Ok I've been watching this close and learned that they finally made a response as to the drama which was going on. As quoted by GeeksIRC Due to avoid more drama GeeksIRC decided to fix the issues and go ahead and make there own announcement ..but while doing this they also have raised a few eyebrowse as to why they didnt display this on any of the IRC server websites or the famous irc.junkie.org...!!
Controversy and drama live and thrive on the Internet. Someone is always trying to outdo someone else or have the next big idea and take over the Internet. GeeksIRC is a relatively new service, starting just 3 months ago. With that start we’ve grown leaps and bounds in a very short amount of time. Due no doubt to our rules and stance on freedom of speech and freedom from network operator abuse.
Because of our successes, competitors and unhappy people try to throw negative publicity our way, with titles like “Fail Whale” and just in general calling GeeksIRC a bad network. It is the official policy that no official network staff of GeeksIRC speak negatively against anyone or any network. With all of this being said I’d like to address the past week.
GeeksIRC’s staff was penetrated by another network with a spy. Giving sensitive details on network operations and chats going on in our operator channels. It is a shame that other networks feel the need to do this. Once evidence was obtained it was brought forth and the person admitted to it. This member is no longer a part of GeeksIRC. It is important to note that this person had no access to any member lists or passwords, nor any other sensitive user information.
Over this last week, GeeksIRC has been the victim of a botnet attack and operator abuse. Someone gained access to the password of an operator and logged in and glined several people off GeeksIRC. This abuse has been stopped and will never happen again. All oline passwords have been changed and locked down by IP address. Again it is important to note that the operator abuse had no access to user passwords and no sensitive user information was compromised.
Lastly, the botnet. It seems every so often a kiddie script get’s run to botnet networks, including GeeksIRC. We weren’t the only network botnetted, and we did attempt to stop the attacks as quickly as possible. We are running the most up to date blacklist filters and have modes on all network channels to lock channels down when a botnet is suspected.
No IRC network is perfect, and we don’t claim to be. We volunteer to keep this place going and for those of you that think you will be able to kill us off the Internet, it is not going to happen. We are committed to providing a safe and uncensored community for all people across the world. For those of you that have been patient with our imperfections, we applaud and thank you. For those of you that have left over the last week because of events, that is your decision, but I can assure you that the grass is not always greener and what you sacrifice might be a whole lot bigger. For those of you out there that are slinging mud on the name of GeeksIRC and tweeting about us negatively, I’d encourage you to get the full story before making accusations and name calling, GeeksIRC will not be partaking in any mudslinging.
And lastly, for those of you tired of the Internet drama, I apologize, but you can’t get away from it without turning off your modem. But by making comments and blogging about being tired of drama, you are only fueling that fire. Nothing is drama free, we can only attempt to not contribute to the drama by not contributing to the fuel. And that is what GeeksIRC is about. We hope that you join us despite what you may have heard and despite our imperfections.
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