A Call To Give To Irvine's Images
It all started about three months ago when I became acquainted with @irvinesimages through his son @apolymask who hosts the @ifc contests. There was a call out to assist in promoting imagery captured with Irvine's professional photography.
The contest post was entitled IFC S1 R36 - Assist IrvinesImages and if it's one thing I have loved about being a part of the @ifc group is that everyone pitches in to help and typically supports one another. More than any other group I've participated in, not everyone always comes through but this one seems to jump right on board and gives 100%.
It was through this amazing contest that I have been able to see and experience my Hopi homeland, so this photography in particular has become very special to me on Steemit. I may not get to experience every single snapshot, but the photos I do see just take my breath away.
I can go on and on about Irvine's Images, but the reason for this blog is the Irvine's account was hacked about 27 days ago according to my quick search. Time has flown by and since I was on the move traveling and moving I could not get to this soon enough.
I felt so horrible for him, since he clicked one of those links that are left in our comments and probably because he's simply a nice person and more than likely never thought a person could be so conniving. Well, Eagle Spirit did not forget one of her favorite photographers and will help as best as I can.
You can read his post I was Hacked and what happened in full detail. One of the reasons this story touches my heart is that Irvine, Sr. is surviving MS and his son helps take care of him. They both work extraordinarily hard and produce some of the best raw talent that I've seen on Steemit.
From my understanding there was no way to recoup all the funds that were automatically taken out of his Steemit account by this programmer/hacker and his account was wiped out. What he has in his account is what he had to personally put back in himself.
Even with the fast response by @clayboyn and @apolymask reading the Got Hacked? Here's How To Get Your Account And Reputation Score Back! written by @simplymike, there wasn't much anyone could do but wait a few days for Steemit to put a block on the account and a recovery of an account that had to be started up again.
If this happens to you just remember there are those who can help, and while this may be a tough thing to go through there are people here to help. Also, please remember to always keep your account safe by storing your key in a few safe places that no one else has access and never ever ever click links.
My Offering & Request From You
I will kick off this fundraiser by giving 3 Steem Basic Income shares to the @irvinesimages account so my gift will keep on giving for the life of the account. Additionally, whatever payout I get from this post will go directly to his account too!
I ask that all of the people who know @apolymask and @irvinesimages send SBI shares and/or STEEM to the account @irvinesimages. If you do not have STEEM to give then please leave a comment on one of @irvinesimages posts so his reputation goes up quicker.
For all of you who participate in this initiative we all thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Yours,
Eagle Spirit
Greetings,
Thank you for stopping by to read my blog. I’m a First Nation member of the Hopi & Apache Native American tribes, Medicine woman in-training, first time blogger since November 2017, (right here on Steemit), paralegal, researcher, and writer based in the Mountains of Colorado, USA. I work closely with fellow planktons and minnows in a few groups by helping them adjust to Steemit and curate quality content. I’m especially interested in finding others who love natural medicine originating from ancient practices, gold and silver, energy work, and the spirit world. Additionally, I'm the creator of #MedicineCardMonday, so if you are interested in receiving a Native American blessing stop by my blog every Monday, or just say hello!
See you soon, @eaglespirit
Thank you for being.
I want to thank you eaglespirit for spending your precious time and energy to help me out. You did a wonderful presentation and it is very complimentary. The world needs more people like you as your actions are admirable and worthy of praise. I believe what you put out comes back to you. So many blessings and thanks to the wonderful eaglespirit!
Thank you for the gifts! It's much appreciated. I see your spirit flying high!
I also want to thank everyone else who has helped in any way. It's heartwarming to see the generosity and caring gestures by all you good folks on steemit. Thanks Again!
These hacking-events really piss me off (and these things happen all the time in the steemit community, and then people wonder why, I am a bit private and don't want to click their random links or download their files etc)...? People need to wise up!
I hope this talanted photographer @irvinesimages gets his account back in order, he did have his images backed up, right? Well anyway nice work standing up for @irvinesimages, @eaglespirit. I can only donate my tiny-minnow upvote right now. But best of luck with this project!
Here I added some useful links:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@flamingirl/en-flamingirl-tips-anti-hacking-on-steemit-1
https://steemit.com/internet/@outwalking/fb-messenger-warning
https://steemit.com/technology/@kevinsarpei/the-truth-about-discord
Be safe!
