Itβs a very popular name for people my (our?) age, although no one under 20 gets called Simon now.
I once drove across the US from Boston to LA and back to New York with two other Simons. We got some very Strange looks checking into hotels
Itβs a very popular name for people my (our?) age, although no one under 20 gets called Simon now.
It is an interesting one, how names come and goβ¦ BBC does an article on it practically every year when the top 100 lists come out, as per βtrying to find a baby called <insert out-of-fashion name>β.
That prompted me to look at the archived CYKI board. Those were the days, Β£100 and Β£50 monthly prizes for free.Vid wrote: β06 Oct 2021, 20:39If you look at the 2nd link in the above post - CYKI came first then they were approached to run FPL, for the first season you could carry over your 3 CYKI entries into FPL (if you had 3)Brightwater wrote: β06 Oct 2021, 10:06That was a different game, very similar. 2 transfers per week (not carried forward), no chips.
Yes, think one was top 50. Got there through late runs packing the side with FA Cup finalists, I seem to rememberβ¦
So hereβs a funny thing. For most of the last 48 hours I havenβt been able to access FISO.Smurphy Paw wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 22:48A number of posts wondering about how the hackers found FISO.
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And then people realised you're pants?raoul wrote: β07 Oct 2021, 22:45 Got to 3rd at Christmas once. It was then I think I joined Fiso ... 2003 or 2004 I think. I remember posting and someone saying watch out, he's third overall ... or something similar.
Also remember the reverse engineering of the leader one year, and representing Fiso on Bloomberg tv for an interview on fantasy sports games, pretending to sit at a computer and reverse engineer.
My boss found the whole tv crew ambush most bizarre.
im sorry to say BB that whilst none of us here on fiso want to be the butt crack of anyone else jokes sadly on this occasion it looks like we were. oh well u live and u learn eh (im sure joccki is now)baganboy wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 17:02 I understand. I was reading through this for the last couple hours.
How is it okay that one of the FISO mods was hacked by this (minor) terrorist organization? How is it okay that others' posts were tampered with? How is it okay that other posters (old timers such as yourself blah) were thrown out? How is it okay that for a few hours, they could eff order us to do what they wanted?
How is any of this okay?
Who have we bothered? what is anyone's botheration with us? why use and abuse us (because we are small and insignificant in the overall $c#m cesspit that is eff FPL community) in their whatever idealist war? Why eff us?
How is this okay?
because it was fun for them to do blah, what other reason could there be?blahblah wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 17:05At the time it did seem obvious that they were just publicising the Hub thing. Not sure how banning me and others helped with that though.baganboy wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 17:02 I understand. I was reading through this for the last couple hours.
How is it okay that one of the FISO mods was hacked by this (minor) terrorist organization? How is it okay that others' posts were tampered with? How is it okay that other posters (old timers such as yourself blah) were thrown out? How is it okay that for a few hours, they could eff order us to do what they wanted?
How is any of this okay?
Who have we bothered? what is anyone's botheration with us? why use and abuse us (because we are small and insignificant in the overall $c#m cesspit that is eff FPL community) in their whatever idealist war? Why eff us?
How is this okay?
i see where u are coming from on this BB but you are also being a lil harsh on that will. Naive he was yes but at the same time you could argue this about the 70 thousand odd users that signed upto the site. was cyber security in their thought process at the time? highly doubt it. Its sadly a harsh lesson on us all. one in which we take seriously in some aspects of our lives like work or at home for example but then when logging into fav fpl website or shopping website do we take it seriously then......food for thought 100%baganboy wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 18:17Agree with everything you say, Redsnout.Redsnout wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 18:01
Hey BB This is not okay. And it feels shitty to get your personal info to get exposed, or like someone invading into your house. I know the feeling, my daily job is in cyber security It is easy to direct your anger towards the hackers now, but in this day and age, you need to have better security practices if you are hosting users' data. It is the website's responsibility. I think the best thing we can do is to have a proper security hygiene. Secure your internet presence, with password manager (can't recommend Bitwarden enough) and 2FA authenticators. As for FISO, though none is selling the user data here, but we gotta have better security practices. I would have thought at least admins would have 2FA enabled. Maybe we need a self reflection at FISO?
I just hate the impunity with which these EVIL (you are right, Stena Bib, no other word fits) folks decided to walk in and do what they wanted. FISO is my home at FPL, and post facto, I feel like my personal space has been stepped into.
In the day and age, better security practices have to be the norm. You might not 100% win against the hackers, but you stand a better chance standing behind an army, than do a Jon Snow at the Battle of the bustards.
I was saying this to a friend at FISO - Hub is a bunch of fools. Seriously, how can one think of starting an online business while not understanding the basics cybersecurity (or simply getting someone in to advise who does). I don't doubt the Hub folks' integrity - or that they are nice folks, (Saw Will's short video, he was distraught) but they are absolutely too naive to be in business. That's like starting a bank on an open field, and keeping the money under a brick or something.
this guy could be part of the reason why hub was attacked. has anybody even thought to mention that............the website would have had a few more followers after his excellent sun dream team 70 grand win back in may. A MASSIVE BOOST if ever a website needed one to big up your product to the masses. What better way to say hey im a proven winner now pay me for my expert advice
Alex Ferguson or Jon Snow?hayesag wrote: β11 Oct 2021, 13:53this guy could be part of the reason why hub was attacked. has anybody even thought to mention that............
i pity the fool that cant remember a password (in their own brain) to something that you use on a more than daily basis!Mav3rick wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 19:22 Well done to Chris and the team for getting things back online, it sounds like its been a bit of a nightmare couple of days.
For what its worth, another vote for BitWarden here, and as Redsnout says, a pass phrase is easiest as they are long and easy to remember and hard to brute force crack. I also second the use of 2FA on the password manager account, I use google authenticator on my mobile which is easy to setup in BitWarden.
Just one more tip though, with regards to your primary email account - you need this to be protected as much as possible so personally I don't store the password for that in the password manager, and use another pass phrase with 2FA on the email account.
TheRumourMill wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 19:41The hacker did also attempt to hack blahs FPL account, but after logging in and seeing blah managed 19 points last week, decided not to make any changes in fear he might improve his team.Redsnout wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 19:18The fact that Blah was banned gives more weight to the theory that hacker is a FISO memberblahblah wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 19:13Stevieste wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 19:11No you was not and thatβs my biggest gripe from last night fiascoblahblah wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 16:24I was Permanently Banned thoughStena Bib wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 16:21Chill out BB its not like Blah has been taken hostage or anything !!baganboy wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 16:08 The more I think about it, the more livid I get.
Real-life: A terrorist organization decide that they have a beef with a major country. This feels like them occupying a tiny country who has not bothered anyone, punishing and torturing the residents - and asking them to cry loudly, so the big country can hear it. Bloody eff disgusting.
Hate is a word i use with discretion, but that's the only feeling I have at the moment, honestly.
hayesag wrote: β11 Oct 2021, 14:06i pity the fool that cant remember a password (in their own brain) to something that you use on a more than daily basis!Mav3rick wrote: β05 Oct 2021, 19:22 Well done to Chris and the team for getting things back online, it sounds like its been a bit of a nightmare couple of days.
For what its worth, another vote for BitWarden here, and as Redsnout says, a pass phrase is easiest as they are long and easy to remember and hard to brute force crack. I also second the use of 2FA on the password manager account, I use google authenticator on my mobile which is easy to setup in BitWarden.
Just one more tip though, with regards to your primary email account - you need this to be protected as much as possible so personally I don't store the password for that in the password manager, and use another pass phrase with 2FA on the email account.
it's their problem, if they don't get my jokes!