Originally Posted by
hjames
Could be just social engineering stuff -
web folks tend to use a limited amount of USER-IDs and passwords ... some folks use the same password everywhere!
set up a site and encourage people to come and login to your new forums, or whatever ... even offer 'prizes" and such.
once you get a copy of their login and pwd, you can try that combo on other sites and see if they work there,
you may get their ebay or paypal password ... from their you can hack those accounts and that can be worth real money!
its the easiest way to "hack" into other sites ...