2012 April Fools incident

The 2012 April Fools incident was a compromise of the Roblox website that resulted in the website being briefly taken offline on April 1, 2012. While there was no actual hacking of the website, only an alleged breach of the Roblox admin panel on the testing sites, the incident was widely referred to as such both during and after it occurred.
It is not known who compromised the website on April 1, 2012, and the topic has routinely been the subject of rumors and speculation. David Baszucki responded to the incident in a Roblox blog post the following day, announcing that "Roblox experienced a site issue" the prior evening and some avatar shop items and currency transactions had been rollbacked.
==Incident==
===Users===
It is believed the incident began when and were promoted to moderators and used their newfound authority to unban and , two users who had been banned since 2009. Then, due to an alleged breach in the Roblox admin panel, "large amounts of Robux" were granted to several accounts by an unauthorized party; those accounts then traded the Robux to unsuspecting users in return for their limited items. Copies of rare limited and off-sale items were created in the process.
*qman1245 obtained the Dominus Empyreus, Domino Crown, Ban Hammer, and the administrator badge. Their account was later terminated.
*EXFamous obtained #16 Dominus Frigidus and #59 Ghostwalker. These items were removed from their inventory on April 2, 2012, but reinstated by Roblox Support on April 5. Their account was terminated some time after 2016.
*Advir was compromised and obtained the Dominus Empyreus and the Domino Crown. Their account was later terminated.
*coolboy10000 sold their #1 Darkheart for 6,000,000 Robux to , as discussed on a Let's Make a Deal forum thread. They also obtained the Domino Crown. The sale was rollbacked on April 2, 2012. coolboy10000 was terminated around May 30, 2012. The #1 Darkheart was later awarded to for bug reports. AlexValentinoCrown was terminated on August 16, 2018; however, due to a Roblox support system exploit, the account was renamed to roblox_user_24118 and briefly restored on February 15, 2024.
*A user named McNoobster was mentioned on some of the site banners made during the incident. Their account was terminated on April 2, 2012.
*A user named Proscribe was mentioned on the final site banner made during the incident. Proscribe is notable for being one of the only people to capture and share footage of the incident while it was happening. The YouTube video titled "The horrid April Fools joke of 2012 on ROBLOX. ( Hack )" was uploaded on April 2, 2012, and has accumulated over 1,000,000 views. Their account was terminated on April 2, 2012.
A couple Roblox staff accounts were compromised:
*The official account was compromised, making a few forum replies including the now-deleted "we wil giv bak dah bux yo".
*The account of Roblox administrator was compromised during the incident. Some of her posts were changed to extremely inappropriate comments.
*Moderator 's account was compromised. Some of their posts were changed to extremely inappropriate comments.
*Administrator (now ScorpioPilot) was compromised during the incident and subsequently terminated. He was unbanned in October 2018.
During the incident, went online and equipped the c: face which had just been released and was solely granted to him; it is not known if his account was compromised.
1dev2's account was allegedly compromised at the time of the incident, when many items were added to their inventory and their avatar was changed several times. This led to a moderator deleting 1dev2's account. 1dev2 may have briefly been granted access to their account some time after the incident, when they uncopylocked their game "Welcome to the Town of Robloxia".
====Gallery====
Minish-says-6-million.png|Minish offering to buy coolboy10000's Darkheart for 6,000,000 Robux.
Blog6.png|jirachidog's forum post, to which the official Roblox account replied: "we wil giv bak dah bux yo".
RandomMod.png|A forum post by are17, one of two users to randomly become a moderator.
RandomMod2.png|Pheedy saying "miss me? lollol".
RandomMod3.png|Another forum post of are17 during the compromise. In this image, are17 has the Dominus Frigidus equipped.
Randommod4.png|Pheedy's account was compromised and given the Dominus Empyreus and Forum Moderator permissions. Profanity has been edited out.
WTF1.png|An old forum post by ReeseMcBlox was edited during the incident. Profanity has been edited out.
Robloxaprilfools1.png|An old forum post by Chro was edited during the incident. Profanity has been edited out.
===Catalog items===
During the incident, prices of hats in the catalog dropped tremendously, and hats were constantly released on the official account. These hats came from Roblox's catalog backlog and were not ready for release. As a result, when Roblox brought the catalog back online, many of the items were taken off-sale and had their names modified.
The first item released by the unauthorized individuals was a classic face named "c:" for 100 Robux. 's account was granted a copy, and anyone else who tried to buy it received an error message. Other faces released include a duplicate "c:" face, a face named "hai guize derp", and a limited unique face called "Derp Face". Both the "c:" faces have been changed to unrelated faces, however the original image assets can be retrieved on the Roblox website.