/FF
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This is awesome! Nice work sharing @irvineimages work! I also can't get behind how people can do that on here. So sad but it happens everywhere. I have no liquid Steem at the moment so I put a card up for sale in SteemMonsters that is worth a bit so once I sell it I will donate some SBI shares his way! :)
Good on ya sweetness. I know the pain of a hack and sometimes they're just malicious. Recovery takes time. I passed this on and hope it gets some more eyes on it. He entered some of the contests I held in the past and won, so I am familiar. Can see why you like his work though too. Much love Eagle Gnome.😍😎
I am pretty new to steemit and the thought of being hacked scares me. I am so impressed with the photography skill @irvineimages has displayed. I will be following you and both of them. Thank you for introducing me to this amazing work.
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I havent come across him, but I hate when people get hacked so will give a litlle to help with this tip!
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This is both the best and the worst of steemit. Great post and I know this doesn't count for much, but it is only money and that can be regenerated. The world will always have the kind of folk, who feel they can just steal things from others, we just have to try manage it the best we can. Peace to you and yours.
Cool Pics!
I thank you for bringing this to our attention and I had never seen his work, his photos are amazing. I am in and I have sent a few SBI his way as well, I will also be re-steeming this post and commend you for stepping up and helping him and sharing the opportunity for us as a community to help also. Thanks.
What add awesomely selfless act 😋 @eaglespirit you are amazing! I'm sure both @apolymask and @irvinesimages will appreciate such a gesture☺
This should be a lesson to everybody...Take care of your account as it is your baby...
Nice one @eaglespirit! I love Michael's work and felt so bad for him when this happened. @irvinesimages and @apolymask are both such great guys ... this is such a nice thing you're doing. I'm going to send a little something Michael's way.
This is really amazing of you to do, and I can tell you admire his work.
I really feel for him as I know the stress and such from getting your account hacked as mine was ones to. I will send some steem and hope it works out for him.
Much Love to you and your big heart ❤️ love!
What a touching post. I'm sure my father will feel similarly when he reads this. Thank you so much for trying to help out eaglespirit. :) The efforts of you and some others are one thing that really gave me a lot of faith back in this platform, to see that such good people are using it to help each other I think is amazing. There's a lot of potential here!
Also just wanted to correct one part even though you asked for clarification on discord I think there was a miscommunication.
He didn't lose the steem he had powered up so it wasn't totally wiped out, and the amount he bought recently was a small amount I forget how much. A hundred or two worth I think. Anyways.. Just wanted to be clear there. Thanks again for being such an awesome person and for trying to help my father out! That is super cool of you and I appreciate it a lot. <3
Awesome initiative, @eaglespirit.
I just sponsored 5 sbi shares for @irvinesimages.
yay thank you so very much Mikey! xoxo
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Michael's photographs are amazing!
yes they are and thank you so much! :)
I am so frustrated by hackers. It just makes me so angry that people are so willing to steal from others. I'm going to go interact with his page a bit and am following him.
i totally agree and it is sad when it hits close to home. he was able to keep his steem but 200 sp gone. tysm for helping!! xoxo
Thanks for the warning!
youre welcome! guard your key :)
Thank you for sharing this story, we cannot control the hacking but we can definitely help each other out when it happens.
yes most definitely ... help help help :)
This is great, I have followed and will curate as much as I can!
aww thank you so much for your kindness :)
This is so sad! I keep reading about hacked account almost everyday. I don't understand how people can do it and hurt others so much. It's very nice of you to do the fundraising and I'm happy to add my bit to the bucket! :)
yes very sad i really dont get it either it totally messes with my head.
tysm for your kind support and behalf of the irvine fam i thank you. xoxo
Those are some beautiful images indeed. Here's to a speedy account recovery for the Irvines, and cheers to you for using your own influence to bring attention to these beautiful people so more people can hopefully help out.
awww thank you so much for your kind words and call to action! keep the key safe! :)
Hola @eaglespirit, would you be kind enough to double check that the payout from this post went to @irvineimages please? I only see a 1 Steem transfer. I donated a Cocoon vote to this post so I was hoping for more for him. Thanks.
hi, yes i calculated the payout and it was less than 1 steem at the time. i had someone double check for me. if you see a discrepancy let me know. also, i sent 3 steem for 3 shares of steembasicincome for his account. the post didnt make that much unfortunately and i botted too.
All good thanks for the clarification. Didn't realize you botted it. Bummer more people didn't get on board. Did all I could.
@thebugiq oh no worries, yes it was a bummer for sure.