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Hackergate thread 6 - PLEASE READ

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TheOnlyOliviaMumsnet · 25/08/2015 19:39

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LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 25/08/2015 23:01

Or absolutely nothing happened I should add. That is also a possibility. Grin

2boysnamedR · 25/08/2015 23:00

My eldest asked how MN was then told me "it will be back down in a day or two" before going back to minecraft. Maybe it's him? GrinI asked how he would start his attack but he didn't go for the simplest ways I know of so I can put that out of my head

LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 25/08/2015 22:57

Ark - it was clear who was being threatened. We don't know what happened. But lots of things could have that they chose to keep quiet. Including events or ways of preventing them.

Simurgh · 25/08/2015 22:55

I agree LibrariesGaveUsPOwer.

And for those of you who have forgotten, here's a link to the recent Jeffrey naming thread - which itself links to the original post. It nearly was SadSack!

Arkkorox · 25/08/2015 22:53

libraries what does that mean?

JeffreyNeedsAHobby · 25/08/2015 22:52

Aw, poor Jeffrey. Maybe tackling 'the media' was a little tricksy for him.

LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 25/08/2015 22:50

Jeffrey - I suspect tssdncop on that one.

Arkkorox · 25/08/2015 22:50

Nothing as far as im aware

MarchLikeAnAntAndKickJeffreysB · 25/08/2015 22:49

Surely even Jeffrey wouldn't attack gransnet?! Shock

JeffreyNeedsAHobby · 25/08/2015 22:49

Does anyone know what happened about his tweet about teaching the media a lesson?

OpheliaMoo · 25/08/2015 22:48

Beware what you say on MN Facebook for the same reasons

Millliii · 25/08/2015 22:46

Im not sure I explained that properly. I meant that maybe they were unaware of Gransnet but as they have been mentioned on this thread that possibly they have now found them.

Millliii · 25/08/2015 22:38

Arkkorox

That's what I was wondering. There has been talk of some of MN using Gransnet whilst MN offline. Now when I tried to log into Gransnet the http was insecure as it did not say https. I also had the page logged out by windows with a message saying that it was unsafe. I haven't tried logging in since as not sure what is going on.

LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 25/08/2015 22:36

Oh yes I agree with that Pipbin. Smile I just meant that I don't think it's as deep as a misogynistic mastermind at work. More Beavis and Butthead. "Mums. Yeah. Huh huh huh huh huh."

Pipbin · 25/08/2015 22:29

Then they get the giggles at the idea of annoying a load of mums.

Exactly. Mums, are in general, female. Like I said, it's not 'let's shut the women up'. It's 'pfft, silly yummy mummies, let's piss them off'.

Anyway, let's not argue amongst ourselves. Then Jeffery will truly have won.

Arkkorox · 25/08/2015 22:25

Can I remind you guys that they are watching this thread so be careful what details you reveal like Twitter info etc.

LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 25/08/2015 22:24

Pipbin - Yes. But I assume they didn't have the capabilities to do anywhere financial like banks or AM. Hacking an online shop or somewhere is probably fun, but the financial is presumably tough to get to and the DDOS makes little impact. There aren't actually many places that are high profile like MN, not super protected like Facebook and aren't where the hackers want to play themselves. I'd imagine the list narrows itself pretty fast. Then they get the giggles at the idea of annoying a load of mums.

TiredButFineODFOJ · 25/08/2015 22:21

I guess if they were not hackers they would be like a certain person I've had to deal with at work a lot lately. Thief, fraudster, terminally angry, paranoid, only content to bully and shout at people who are young, vulnerable. Absent father not paying for their kids. Chucks a blind rage over imagined slights despite his many, many proven glaring flaws. There's sooooo many disenfranchised, egotistical Jeffries out there, except now their on our internetz and calling the police swat teams out on their imagined enemies.

weffles · 25/08/2015 22:20

Replied, thanks Fleur.

LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 25/08/2015 22:19

Mark Saunders

LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 25/08/2015 22:19

There is also a fuck load of pressure on armed police in this country (because most aren't ) and think of things like - Oh god I've forgotten his name -the barrister who got killed by armed police and the subsequent enquiry. If anyone has the Times there was a really sad article in the magazine a year or two back on the mental health price armed police often pay for their job.

So , you know, call them out to bully an au pair. Cool.

YeOldeTrout · 25/08/2015 22:17

Every time I read Sadsack, I think "sack of testicles". Is that just my smutty mind or because theirs (their Ss I mean) is so deficient, maybe?

MarchLikeAnAntAndKickJeffreysB · 25/08/2015 22:17

I've been unable to log in since Thursday evening Sad I've only just managed to make a new account today after several attempts.

Bloody Jeffrey! Angry

TiredButFineODFOJ · 25/08/2015 22:16

Sadsac are protecting children, by swatting them and stopping their parents interacting...oh hang on that makes fuck all sense. Someone tweet Jeffrey and Simon and let them know.

Pipbin · 25/08/2015 22:16

See I really don't believe this idea that they hate MN. I'd have expected a lot more rhetoric coming out of their various platforms.

But even if it isn't about us being women directly I think that they have targeted this website in particular rather than just at random and this site is famous for being female centric.