent in the future. Regards, ~VegasMack __________________ In God I Trust.... It's you I'm worried about! Providing IDX Solutions for; San Diego real estate, and others in the Columbia Missouri real estate market and Las Vegas real estate websites too.