
Other accounts affected during this incident include: A third face, "hai guize derp" was also released and can be accessed on the Roblox website as well. Another " c:" face was created and can be also be retrieved on the website. The image asset for the face can be retrieved on the Roblox website. Stickmasterluke's account was the only account that bought it (or one of the breachers added it through their avatar), and anyone else who tried to buy it received an error message. They first released a new face with the title "c:" into the avatar shop for 100 Robux. This ban was never lifted, but 1dev2 may have been granted temporary access to their account after the event, during which time they uncopylocked their game " Welcome to the Town of Robloxia".ĭuring this time, the perpetrator released multiple Roblox assets on the official Roblox account. This led to a moderator subsequently deleting their account. During the event, many items were added to their inventory, and their avatar was changed several times. It is believed that 1dev2's account was one of the compromised accounts. The user iTrapped, or Isaac, the creator of Brick Planet, did this. Some hat names were changed, such as Explosive Hair was renamed to "Rocket Hair", Hooded Spacelord was renamed to "Noob Hood", and Memento Mori was renamed to "Candle Skull". During this time, the prices of hats in the avatar shop dropped dramatically, and hats were released by the minute for 1 Robux. Soon after, Ellernate-controlled accounts Pheedy and are17 were promoted to moderators and used their newfound authority to unban Minish. This would also result Merely briefly leaving Roblox. The forums quickly became inundated with threads debating the events. Caleb244 allegedly took over Minish's account, and Minish purchased Merely's famous Domino Crown, which was Merely's personal favorite avatar shop item. Account hacking and promotingĪ suspected precursor to the incident was a forum discussion that devolved into an argument between Minish and Merely about money and Roblox's economy. Roblox, a former Reddit moderator, stated in a 2017 Reddit comment that "It was nothing. ROBLOSECURITY cookie, the use of the warning banner, and unauthorized user promotions are all examples of ROBLOSECURITY cookies. Ellernate gained access by logging into an admin account on SiteTest3 (because not all admins were on the testing sites). The incident was thought to have begun when user Ellernate gained access to Roblox's admin panel by creating an account on SiteTest3 using a Roblox Administrator's Roblox Username.Įllernate was responsible for the website's most notable "hacking" on April 1, 2012.