====Faces====
Name 	Image	Cost 	Description 	Current Name 	Current Image
Derp Face 	 	5 Robux 	N/A 	 	
c: 	 	100 Robux	Gotta luv dah cutie face c:	Dr. Smyth Face	
c: (2) 	 	N/A 	dat face 	Manlier Face 	
hai guize derp	 	N/A 	N/A 	Honey Face 	
====Hats====
Name 	Former Name 	Image	Cost
2012 Skater Beanie 	 	 	12 Robux
All-Seeing Eye 	Cyclops Eye 	 	666 Robux
Bastet: The Cat Goddess 	Stargate 	 	900 Robux
Bowling Crown 	 	 	88 Robux
Cat Eye Infantry Helm 	 	 	50 Robux
Crazy Crown 	Halo Crown 	 	88 Robux
Crazy Skull 	Cartoon Skull 	 	1 Robux
Dark Assassin 	Assassin Hood 	 	12 Robux
Dark Knight Helmet 	 	 	9,001 Robux
Dino Bandit 	Horned Bandana 	 	40 Robux
Dragon Ninja Mask 	 	 	100,000 Robux
Elven Prince 	Horned Crown 	 	501 Robux
Emperor of the Three Thrones	Tri crown - gold - princess	 	900 Robux
Explosive Hair 	Rocket Hair 	 	69 Robux
Gold Spartan 	 	 	10,000 Robux
Hooded Spacelord 	Noob Hood 	 	21 Robux
Horned Beanie 	 	 	10,000 Robux
Ice Law 	Bull Helm 	 	88 Robux
Melted Gold Jeweled Crown 	Jeweled Crown 	 	5,000 Robux
Memento Mori 	Candle Skull 	 	1,000 Robux
New Years Crown 2012 	 	 	666 Robux
Ops Warrior 	XRay Soldier 	 	6,000 Robux
Prince of the Gilded Feather	Claw Crown 	 	50 Robux
Scary Hood 	 	 	800 Robux
Steampunk Elephant 	 	 	1 Robux
Toxic Nemisis 	Vent Space Helm 	 	1 Robux
Vokudojo 	Sonic Mask 	 	100 Tickets
Weremouse 	Werewolf Hat 	 	67 Robux
White Assassin Hood 	 	 	10,001 Robux
===Banners===
Banners were added to the top of the website and frequently changed color and displayed questionable content. Many of the banners contained references to internet memes, while others mentioned specific Roblox users. In chronological order, all banners are below:
Color 	Content
Red 	Hi, we are having issues with our publishing system. Hang tight yo!
Red 	Bro chill we get it
Red 	Yo dog y'all need to chill it
Red 	Do A Barrel Roll
Red 	thank you minish for messing up the economy. nub.
Red 	these aren't the droids you're looking for!
Red 	Go out and buy some peanut butter yo
Red 	You put the peanut butter in the potato and stir it all up
Red 	jaredvaldez4 best builder on roblox kthxbai
Red 	WHO IS IT 1x1x1x1, Dignity, Minish, Jared, The Admins? The World May Never know :o
Red 	minish is climbin in yo windows. snatchin yo people up.
Red 	WII GUNNA FIN WII GUNNA FIN U
Red 	Oh you like these headers? Tell me how you've always been such a fan
Red 	OMG lik srsly becky?
Red 	JOIN BUILDERS CLUB! ITS FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Red 	Yo RT stop yo ranting homies
Red 	Haha these are so funny lets go spam the forums about them :D
Red 	is anybody here besides minish a huge chris brown fan??
Red 	Remember kids tell your parents to vote for Ron Paul
Red 	Playing roblox is always better then going outside!
Red 	Yo gonna give a shout out to the homies in dah hood
Pink 	pink. it's my new obsession. pink. it not even a question.
Red 	Abcedfghikjlmnoqprstuvwzyx
Red 	SKRILLEX BANGARANG WUBWUWBWUBWUWBWUB
Orange	I'm the annoying orange banner. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
Red 	NO TOMATO IS ALWAYS BEST SILLY ORANGE
Blue 	minish is a stupid noob. nah not rly
Pink 	remember kids trust anyone with your password
Orange	APRIL FEWLZ
Pink 	Ten bux says we do roll back on today
Pink 	hai itz pheedy mcnoobster and minish and we taken over
Pink 	McNoobster in dah houze
Pink 	McNoobster!!!!!!
Red 	Proscribe stop posting your gonna get proscribed BROOOOOOO
====Gallery====
Roblox forum joke4.png|A banner saying "thank you minish for messing up the economy. nub."
BannerSpamming1.png|A banner saying "Haha these are so funny lets go spam the forums about them :D".
2012 April Fools Red Banner.png|A banner spelling every letter of the alphabet.
Imtheannoyingorangebanner1.png|A banner saying "I'm the annoying orange banner."
2012 April Fools incident.jpg|A banner saying "NO TOMATO IS ALWAYS BEST SILLY ORANGE".
Aprilfewls.JPG|A banner saying "APRIL FEWLZ".
Banners.jpg|Changes to headers, one red, one orange and one pink.
==Aftermath==
Roblox staff brought the website offline on the evening of April 1, 2012; it returned online during the late evening. The site test admin panel was updated and the catalog remained unavailable until the following evening.
In a Roblox blog post published by David Baszucki on April 2, 2012, he announced that "Roblox experienced a site issue the evening of April 1st..., and they took the site offline". He noted that "Several assets were released from the catalog backlog that were not ready for production", and "Several accounts were incorrectly granted large amounts of Robux; some of these Robux were subsequently traded with other accounts."
Some catalog items and currency transactions were audited and rollbacked, and Baszucki estimated the rollbacks occurred in fewer than 0.01% of Roblox accounts. Some items were updated with new pricing, while other items were taken off-sale. The "c:" item was changed to Dr. Smyth Face and was temporarily made available for purchase after April 2, 2012.
In a 2017 Reddit comment about the incident, former Roblox moderator stated: "It was nothing... You won't see it happen again".
==References==
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