BTracs hacking accounts of trackers

[unknown123]

chrisbeebops, i think you got BTRACS mistaken for one of those shady torrentinvite auction type forums. BTRACS is essentially a junior version of FST with the majority of the site dedicated to file sharing and BitTorrent discussions. Like FST it has a Trade, Request and Giveaway section and the majority of members do not trade/sell invites. It's usually the younger cats who are eager to jump into that trading game and some quickly get burned or disabled and learn their lesson. There are also rare occasions when thieves and scammers do get publicly reported and the same thing would happen here. I could pass you what i'm smoking but i guarantee you may enjoy it.

BTracs doesn't run on vBulletin.

We don't publicly report thieves or scammers. They are banned/disabled when caught, but no personal details are ever spread to any trackers, even to the ones whom we have very good relations with.

 

[carrcarr010100]

BTRACS closed user registration, created a no movement list, and set their trading and selling section so it could be viewed by registered users only in order to make it look like they've cleaned up their act. Nothing has changed, they've just changed their appearance in order to draw attention away from themselves. The no movement list isn't enforced, and it is currently impossible for sites to add themselves to the list, as you must PM a mod on BTRACS in order to add yourself, but cannot do so if you cannot register on the site. Not to mention that most of the regulars have migrated to another hidden trading/selling section called Black Hallways or similar.

I've seen the things BTRACS mods have done, anything from banning tracker staff accounts when they identify themselves as tracker staff to scamming their own users of their accounts and then selling the accounts to pay for the server bills.

There are some torrent forums which are mainly designed for discussion, with a smaller trading section. BTRACS most definitely does not fit that description.

Perfectly spoken.

BTRACS attempted to 'clean up their act' a few months back - at least publicly - by announcing that they were no longer allowing Invite/Account SALES (although trades could continue). It was even included in a new 'sticky' rule which stipulated such new restrictions. After about two or three weeks of this, the site noticeably began to get much less traffic as people jumped ship over to other shady forums. Anyone can see exactly what was their bread-n-butter, and that's in the selling of accounts/invites. Staff even knew it.

So those 'new' rules have gone by the wayside, and BTRACS is exactly where they were before these changes. To think otherwise is foolishness.

 

[veckymksc]

Be careful those using btracs forums, ur passwords are not encrypted on database, as u can see easy if u try "password recover".
staff there can see your password, and if u have bad luck to use same on trackers, say goodbye.
i can't post more info here, but i know some people lost accounts because staff there can't be trusted.

so, if u use there same pass as at trackers, change trackers pass IMMEDIATELY.

stay away from btracs.

 

[Dakota B]

Might as well just admit you're one of them blurayripper, it seems pretty clear to the rest of us :lol:

Anyway, enjoy feeling safe at your den of scum.

For the record, blurayripper isn't trader/scum. I've spoken to him on a few occasions and he's always been cordial/patient/approachable. I obviously can never say if he's an angel, but his conduct in this thread alone should speak volumes about the kind of person he is (regardless of his stance on the topic at hand).

 

[I wanna know]

The guy 'Slevin' that runs BTRACS is part of the scheme. He's part of most of the top trackers and will narc on you. The guy is a real scumbag as with most ops on their forums. I would avoid BTRACS at all cost. They will scam your accounts then report you to other trackers for the all mighty global ban list. I'm sharing this info from the scene. I've seen Slevin actions towards others that stand in BTRACS way. He's a two-faced torrent user that can't be trusted. I wouldn't be surprised if he's working for a film studio collecting IPs.

You're not the first one I read saying this.

 

[IDNSFG818]

Despite what you see on FST these days, you should be aware that plenty of traders are cordial and intelligent. The smart ones don't get caught as often, so they're more rarely seen.

I was actually implying he was probably staff there, but I could see the other side of the argument too.

You apparently don`t realize you need to get a life.

One of the most ironic things I've read here

 

[:) cheaa.]

You're not the first one I read saying this.

Yeah because we all know how much the scene can be trusted especially as concerns bt.

Again I hate to harp on the fact but you can,you know, still find thousands of people that will merrily tell you that the Holocaust never happened .
Proof please .Until then just another nasty internet rumour.

 

[oscar b]

Yep, definitely banned selling.

Yep.

 

[Macaulayy]

You apparently don`t realize you need to get a life.

You apparently don't know him, so telling him to get a life makes you look rather stupid, true story.

 

[Sarah.Firey]

Sorry for the confusion but i meant publicly banned/disabled and possibly their ip shared. I wasn't referring to talking to tracker personnelle for their is nothing to be gained there for that forum. But Cabalo i ask you if it were an extreme situation where you had proof and an infamous hacker was potentially involved would you share that info with tracker staff.

 

[Derpa derp derp]

Common sense dictates when you become a part of a shady organization, amp up yer paranoia and put 'em tinfoil hats on for 'just in case' situations.
Some people learn it the hard way.

 

[XxCaRnAgExX]

Accounts hijacked or not it's NOT a good idea to use the same password everywhere. You may argue that remembering multiple passwords is hard, but there's a bunch of managing software which makes the task a walk in the park.

 

[Ove]

It's their common purpose and mostly small tracker. Their main motive is for hijacking the coming user's a/c, to gain acess to user's other tracker's private data.

 

[Veggie]

Yeah I'm like in prison for doing horrible ,horrible things to strangers that insulted me on the internet so that statement was both surprisingly insightful and cuttingly cruel but also strangely motivating.

 

[sunsshinnee x)]

But this is not possible practically at all for any user.. Am I wrong??

It's not difficult even without a program or written list. For each password you could even have a standard password followed by a suffix which is relevant to the site. for example say you use demonoid and fst. Your standard password could be "toor" and your suffix's be sft and dem, so each pass would be toorfst and toordem.

 

[Morning Beauty]

Never use the same password on more than one site, simple. BTRACS isn't the only place that stores passes as plaintext.

 

[brigitte b]

The ban is very new and the couple of links there that had actual pricing on the page was the wootspace's store link and Thor's land for sell and they were both locked by admin as you can see in your screenshot. Slevin locked the wootspace thread and issued this statement yesterday:

Posted: 9/23/2010 2:33:41 AM

selling is not allowed, please read the new rules!

 

[Jon Shepherd]

Be careful those using btracs forums, ur passwords are not encrypted on database, as u can see easy if u try "password recover".
staff there can see your password, and if u have bad luck to use same on trackers, say goodbye.
i can't post more info here, but i know some people lost accounts because staff there can't be trusted.

so, if u use there same pass as at trackers, change trackers pass IMMEDIATELY.

stay away from btracs.

hey u changed ur avatar.thank u :lol:

 

[mxchick28]

After having been on that dilemma for some time, and after discussing this with other more experienced staff than me, I came to the conclusion I wouldn't share such info.
There are a ton of reasons not to do it. Though I know most trackers would appreciate that, we simply can't or won't do that. Under any circumstance.

If I ever had a strong will to do that? Yes, more than once. But other values speak higher than my personal ones on these issues, so it won't happen.

 

[Titus Ray]

Finish Him! Anyways here's Slevin's note regarding this imaginative thread via BTRACS forum:

guess anyone is entitled to their opinions.
regarding BTRACS security, all you "old guys" already know this, BTRACS always did and always will do everything to protect its members.
i assure you passwords are encrypted and no one has access to them, or any other members related information for that matter.

the author is probably someone with a grudge and is trying to make us look bad.
remember, you choose your password. it is secure, protected and no one knows it except you!