Updates



February 22, 2010 - Important Update

For those of you who were on Rescreatu anytime after midnight EST, we strongly recommend you change your Rescreatu password. To do so, click here.

It is a good idea for everyone else to also change their passwords.

A cookie grabber was able to pass through our filters, but the issue has been fixed and all injections have been removed. User profiles are safe to browse.

With the changes we made to our security filters, there may be new bugs found around the site. If so, please report them and we will work to fix them as quickly as possible.

For those of you whose accounts were compromised, you should know that your passwords are safe. The cookie grabber only was able to take the encrypted version of your password. We do not store your passwords or any other sensitive information in our database. 

If you need help concerning this issue, feel free to contact our support staff.

We apologize for this inconvenience.   

Comments: 61



Outsane - March 3, 2010
If you didn't feed them then they probably died.
peacelvr07 - March 2, 2010
i would like to report something, i hav los many pets lately, they hav vaneshed mysteriously.... plz help i dont remember wat im missing plz help this is real plz help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Phos - February 26, 2010
the code changes are going to kill some profiles and mixpods, but its really a small price to pay for fixing the problem! thanks c:
Renaissance - February 24, 2010
They won't tell you what user did it. They didn't in the big hack of '07.
Wolfwinx - February 24, 2010
Thank you for the heads up ^^
Taqqiq - February 24, 2010
did they ban the users that they stole the passwords from or did they just delete a bunch of stuff?
Nessie - February 23, 2010
Oh noes! :(
heyialwaysneedhelp - February 23, 2010
i changed my password but so weird this is the first time something like this happened to rescreatu.
Lolbot - February 23, 2010
Was it a user? If so, I've got a suspect :0
SugarRush - February 22, 2010
This gave me butterflies in my stomach. *hugs account* ): No attacking mai account! *hisses*
DecemberMoon - February 22, 2010
Why did a cookie snatcher infiltrate the filters? Who knows, people who do that are obnoxious jerks.
AndreaQ - February 22, 2010
why did they brake in to this web
Renaissance - February 22, 2010
No matter when you see this update, if you haven't changed your password yet, you should do so. Everyone should change their password every once in a while anyway.
DjMan12545 - February 22, 2010
Thanks for the heads up! I'll keep an eye out for bugs.
wolfiechan - February 22, 2010
Ahhh i lost my iluvu egg!!! *tear* thats not cool.
DecemberMoon - February 22, 2010
This isn't vitally important to Res's livelyhood or anything, but every time a word is written that involves an apostrophe, (like doesn't, for example) there's a slash in front of it. Or maybe that only shows up on my computer...
misilidora - February 22, 2010
there is an issue with rmailing users through traids and do we still need to change our paswords
Appleeredy - February 22, 2010
Wait so do we need to change our password still or not?
Artistic - February 22, 2010
Cookie grabbers are nasty little boogers. Cookies are what your computer remembers to let you stay logged in (also known as a tasty baking good). But cookie grabbers steal the information that is being stored, like say a password? Hope it helps twilight x3
Twilight - February 22, 2010
thanks for telling us! im changing my pass now. whats exactly is a cookie grabber? i know its not something whoi grabs cookies
EasilyBroken - February 22, 2010
Yeah. I would absolutely die if my account was all messed up when I logged in just now. x.x (And yes, I have a life outside of Res. xD) Well thanks to Pat and all of our dedicated staffers. ;}
Foo - February 22, 2010
I have seriously no idea if I was on last night or not lol. I'll change anyways.
Trigun - February 22, 2010
Wow! Way to go! BIG improvement over a few years back. I'm very impressed. Thank you.
Reeses - February 22, 2010
o_o I left myself logged in...but it auto logs you out after 15 minutes of inactivity right? Since I turned off the computer at around 9 PM Res time. Changed my password anyhow. Thanks for informing us, Pat. Hope anything that got messed up is fixed again.
BellaMuerte - February 22, 2010
thank pat! they had to ban my account for a while but yes its back! *huggs my profile and creatu* Im still banned in the shout box but i dont mind for now haha that was insane and scary :/ and btw I didnt send you that rmail last night pat. o_O
