what's going on guys welcome to another
episode of Smash JT everyone's favorite
retro themed game store to crap on on
the internet DK oldies has been hacked
via an SQL injection hack that happened
in 2024 but that's besides the point
that shouldn't be happening on websites
these days it's a vulnerable security
that should have been patched 20 years
ago but let's focus on what actually
transpired here and why it's funny and
why it's actually a really bad
thing JT hit that subscribe give me a
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full article breaking down this DK
oldies hack so as of about 24 hours ago
on March 28th there was an SQL injection
hack on the DK oldies website whenever
you would try to go and buy any of the
Retro games or retro consoles it would
load it up show it and then this screen
would appear almost as a warning to
customers that don't know any better
about DK oldies fdk oldies and their
scam DK oldies.com inventory DK
oldies.com please do not buy anything
from this scam site repeated four times
this is a dump from their database from
their inventory P.S they have shitty
upsc on their Leno servers and then it
goes through breaking down a PSP game
Fantasy Star port and shows how they pay
the average cost for buying that g is
$712 and their sale price for it is
$43.99 and whoever did this hack was
sharing their frustrations with how DK
oldies up charges on these retro games
which is a can of worms in its own right
because as a store as your main product
in business you're in business to make
money and if you're selling Retro games
you want to make as much money as
possible I don't know where this
mentality comes from in the Retro Game
Market where if someone is trying to
sell a game for more than what they feel
like it's worth they get upset at the
person just don't buy the game find it
somewhere else if you want it that bad
it's a whole supply and demand system
it's something I've spoken about many
times in the past that I never really
understood that Mantra people getting
upset at resellers and angry at
YouTubers who are bragging about how
they were able to flip a bunch of games
for more money than what they paid for
them and I've always been in the camp of
go you like that's a good thing if you
can make money off this hobby to support
your addiction to buying games or
playing the games or whatever more power
to you and I look at DK oldies and I'm
like well it's a family-owned business
supposedly and they employ quite a few
people and it's not cheap for labor
these days so so you do need to raise
the prices on games that just selling
and not to mention DK oldies advertises
everywhere up to and including my
website where I've seen DK oldies on
their banner ads on the sides of my
stories don't worry I'm not the one
actually hiring DK oldies to advertise
it's a Google thing that they
automatically pay for and get put on
game websites it's it's something that's
completely out of my control but it
shows me just how much they put into
advertising to get their name out there
and I've always been of the opinion of
if you don't want to spend that kind of
money on a retro game go find it
somewhere else go to eBay go to
Craigslist go to OfferUp go to Facebook
go literally anywhere best place that I
found is a trade show you can get
basically any game under the sun and
find a price that fits your needs at
that location
instead of getting all angry at DK
oldies now I will say in defense of
people that don't like DK oldies and
I've taken the St many times against
them as well is if you're lying about
the product that you're selling to
someone being deceptive about your
practices something I've spoken out a
while ago about how they're actually
getting potentially taken to court from
Treehouse law investigating a class
action lawsuit against deceptive selling
practices that's where I take issue if
they're saying they're selling you
something that is cleaned working
condition and basically perfect and you
get something that has like rat poop in
it and it's got dirty corners and it
barely functions that is a lie and I
take a serious stance against that this
all came to my attention from Quest 64
official on Twitter stating so DK oldies
was cyber attacked in the last 24 hours
as you shop their website you're
redirected to this fairly docel text
wall dragging them for their pricing
policies went to check their Facebook
page to see if they had a post about it
I was blocked what a compliment as of
now it looks like it's been resolved I
haven't been able to replicate it as of
prior to recording this video but that
doesn't mean that they've patched all
the holes and that this isn't going to
be a problem moving forward I would have
some legitimate concerns actually about
my personal information if I'd ever
bought anything from DK oldies which I
have not I've seen a lot of stories
about it but it is interesting that they
didn't mention anything about this hack
anywhere I went to their Twitter I went
to their Facebook I went to all their
social medias I went to their YouTube I
saw them post nothing about this hack
and that doesn't really sit well with me
because if I were to have purchased
something from DK oldies and the site
got hacked I'd at least like to know
from the source that hey we got hacked
