Hacked by bruneii

[kinmel]

Well done to the Staff for getting it all back up so quickly 

[Rik]

Thanks, Alan, they've been working their socks off to fix all the things I keep breaking.

[David]

 

I will echo the sentiments of Alan well done and this INCLUDES you Rik and the whole team   

You seem to exclude yourself Rik and it must have been so hectic for all concerned thanks

[pctech]

OK Zap.

[Rik]

It's hectic, David, but I'm primarily liaison and poke a stick at things until I've broken them. It's been a team effort with Zap and Martin at the forefront, but every member of the team has been beavering away trying to get things as normal as possible as quickly as we can. I've also managed to interrupt Simon & Tim's Xmas break, for which apologies to them.

[Rik]

We'd like to thank Martin, at iDNet, for taking the time out this morning to get us moved to, and running on, a new server. Everyone else on the old server is still down until at least tomorrow.

[David]

Ahhhh good old beavering away ...its been a while but I remember it well.......................oops sorry I drifted there 

Of course I excluded no-one except myself as I was having a cup of tea but appreciation to all but your humility suits you sir....wouldlnt suit me I am too big for this 

[Rik]

 

[Niall]

I reckon this was all just a cunning ploy by Rik to see how many people registered to the forum actually have active accounts/email accounts

[Lona]

The hackers would wonder what we all do on here and probably wondered why the bothered hacking into us.  Perhaps they knew the answer to "Who is this Oldie".

[Rik]

I reckon this was all just a cunning ploy by Rik to see how many people registered to the forum actually have active accounts/email accounts

Damn, I've been rumbled.

[Rik]

The hackers would wonder what we all do on here and probably wondered why the bothered hacking into us.  Perhaps they knew the answer to "Who is this Oldie".

Interesting theory.

[cavillas]

Oh dear .... as my son says "who crapped in your cornflakes?"        Alf , it is just one of those things, and as much as this team are a pain in the rump they find weak security and dangerous flaws in peoples server set ups and software. If you ask them nicely they'll probably correct the "hack", they do no lasting damage unlike other "idiots".

They are anything but mindless ,that is for sure.

But what gives them the right or responsibility to hack something that does not belong to them?  Did they decide to become the Internet Police or something?  How would people feel if someone broke into their house and left notes all over the place just to show that it can be done?  These people are irresponsible and do not have the right to decide what is safe and what is not by hacking into sites that they do not own or run.  It's like saying that i have a cr that can do 150mph so I am allowed to do it because I can, not because it is safe or legal.  There can nevwer be any excuse, no matter how reasoned, for these people to attack other peoples sites.  By mindless I mean totally slef centred and only thinking of their own technicle prowess, they are not needed and not wanted.

[Rik]

How we agree with that last sentence, Alf.

[Baz]

I understand that you cant give full details Rik but in the announcement you said  "....one of the other sites which shared the server with us allowed the hackers to take control ".   

what does that mean? did they do it deliberately?

[Glenn]

The server hosts multiple sites, the security of one of those sites was compromised allowing access to the server. That is how I understand it, Baz.

[Rik]

What Glenn said, Baz, coupled with some careless coding on that site.

[Simon]

And in case anyone is wondering, it wasn't PC Pals. 

[Rik]

 

[Baz]

I never suggested that Simon........did I? 

[Rik]

You'll find out when Pals re-opens, Baz. If you're banned, Simon took umbrage.

[Baz]

 

thought I was banned from here a few times today,    stupid change of password 

[Rik]

I noticed you were having trouble remembering. It's safe to change back if you want to.

[Baz]

    that'll just confuse me more   

[pctech]

I had trouble remembering too.

Had to change my network password at work too today.