TA was not hacked. I am pretty sure of that.
What I imagine happened was this (and do expect this thread to be deleted later as per TA's wishes):
TA's parents realied that TA was spending too much time on the internet. They probably investiagted this a little and found that he was a big part of an oline forum, including posting photos of hismelf, etc. Well, most parents I know would freak at that point. So they probably did. And they e-mailed Phil (I imagine) askign him to delete TA's account. They aslo changed his Location, and DOB. Two things that identify him. They probably banned him from the computer, and took control of his e-mail account., When they saw all the "Where's TA" badges, adn e-mails, they wrote a harsh reply back hopeing to stem all this discusion.
*shrugs*
i don't know any of this, but it certainly explains it better thana hacker.