Big Floppa Records Leak

In 2028, an anonymous (presumably) group of Bingustanian hackers managed to break into the database of Big Floppa Records, a company formerly owned by Big Floppa and the third most powerful company located in New Flop City. They breached the first level of security, obtaining many confidential files. They were then leaked to the website The Floppa Bay, where word eventually spread about the leak.

## Background

In 2028, tensions between the Floppa Clan and Bingustan were high, with Floppa Clan considering using nuclear weapons to wipe out BIngustan, with small skirmishes between Bingustanians and Floppa Clan members getting more and more frequent. On August 23rd, one of the tallest buildings in Bingustan, the BIG BANG INTER building, was destroyed by a medium sized (20-30) group of Bingustanian Army Members paid by the government to completely demolish the building. Their hopes was for the pubilc to be outraged and to blame Floppa Clan for the destruction, causing the public to turn against Floppa Clan and cause them to fall. Before this, however, a group of Bingustanian hackers (allegedly led by Spam\_Floppa) were also paid by the government to hack into the Big Floppa Records database. Along with leaking confidential files, the leak that was to be posted to the internet would contain fabricated files that described fictional plans to demolish the BIG BANK INTER building, adding more credibility to their fake story.

## Hacking

At 2:30 AM on August 18th, 10 Bingustani hackers booted up their computers and loaded up Discord, where they would discuss breaking in to the database. Due to them fabricating their hacking experience (they were script kiddies at best) they had no idea of how to break into a database. They first decided to launch a SQL injection into the login form of the website, noticing that it was vulnerable. With this they managed to gain access to an admin panel that allowed them to view all of the usernames and passwords of the BFR employees, which were encrypted in MD5. However, they noticed a suspicious MD5 hash that was hidden amongst the login info.

Decrypting it, they found it led to an seemingly unrelated website that contained a stronger, and more secure login screen. They went through all the login info they had until they found a match. Once logging in, a 500 GB RAR file was downloaded onto their computers. It was locked behind a password, which was easily brute-forced, allowing them to access the file. It contained the first layer of the Big Floppa Records database, containing unreleased songs, miscellaneous files, and confidential documents. The 5 fabricated files were then added to the RAR file, before it was uploaded to The Floppa Bay.

## Reaction

The next morning, members of the Soggdit form /s/bigfloppa noticed that a file titled "BFR Database" was uploaded to The Floppa Bay. A few people downloaded it, revealing the entire first layer of the Big Floppa Records database. It then quickly spread to the rest of Soggdit, and the rest of the internet. TFB immediately took down the file and IP banned the hackers, but more re-uploads of the same file were appearing so quickly that it was basically impossible to contain them all, and TFB stopped caring,

Within a few hours, suspicion fell on the fabricated files. It was met by thousands of skeptics, with some noticing the inconsistencies of the dates the files were added and the unprofessional nature of the files, among other things. This would not be truly proven until the Destruction of the BIG BANG INTER Building 4 days later.

Big Floppa Records quickly took the both sites offline and deactivated every account that was connected to a BFR employee, while Chegg was notified about the leak. Infuriated, he sent some of his best search teams to track down where the hackers came from. They managed to find all 10 scattered around Bingustan, and were soon brought in for interrogation. Each member received 5 years in jail for accessing confidential files without the owners permission. Interestingly, 7 out of the 10 hackers interrogated noted the presence of a 11th hacker in the discord chat. It is currently unknown who this mysterious hacker is. Some suspect it to be Spam\_Floppa, although he is one of the greatest hackers of all time and would likely not want to be associated with the newbie "hackers" cracking the database.

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