Mars - February 22, 2010
Dragom, stay on topic. >.> This is odd, I've yet to hear of it. Good thing I changed my password just now anyway. X3
Axel - February 22, 2010
Thanks guys <3
Amaryllis - February 22, 2010
Err in the forums when I type in red it turns out green and when I try to type in big letters it doesn't work -shakes head- Heeelp xD
dragom - February 22, 2010
i'm kinda new so i don't know what your talking about. Well since i'm already talking, do you think you could make murrens come in a variety of colors. Thanks!
flaminggem - February 22, 2010
my friend and I were sending rmails, and it keeps on coming up blank on her screen...
SaruSaru - February 22, 2010
My bad, that was supposed to say "random <.injection.>" They're all over my Preferences. XD
SaruSaru - February 22, 2010
Oh gosh, no wonder I have problems with my profile coding now. Is there any way to get the random through out my coding to go away as well as to get my Mixpod working again? Or am I the only one with this issue? XD
Namine - February 22, 2010
Mine shouldn't be hard, but I'll change it anyway... D:
Renaissance - February 22, 2010
Micheila, you should send a support ticket about it, nobody in the news comments can help you much O;
Micheila - February 22, 2010
After accidentally going onto someones profile at that time I didn't see the warning in the shout box and now it says that I have been banned from the shout box for 111111111 days. Whats going on?
Jencs - February 22, 2010
this might be why i got on and all my pets were dead :s
hanyuu - February 22, 2010
How scary. D:
DecemberMoon - February 22, 2010
Aw, I though Res was down because avatars were being installed...stupid hackers, trying to ruin Res >:[
PunkxLove - February 22, 2010
:o
jani1996 - February 22, 2010
*goes to change password* mine is an easy password >.>
Outsane - February 22, 2010
Oh god. Eeno, you're not allowed near the Support Tickets. D8
eenobegeeto - February 22, 2010
:D Glitches! Come to mamma! XD I wonder if encrypted gibberish becomes real words. :/
Nouveau - February 22, 2010
U-oh. D: Glad it's fixed now, though. Thank you! <3
shadowrider - February 22, 2010
thank you for the warning. i reported this a while ago because my computer got attacked. and it attacked my computer while i was in the advertisment forums :P
Riyo - February 22, 2010
For 'safe enough' passwords, I recommend picking a word or phrase in an obscure foreign language and changing it into 1337. For instance, the phrase 'sutsukesunochizu' means suitcase of cheese in japanese. Made into 1337, it is '5u75uk35un0ch1zu' which looks like jibberish to any program looking for a password that's more easy to guess. For an even stronger password, change the caps of some letters. But my method is safe enough - compare it to something like 'happy123' or 'hemlock' or something.
Outsane - February 22, 2010
Thanks for the heads up, Patrick.
Artistic - February 22, 2010
Should I be worried I just got the Scythe avatar?? 0_o'
31117_SugarDiamonds - February 22, 2010
It was a butt. D:
Artistic - February 22, 2010
How does that happen? Was it a hacker?
Marrhet - February 22, 2010
Ewwies. Thank you for giving us a heads up.
Dustfeather - February 22, 2010
D: That's not good. Thanks so much for letting us know Pat! :]
SweeneyKun - February 22, 2010
Thanks for warning us; I changed my password. But-...will I ever be able to put my music player back up on my profile?
Moe - February 22, 2010
THANKS SO MUCH PATRICK! We love the hard work you and the staff put into the site! (:
Renaissance - February 22, 2010
I'm glad I wasn't on last night o__o -changes password- In response to Mythalian, an unsafe password is all in one case, easy to guess, and doesn't have numbers or symbols. When creating a new password, you should capitalize letters and include numbers and or symbols :)
Mythalian - February 22, 2010
so whats considered an unsafe password?
Tld - February 22, 2010
Ah sheesh, that's just kind of scary. I've been scammed a few times in the past, so I'm not going to be scammed again >[ -goes off to change password-
Staryulynn - February 22, 2010
Yeah I remember it kept saying I was logged out so I changed it.
DemonicAngels - February 22, 2010
Thank god thats fixed. thanks o3o
Ladylove - February 22, 2010
Wow. Unexpected. Password changed. Thanks. (:
Phos - February 22, 2010
for once, im happy i spent 10hrs in school O_O
31117_SugarDiamonds - February 22, 2010
God thanks so much, guys.