Is it just me, or......

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edited January 2011 in The Clubhouse
did the forum crash for about an hour?
I could not get on, and thought maybe my big mouth had got me banned!:eek:
I needed a hug but had no contacts with this forum.:redface:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,763
    edited January 2011
    longer than that, I think - most of the evening.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited January 2011
    It crashed, I couldn't get in - got 404 for about an hour.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    longer than that, I think - most of the evening.
    I had a rather long "old man nap" during most of that time.
    "Beauty sleep", and boy is it paying off!:biggrin:
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2011
    At one point it said that it was hacked by two guys. I forget their names. Later I checked and it said that they were making changes to the website. They were hacked...
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2011
    Hmmmmmmmm.....Hacking Club Polk? Those guys most have been reaaallllyyyy bored! Or they just 'hate' us...nah, we're too lovable. They were 'bored'!

    cnh
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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited January 2011
    When I tried to view the forums with my BlackBerry a couple hours ago, a white screen cameup and said the site had been hacked by so-and-so, and so-and-so.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited January 2011
    Maybe we've all been hacked now and are part of some bot-net...
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2011
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    Maybe we've all been hacked now and are part of some bot-net...

    Personal info worries?:frown:
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2011
    Patrick C wrote: »
    its true...we were down...we weren't "hacked" but i fixed it...we should all be back to normal now

    You really should upgrade that power cable to the servers Patrick!:biggrin:
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited January 2011
    pepster wrote: »
    did the forum crash for about an hour?
    I could not get on, and thought maybe my big mouth had got me banned!:eek:
    I needed a hug but had no contacts with this forum.:redface:

    If you want we could ban you just for the Halibut. :biggrin:
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited January 2011
    I'm still keeping the pets inside and leaving the plastic and duct tape on the windows and doors for the night.
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    >This message has been scanned by the NSA and found to be free of harmful intent.<
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2011
    Polkersince85 wrote: »
    I'm still keeping the pets inside and leaving the plastic and duct tape on the windows and doors for the night.

    I am putting on my "foil helmet" and locking the doors before Patrick finds a good recipe for hushpuppies to go along with his "halibut".:eek:
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,494
    edited January 2011
    Patrick C wrote: »
    its true...we were down...we weren't "hacked" but i fixed it...we should all be back to normal now

    There was a security hole in the version of vbulletin we were using that allowed a bot to overwrite the header of the page. That is why people saw that message. There was absolutely no database compromise. I upgraded to the latest version of vbulletin so all is good

    Likely story.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,494
    edited January 2011
    Wouldn't surprise me the way the rest of this day has gone.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    Wouldn't surprise me the way the rest of this day has gone.


    We have some papers in the mail we need you to sign F1.:biggrin:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,763
    edited January 2011
    oooh. hushpuppies!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2011
    F1nut wrote:
    Wouldn't surprise me the way the rest of this day has gone.

    Had a couple of hairs out of place huh?
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2011
    ali2.jpg
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,712
    edited January 2011
    I am fully prepared to be assimilated.
    Sal Palooza
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited January 2011
    I would take my foil off for her!:biggrin:
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  • Rev. Hayes
    Rev. Hayes Posts: 475
    edited January 2011
    I'm not the only one that saw this right?

    Upon coming to the page all I saw was a white screen and the words:

    Hacked By Ashiyane Digital Security Team Rz04 And Mohammad Lenz Was here









    I checked later on and got the ol' 404 error page but still no forum.
    I'm not alone in this am I?
    Sounds good to me...
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited January 2011
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=114190
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    >This message has been scanned by the NSA and found to be free of harmful intent.<
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  • larry777
    larry777 Posts: 480
    edited January 2011
    I got the same message,so I sent Polk customer service an E-Mail last night with a heads up and the details. It was definately real.
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  • larry777
    larry777 Posts: 480
    edited January 2011
    The message I got was that the site was Hacked !
    Home Theatre.............

    Pioneer SC-35
    Polk RTi10's Fronts
    Polk CSiA6 Center
    RTi4 Surrounds
    SVS PB-12 Sub


    2 Channel.............................

    Yaqin MC-100B
    Energy RC-70 Speakers
    Arcam CD-192 Disc Player
    Van Den Hul Interconnects
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited January 2011
    larry777 wrote: »
    I got the same message,so I sent Polk customer service an E-Mail last night with a heads up and the details. It was definately real.

    *sigh*

    It wasn't "real". It was a header replacement. It's not even a "hack" because vBulletin had a security hole in it that newer versions patched. It was a exploit that would allow anyone to replace the main header file for the vBulletin message boards. The only you had to know was where the header file was kept. Since you can't view the directory listing without the admin account, all you have to do is attempt to copy your own file to the header file with a direct path. Yeah, the display page was real but nothing was hacked. If it was, you'd have gotten notice from Polk Audio that your personal info on the forum had been compromised and you should be taking measures to minimize damage to your personal information.

    It's less of a "hack" and more of an "easter egg". It's a lame "script kiddie" stunt.

    Everyone should stop calling it a "hack" because it wasn't. It was all smoke and mirrors. Everyone should honestly stop discussing it and naming the assbags who were involved because that's what they want you to do. Just drop it and take off the tinfoil hats. Life goes on and loser kids in their parents basements shouldn't affect your life this much. There's more to life than Club Polk.
    Expert Moron Extraordinaire

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  • Rev. Hayes
    Rev. Hayes Posts: 475
    edited January 2011
    Woooooooooohhh there.

    Many members were curious about what happened. Patrick fixed and explained it quickly in the thread that was linked in the second post of this thread. I don't think anyone was freaking out and tearing the cables out of their routers.

    That was a nice description of what happened but jeez, lighten up Jstas. There's more to life than telling people there's more to life than Club Polk.
    Sounds good to me...
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited January 2011
    Nobody who was in charge of the servers posted "hacked by so and so". If an outsider changed any scrift on the server it was hacked. Real plain and simple to me. Big deal. While it got fixed I worked on my tube phono:smile:
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited January 2011
    So i heard there was a problem with the site yesterday?
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited January 2011
    I really did not mean to affect the site last nite
    and hope that it did not cause too much trouble.

    I just could not help myself and kept on posting stuff in the different threads.

    not knowing it would disrupt the site.

    It came back soon after and all is much better.
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  • gimpod
    gimpod Posts: 1,793
    edited January 2011
    Just a heads up guys, after last nights little snafu it appears that the link's for ALL the uploaded attachments are broke. I have all ready PM'ed Patrick about this so don't freak out I'm sure he'll get it fixed. Stuff like this happens unfortunately when you upgrade software sometimes. This may also explain why you can't seem to get uploaded pic's to work.

    So chill it'll get fixed.
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