here's the situation uh your credit
cards are safe we use a third party or
XYZ or whatever the reason reason is
tell the customers what happened let
them know that they should be okay but
if they don't feel comfortable to cancel
their credit cards or block whatever
transactions could come from them in the
future and and that way it put them at
ease and this seems like they're trying
to brush it under the rug like oh we
patched it up in less than a day and
hopefully no one finds out about this
and right there is deception now here's
where I kind of take an issue with the
hack yeah it's funny and we can all
point and laugh at DK oldies because
they get what they deserve ha haa but
taking a step back from this it does go
a little too far it exposes the email
addresses to all the people that work
there and some of these people are just
trying to do a job make their money and
go home they enjoy video games it's not
too different than working at GameStop
except it's an online store GameStop has
been accused of deceptive practices and
screwing people over for how much they
pay for game compared to how much they
sell it for it's not that different but
at the end of the day these are still
employees at a company and don't make it
personal with these people that's that's
where I take issue with this I might not
be the biggest fan of DK Oldies in
general and their deceptive practices
and all the things I've seen they've
done to people and YouTubers that have
exposed their crappy and dirty canisters
of a console that they've sold as like
new that's a problem yes but exposing
the personal email addresses of the
employees it just seems to take it a
little too far it's almost like it gives
more Credence to the whole angry gamer
crybaby where you just don't get your
way so you just do this kick and scream
and cry about a company and and expose
all this stuff about him and I'm not
about that either as much as DK oldies
sucks I'm not about to be like oh here's
all the personal information of everyone
go hack them like that's what this
hacker did and that is not cool and for
all the people that are like yeah but
the markup is more than 10% or 20% you
try running a business selling used
games and tell me how long you make it
before you have to close shop because
you weren't upcharging enough and
ultimately I think that's what this all
comes down to with DK oldies I don't
give a damn what they charge for the
games it's a consumer-driven market and
a free market market supply and demand
if you want something and it's there go
ahead and buy it from whatever makes you
happy the biggest issue I have with DK
oldies is the deceptive practices of
lying about what they were selling or at
least the accusations of doing such and
Treehouse law going after them with a
class action lawsuit because of that the
more research I've done on DK oldies the
more it seems like they're a fine
company as far as customer service is
concerned if you feel like you did not
get what you ordered they will make it
right and you don't really have anything
to complain about anymore and it almost
feels like the YouTube videos hating on
DK oldies have been a self-fulfilling
prophecy of just hating on a company to
hate on them it's an easy punchable face
of a company so just keep punching them
while they're down instead of taking a
step back looking at the situation and
being like yeah they suck they upcharge
way too much
I'm not going to shop there and I'm
going to speak with my wallet and take
my money elsewhere where I can get what
I want for the price that I want to pay
for it and I guess ultimately that's
what it comes down to putting DK Oldies
in the name of a title of a video
automatically gets you a ton of views
and I think being angry about it and
hating on them is is so easy to do and I
think that's where the slippery slope
comes in for a lot of YouTubers yeah I'm
not a big fan of their deceptive
practices with what they sell but they
make it right in customer service
companies do make mistakes but DK oldi
seems to make more than most or get away
with more than most and again that's
where I take issue with them but
exposing personal information and stuff
like this no this ain't it and and
talking about how much they upcharge who
the hell cares it's just it's such a
whiny attack on a company ultimately and
I'm not cool with it and I'm sure
there's going to be people that disagree
with me but that's kind of how I feel
about this DK hack have your fun laugh
at the company all you want but don't do
stuff like this anyways I'm going to
leave it there if you guys want more
information check out smash j.com for
the full article links references and
resources for all the information that I
referenced in this video thank you so
much for watching and as always you stay
smashing take a lot of work to get it
cleaned up and running great again
here's how we do it at DK
oldies the console gets opened up and
disassembled down to its individual
Parts including the fans heat sinks disc
drive and motherboard and reveal the
inside and here we go oh yeah this thing
is filthy oh man
wow yeah this thing either has never
been opened up or has not been opened up
in years that is
disgusting
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