{"author_link":"\/users\/kuviman","author_name":"kuviman","author_uid":"kuviman","comments":[],"epoch":1621245788,"event":"LD48","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":256961,"likes":15,"metadata":{"p_key":"158096","p_author":"kuviman","p_authorkey":"1144359","p_urlkey":"378343","p_title":"Hackers have attacked Dig World server","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD48","p_time":"1621245788","p_likes":"15","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1144359","us_name":"kuviman","us_username":"kuviman","event_start":"1619222400","event_key":"109","event_name":"Ludum Dare 48"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD48","removed_author":false},"_superparent":233335,"_trust":8,"author":144359,"body":"Maybe..\n\nIf you have not seen my game yet, it is an MMO sandbox, here's the link: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/dig-world\n\nNow, here's the story:\n\nOne of the comments made on my game was by @togis who showcased my game on his stream and uploaded it to youtube (https:\/\/www.youtube.be\/watch?v=Sx1MQ445u7k&t=8958s):\n\nYou may notice that when he joined the server he said hello to a random person without a passport.\n\nThis dude was just sitting there near the moneymaker pretending to be doing nothing\n\n![Screenshot 2021-05-17 134659.png](\/\/\/raw\/7e3\/32\/z\/427be.png)\n\nNow, earlier today I also joined @itsboats's stream. Unfortunately their VOD was not saved, but I was there when it happened.\n\nAt first I did not even notice, since the he blended well into the environment, but the suspicious guy was still present on the server in the same exact spot doing something suspicious.\n\nAnd well, right during the stream while I was playing with boats, we noticed that our characters stopped synchronizing.\n\nAnd this was it. I looked up on the server, and indeed, the hacker has done it! The server has been crashed!\n\n```\nMay 17 07:23:10 kuviman bash[10744]: memory allocation of 838860800 bytes failed\nMay 17 07:23:10 kuviman systemd[612]: ld48-server.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6\/ABRT\nMay 17 07:23:10 kuviman systemd[612]: ld48-server.service: Failed with result 'signal'.\nMay 17 07:23:20 kuviman systemd[612]: ld48-server.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.\n```\n\nThe server has an autorestart tho so you can still play the game, but it does not save anything to disk, and keeps all the world in memory. So that means that everything that was built by all other players - houses, ladders to the hell and to the sky, LD48 sign, all the swear words and statues - are gone now. The server has been wiped.\n\nI was actually planning to make a save by connecting the client and downloading it all but I guess I cant do that anymore.\n\nThe server was up since the beginning of ludumdare and now, 1 and a half day before the results, this is the first incident.\n\nPress F\n\nSee you next ludum dare","comments":6,"comments-timestamp":"2021-05-19T23:43:19Z","created":"2021-05-17T09:42:05Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":256961,"love":15,"love-timestamp":"2021-06-27T17:35:46Z","meta":[],"modified":"2021-06-27T17:35:46Z","name":"Hackers have attacked Dig World server","node-timestamp":"2021-05-17T10:03:08Z","parent":246771,"parents":[1,5,9,233335,246771],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/dig-world\/hackers-have-attacked-dig-world-server","published":"2021-05-17T10:03:08Z","scope":"public","slug":"hackers-have-attacked-dig-world-server","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":790896},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"256961","n_urlkey":"378343","n_parent":"246771","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/dig-world\/hackers-have-attacked-dig-world-server","n_slug":"hackers-have-attacked-dig-world-","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"144359","n_created":"1621244525","n_modified":"1624815346","n_version":"790896","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/dig-world\/hackers-have-attacked-dig-world-server","text":"Maybe..\n\nIf you have not seen my game yet, it is an MMO sandbox, here's the link: https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/48\/dig-world\n\nNow, here's the story:\n\nOne of the comments made on my game was by @togis who showcased my game on his stream and uploaded it to youtube (https:\/\/www.youtube.be\/watch?v=Sx1MQ445u7k&t=8958s):\n\nYou may notice that when he joined the server he said hello to a random person without a passport.\n\nThis dude was just sitting there near the moneymaker pretending to be doing nothing\n\n![Screenshot 2021-05-17 134659.png](\/\/\/raw\/7e3\/32\/z\/427be.png)\n\nNow, earlier today I also joined @itsboats's stream. Unfortunately their VOD was not saved, but I was there when it happened.\n\nAt first I did not even notice, since the he blended well into the environment, but the suspicious guy was still present on the server in the same exact spot doing something suspicious.\n\nAnd well, right during the stream while I was playing with boats, we noticed that our characters stopped synchronizing.\n\nAnd this was it. I looked up on the server, and indeed, the hacker has done it! The server has been crashed!\n\n```\nMay 17 07:23:10 kuviman bash[10744]: memory allocation of 838860800 bytes failed\nMay 17 07:23:10 kuviman systemd[612]: ld48-server.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6\/ABRT\nMay 17 07:23:10 kuviman systemd[612]: ld48-server.service: Failed with result 'signal'.\nMay 17 07:23:20 kuviman systemd[612]: ld48-server.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.\n```\n\nThe server has an autorestart tho so you can still play the game, but it does not save anything to disk, and keeps all the world in memory. So that means that everything that was built by all other players - houses, ladders to the hell and to the sky, LD48 sign, all the swear words and statues - are gone now. The server has been wiped.\n\nI was actually planning to make a save by connecting the client and downloading it all but I guess I cant do that anymore.\n\nThe server was up since the beginning of ludumdare and now, 1 and a half day before the results, this is the first incident.\n\nPress F\n\nSee you next ludum dare","title":"Hackers have attacked Dig World server","wayback_source":[]}