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NotmyELFtoday · 19/05/2009 20:28

or part of the issues today?
the one in site stuff re mumsnet "being under attack"?
am getting lost on the site this evening!!

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morningpaper · 19/05/2009 22:12

ooh yes solidgold

I was suspended from uni for two weeks for hacking

It was in the early days when no one had a password and sort of TRUSTED students not to log onto the email server

StewieGriffinsMom · 19/05/2009 22:11

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competitivenature · 19/05/2009 22:07

cracker, not hacker

crappy though, hope YetMoreTech has solved it all

ilovemydogandMrObama · 19/05/2009 22:07

And half term isn't until next week...

BoysAreLikeDogs · 19/05/2009 22:00

blimey Justine

All v cloak and dagger, scary scary stuff eh

policywonk · 19/05/2009 21:54

here Ilove

Lilyloo · 19/05/2009 21:54

Makes change from trolls i guess!!

RealityIsMyOnlyDelusion · 19/05/2009 21:54

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ilovemydogandMrObama · 19/05/2009 21:53

I want to start a controversial thread.

So, Policy, did you answer where to direct questions?

QuintessentialShadows · 19/05/2009 21:51
solidgoldSneezeLikeApig · 19/05/2009 21:50

Ah. This may be something to do with a loony poster or two who was putting up a lot of surreal gibberish and (very) vaguely threatening statements.
My theory and it is only a theory is that one or more bored teenage boys with computer skills and not enough interest in masturbation are behind this, It's the sort of stuff people used to do in the early days of the internet: pick an innocuous/mainstream talk-heavy site and attack - they'd start off with a discussion or two that got wierder in great leaps, quite often featuring a certain amount of swearing and tasteles 'humour' then there might be hack-attacks...
Basically I don't think there is any need for anyone to be afraid of physical attack or harassment and I doubt it is anything to do with any individual posters: it;s just prats being prats. They will hopefullly get bored and fuck off soon, though I would advise the tech people to make extra sure all firewalls etc are working and if you have a tame hacker, let him/her have a rummage around for malware of any kind.

RealityIsMyOnlyDelusion · 19/05/2009 21:50

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QuintessentialShadows · 19/05/2009 21:49

Maybe they need an anti hacker solution.

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KingCanuteIAm · 19/05/2009 21:48

lol X post BIWI!

KingCanuteIAm · 19/05/2009 21:48

Justine, I can have a tanker of gin sent round to MN Towers if you would like?

BecauseImWorthIt · 19/05/2009 21:47
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JustineMumsnet · 19/05/2009 21:46

No have found the perpetrator - was YetMoreTech who was concerned it might inflame matters - discretion the better part of valour etc.

So KingCanute is spot on I think - best to ignore if you can, we're not that interesting, surely?

And of course apologies for any breaks in the service - please bear with us.

morningpaper · 19/05/2009 21:44

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MerlinsBeard · 19/05/2009 21:43

ooh i get a terminal velocity message often at mo too (obviously not terminal velocity but i don't know what it really is and it's gone when i refresh)

QuintessentialShadows · 19/05/2009 21:42

While I was reading a thread earlier, I hit the back button to return to where I was (possibly active convos)

I saw the usual stuff at the top, then someting about Velocity server, apache, run time, and a whole lot of code. I was going to email it all to you, but then i copied the email addrees from somehwere, and of course lost it.

MerlinsBeard · 19/05/2009 21:41

Maybe it was the HWCBN (Hackers who can't be named)

QuintessentialShadows · 19/05/2009 21:41

Justine, while you are here, dont go!
something odd happened

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JustineMumsnet · 19/05/2009 21:40

Curiously I'm not quite sure which one of us at MNHQ deleted the said thread at this point - which is slightly unusual [paranoid]. I didn't see it myself so no idea if/how it was compromising... But no doubt all will become clear very soon... Will keep you posted.

MerlinsBeard · 19/05/2009 21:37

the thread in question was one with a link to MN blog saying we were under attack and ppl were guessing who and why

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