i just to a private message from einstein2 at 1:08 today.

just figured i would report his continued harassment.

Is it a problem? einstein2 sent me a 'hello' PM soon after i registered.

Yes, it is a problem as einstein2 appears to be an account use in conjunction with the recent hacking attacks against this site. He has been messaging people with a message regarding Buddhism or some such that contains a link to a site which attempts to install malware on your PC. There has simultaneously been an attempt to brute force passwords coming from a box hosted at an isp called theplanet.com with the IP 74.53.243.34

I believe several people have reported the abuse to theplanet and I think Reggie the ITT server admin blocked that IP. This latest report suggests that he may have forgotten to ban/delete the account or that the perpetrator of these attacks was able to recreate the account.

I got hit too, an email that someone tried to hack into.... same ip address. I also got this einstein2 &^%&*"hello" PM. I googled the ip address, and that is what I found: Cowan and iaudiophile.net (same forum?) had the problem for several days already http://www.cowonamerica.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=12987,
__________________________________________________ _____
OrgName: ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc.
OrgID: TPCM
Address: 1333 North Stemmons Freeway
Address: Suite 110
City: Dallas
StateProv: TX
PostalCode: 75207
Country: US

ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.theplanet.com:4321

NetRange: 74.52.0.0 - 74.54.255.255
CIDR: 74.52.0.0/15, 74.54.0.0/16
NetName: NETBLK-THEPLANET-BLK-14
NetHandle: NET-74-52-0-0-1
Parent: NET-74-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.THEPLANET.COM
NameServer: NS2.THEPLANET.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 2006-02-17
Updated: 2007-07-11

RTechHandle: PP46-ARIN
RTechName: Pathos, Peter
RTechPhone: +1-214-782-7800
RTechEmail: admins@theplanet.com

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE271-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-214-782-7802
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@theplanet.com

OrgNOCHandle: TECHN33-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Technical Support
OrgNOCPhone: +1-214-782-7800
OrgNOCEmail: admins@theplanet.com

__________________________________________________ __


and now that reminded me about a spammer got 9 yrs jail time, did he appeal or what happened?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4426949.stm

bun

I got hit by Einstien2 as well....

Bloody Mongrel.

I got the account locked message as well a couple of days back. I deleted it though so can't check the host address.

I got a PM from him too, just ignored it.

Ditto. I want my 30 seconds back.

I received one today around 1 am. This has been going on for at least a couple days. Honestly, how long does it take for an admin to ban this account and block his ip range?

I got one as well and deleted it on general principles.