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jaysbee666 · 05-09-08, 09:57 PM

Yes nice to be back on the forums, good work Brian, when i told her indoors that the forums were down, a big Cheshire grin, ha-ha not smiling now is she

Analoguesat · 05-09-08, 11:36 PM

Something is still fouled up - I keep getting logged out.

jaysbee666 · 05-09-08, 11:44 PM

Cant understand these hackers,why hack a forum that means nothing really to them, why not hack the USA and NASA government system, maybe not as the last daft sh*t is going down

stephen4x · 06-09-08, 12:13 AM

Thanks Brian & All. Sad that this kinda thing happens, but a sign of the times I guess. Cheers for the heads up!

Analoguesat · 06-09-08, 12:40 AM

Brian, nanochikins sig pic is currently missing:

Thor 2 at 5°E

presumably there may be others but this is the first one Ive noticed

Goodman · 06-09-08, 01:20 AM

I think The way forum is becoming famous we will see more and more hacker trying to repeat the whole thing. Hats off to Brian

brian · 06-09-08, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaysbee666

Cant understand these hackers,why hack a forum that means nothing really to them,

Heh, it's because we have a lot of traffic, so they are playing a numbers game - if they can try and redirect some of that traffic to another site and get some sign-ups/clicks etc, and get paid for it, then the more traffic they can hijack in this way, the more they will gain from it financially.

I've got the datacenter security team working through the logs as well, see what further steps we can implement to stop this happening again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Analoguesat

Brian, nanochikins sig pic is currently missing:

Thor 2 at 5°E

presumably there may be others but this is the first one Ive noticed

Right - this should now be recovered.

Also re-uploading profile pics which should hopefully fix one last outstanding issue.

wasp11 · 06-09-08, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Analoguesat

Something is still fouled up - I keep getting logged out.

Maybe people with tyre mounted dishes arnt welcome

brian · 07-09-08, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Analoguesat

Something is still fouled up - I keep getting logged out.

Sometimes it can take a couple of logins for the cookie to "stick". Unfortunately, it's a commonly reported issue with vbulletin, but hopefully not presenting much of a problem now.

05-09-08, 09:57 PM	#11 (permalink)
jaysbee666 The DON Join Date: May 2008 Location: Crocodile Dundee Posts: 921 Thanks: 314 Thanked 348 Times in 276 Posts	Re: Forums hacked - back online Yes nice to be back on the forums, good work Brian, when i told her indoors that the forums were down, a big Cheshire grin, ha-ha not smiling now is she __________________ Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

05-09-08, 11:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,334 Times in 985 Posts	Re: Forums hacked - back online Something is still fouled up - I keep getting logged out. __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

05-09-08, 11:44 PM	#13 (permalink)
jaysbee666 The DON Join Date: May 2008 Location: Crocodile Dundee Posts: 921 Thanks: 314 Thanked 348 Times in 276 Posts	Re: Forums hacked - back online Cant understand these hackers,why hack a forum that means nothing really to them, why not hack the USA and NASA government system, maybe not as the last daft sh*t is going down __________________ Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

06-09-08, 12:13 AM	#14 (permalink)
stephen4x Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: st.helens Posts: 146 Thanks: 12 Thanked 23 Times in 21 Posts	Re: Forums hacked - back online Thanks Brian & All. Sad that this kinda thing happens, but a sign of the times I guess. Cheers for the heads up!

06-09-08, 12:40 AM	#15 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,334 Times in 985 Posts	Re: Forums hacked - back online Brian, nanochikins sig pic is currently missing: Thor 2 at 5°E presumably there may be others but this is the first one Ive noticed __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!! Last edited by Analoguesat; 06-09-08 at 12:42 AM.

06-09-08, 01:20 AM	#16 (permalink)
Goodman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 270 Thanks: 18 Thanked 35 Times in 35 Posts	Re: Forums hacked - back online I think The way forum is becoming famous we will see more and more hacker trying to repeat the whole thing. Hats off to Brian __________________ Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing Sooner or Later we will beat Virgin again

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