Fired for being hacked

[Mathew]

Because they live in Brussels, Matt is secretly Van Rompuy. *gets on side*

Oh, Dan will be proud! (A)

Good post.

[Catzsy]

The rule has been in place since the early days of me first working at Habbox and most likely even before that, so it's not like it's been made up on the spot in recent months or anything like that. But threads have been posted a number of times within department forums that if you are ever hacked and damage is caused, then there is a risk of you been removed from your Habbox roles. I feel the handbook should be updated to include that, as it has been a rule for quite some time now.

Agree I remember when Jess was hacked, way back, and she lost her Smod post. It was just awful. I felt really sorry for her but I guess the more you keep yourself to yourself the better sometimes as far as security is concerned.

[JerseySafety]

Funny how after so many years of this so called 'rule' it hasn't become an actual rule, been stickied in staff forums of been added to the staff handbook.

Habbox is almost a dictatorship, and it's heading that way.

[The Don]

Ouft was unlucky to get targeted, but firing him doesn't solve the problem, they could easily do it to another member of staff. Fair enough if the member of staff is prone to hacking (it happening on a regular basis) Especially considering the amount of effort staff members here at Habbox put in. I also wonder, if you were hacked David, would you get fired/ resign?

[HotelUser]

First, I feel extremely bad that Lee's account was compromised and even worse that the hacker victimized Lee and other innocent individuals whilst doing it. I've told Lee all the information we have gathered about the hacker and wish him the best of luck with account security in the future.

I don't want to sound like a broken record, but at the end of the day we have to put security first. As I said before, this is an important procedure to follow. After a forum super moderator who can ban any user, delete any thread in every regular forum gets hacked because they were careless with their password(s) - should we honestly turn around and give them back all that authority and controls? If a HxHD staff member gets hacked, they could trash HxHD. If a News Reporter, Rare Values or Content staff member gets hacked they could post vulgar content on Habbox.com and redirects to dangerous websites. If a Forum Moderator gets hacked, they could delete virtually the entire forum. If they get hacked, and those things happen, we can't just hand them that same level of power back without some sort of reassurance that they're clean, safe, and that it wont happen again.

The idea of putting staff on probation after being hacked is interesting. However in the event that a staff member is hacked when it's because they've been careless about their details or passwords knowing they've been trusted with our administrative and staff interfaces, as bad as I feel for the individual I firmly stand by the current policy to dismiss staffmembers when they've been hacked in such a case. If the staff member was hacked because of variables marginally out of their control I would have said it was a different story and deliberated pursuing alternative options.

If a Manager is hacked in such a way, the same policy applies to them just like it does anyone else. Equally, if a member of general management was hacked I assume Jin (especially knowing Jin's nature for making sure we function in a secure environment) would dismiss us. That is, of course, assuming there is a fansite to dismiss us from. I absolutely shutter to think of how problematic it would be for Habbox if one of us got hacked

So basically there is no rule? Just what actions staff should take if they believe their account is in danger.

Whilst I sympathize with anyone losing control of their account, I do think Management need to clearly state their intentions of firing if the situation should arise. Perhaps then staff would take greater care of their accounts.

Sorry Alex you must of posted same time as me.

I think in the past it's always just been assumed everyone was aware of this, or, since it so seldomly happened that a policy need not be sealed in ink. I agree with you that this active policy needed to be clearly stated, and so I'm happy Matt's decided to incorporate it into the staff handbook, as well as a stickied thread in the staff forums.

[JerseySafety]

Tbh. I think there should be a suspension. Getting fired is crap, especially when sometimes it isn't your fault.

[Zeptis]

Tbh. I think there should be a suspension. Getting fired is crap, especially when sometimes it isn't your fault.

I believe getting fired was tad bit harsh, but sadly it was in the middle of a link hacking crisis that was posted in the staff forums, and you openly had access to the knowledge of the threat. And if you were hacked because of you clicking a link, this is your own fault. We will miss you though LEE

[JerseySafety]

I believe getting fired was tad bit harsh, but sadly it was in the middle of a link hacking crisis that was posted in the staff forums, and you openly had access to the knowledge of the threat. And if you were hacked because of you clicking a link, this is your own fault. We will miss you though LEE

Fair enough, although it wasn't because I clicked a link so tbh it's crap.

Someone hacked my account Ouft awhile back and still has access; was on the verge of getting it back, then this happened. Screwed now. So yeah.

[kuzkasate]

Did Jess get fired after her account was compromised?

[Recursion]

I cba to read the whole thread but...
- They could easily use different passwords for Habbo(x)
- It's not difficult to create/remember a strong password
- They could easily not click dodgy files
- They could easily keep their AV up to date and a firewall installed
- And not use security questions where the answers can be found on their FaceBook.

It's their own fault at the end of the day and once an account's been compromised Habbox have to take every matter seriously to keep the site secure.