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Hackers at Air Forums
« on: November 19, 2009, 04:18:07 PM »
I was surprised to see that Air Forums is down with a notice that hackers have caused issues and they are investigating.

Tim, is that something rare?  I would think it would not be likely to happen.  I don't know much about protections but I suppose there are always new threats or hackers testing the existing systems.

It's too bad.  I hope it is not down for long.  As of now there was a 2:00 and 4:30 EST updates.

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Re: Hackers at Air Forums
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2009, 04:30:09 PM »
I just read that the IRV2 forums were also attacked.
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Re: Hackers at Air Forums
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2009, 04:55:09 PM »
Yes, it is quite possible. I am looking into this also. Does Andy own those forums as well?
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Re: Hackers at Air Forums
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2009, 06:13:17 PM »
IRV2 is another one of his sites.
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Re: Hackers at Air Forums
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2009, 06:58:35 PM »
Yea, a few of his forums are down - I am sure he will have it cleaned up in no time.
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Re: Hackers at Air Forums
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2009, 09:17:04 PM »
Still down this evening.  I don't even get the message anymore; just a timeout.
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Re: Hackers at Air Forums
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2009, 09:34:53 PM »
I'm curious -- Vbulletin is one of the most popular forum packages.  Are there Vbull system wide attacks, or is this one just targeted at Andy?
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Re: Hackers at Air Forums
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2009, 08:47:07 AM »
The AirForums  site seems to be fine now.  In fact, it has been slow for a long time and it is now much faster.
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