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Title: blonde goes AWOL Post by: tikay on July 03, 2012, 07:46:32 AM Sorry, we appear to have disappeared for a day or two. More details when Tighty gets up, but I THINK we got DDOS'd. However, I think it best that you all change your Passwords, until & unless we are better advised as to exactly what happened. I'm off to bed now (Midnight Vegas) but Tighty will be on with more details shortly. Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: aaron1867 on July 03, 2012, 07:50:55 AM Seems to be running ever quicker than usual though!
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: TightEnd on July 03, 2012, 07:54:15 AM Hi Everyone, we are just back up now
Firstly, sincere apologies for the inconvenience We were hacked, at the server root, at around 11pm UK time Sunday night All the indications from our investigations with the server hosting company are that this was a hack designed to take the site down, rather than access data (such as PMs and email addresses), but we are investigating further Yesterday access to the server was restored and last night all the server files were re-uploaded to once again populate site and forum with our content However, caution is key here for all of us, so whilst others more technical than I will be able to advise better but we would certainly suggest - changing your password to log into blonde - changing any other logins you have that use the same/similar password to blonde eg bank, poker sites etc Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: cambridgealex on July 03, 2012, 08:00:53 AM wiiii thank god!
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: smashedagain on July 03, 2012, 08:01:02 AM So Tikay sorted it then
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: TightEnd on July 03, 2012, 08:02:47 AM So Tikay sorted it then yup, man of many talents. Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: Tractor on July 03, 2012, 08:09:02 AM Password changed, would be handy to know if they have obtained data though, if possible.
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: TightEnd on July 03, 2012, 08:11:09 AM Password changed, would be handy to know if they have obtained data though, if possible. Agreed, I've asked for as much info as they can ascertain on the hack, see what we can find out Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: hector62 on July 03, 2012, 08:21:42 AM I suspect the Vegas gambling consortia trying to put a stop on Singhee's baseball tips.
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: millidonk on July 03, 2012, 08:28:21 AM Wiiiiiii. I was just about to make my first post on another forum to get my fix. (non poker obv, I would never cheat on blonde)
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: smurf on July 03, 2012, 09:51:14 AM Some of skypokers games were down last night, online banks are showing duplicate direct debits on some accounts and the natwest incident last week - I get the feeling there are far bigger issues with the Internet happening that is being kept from the public, anyone else noticed funny goings on?
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: bobAlike on July 03, 2012, 09:54:14 AM Some of skypokers games were down last night, online banks are showing duplicate direct debits on some accounts and the natwest incident last week - I get the feeling there are far bigger issues with the Internet happening that is being kept from the public, anyone else noticed funny goings on? Might be something to do with this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18672173 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18672173) Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: kinboshi on July 03, 2012, 11:09:08 AM This just reinforces the advice that is often given to never use the same password on a forum as you do for your email, facebook, or really any other site. That way if any of your accounts are compromised your other accounts can't be accessed.
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: smashedagain on July 03, 2012, 11:13:05 AM This just reinforces the advice that is often given to never use the same password on a forum as you do for your email, facebook, or really any other site. That way if any of your accounts are compromised your other accounts can't be accessed. This is gonna comeback and bite me one day but I still don't listenTitle: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: Chili on July 03, 2012, 12:20:56 PM A was a little lost without blonde for 2 days and I don't even post that much. I won't take it for granted again.
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: cambridgealex on July 03, 2012, 12:22:27 PM A was a little lost without blonde for 2 days and I don't even post that much. I won't take it for granted again. :hello: Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: AndrewT on July 03, 2012, 12:24:14 PM The reason for the outage was that the server just gave up once it heard than Chinese Frankie had joined Twitter.
'What's the point of carrying on?' was its last message before it switched itself off. Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: BangBang on July 03, 2012, 01:03:01 PM Was pretty much lost.. Reverted to posting on an alternative site that I used to frequent...
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: StuartHopkin on July 03, 2012, 01:32:32 PM This just reinforces the advice that is often given to never use the same password on a forum as you do for your email, facebook, or really any other site. That way if any of your accounts are compromised your other accounts can't be accessed. This is gonna comeback and bite me one day but I still don't listenLOL What a plan. The guy who hacked it was just wondering where to start and now you tell him your password gets him the lot! Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: smashedagain on July 03, 2012, 01:41:24 PM This just reinforces the advice that is often given to never use the same password on a forum as you do for your email, facebook, or really any other site. That way if any of your accounts are compromised your other accounts can't be accessed. This is gonna comeback and bite me one day but I still don't listenLOL What a plan. The guy who hacked it was just wondering where to start and now you tell him your password gets him the lot! Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: MC on July 03, 2012, 01:41:50 PM Thought perhaps you were adding a diary section. Sigh!
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: EvilPie on July 03, 2012, 01:43:10 PM Think I only had one site that shared a password with Blonde and that was facebook.
All sorted now so screw you Mr Hacker!!! Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: ManuelsMum on July 03, 2012, 01:53:23 PM Where's the hacker from?
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: superwomble on July 03, 2012, 01:55:43 PM Where's the hacker from? New Zealand isn't it? ;marks; Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: AndrewT on July 03, 2012, 02:01:19 PM Where's the hacker from? New Zealand isn't it? ;marks; Little graphic of shame not needed - that was gold. Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: ManuelsMum on July 03, 2012, 02:01:22 PM Where's the hacker from? New Zealand isn't it? ;marks; Was probably just after the RAM then ;marks; Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: ManuelsMum on July 03, 2012, 02:02:00 PM Where's the hacker from? New Zealand isn't it? ;marks; Little graphic of shame not needed - that was gold. Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: superwomble on July 03, 2012, 05:06:27 PM ;thankyou;
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: TightEnd on July 04, 2012, 03:23:53 AM We need to reboot the server in the next few days, to get some stuff backed up more effectively
Will try and advise when, will aim for the middle of one night, but to let a short period of downtime is coming Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: smashedagain on July 04, 2012, 03:39:10 AM Pleased you ain't done it whilst Sam is heads up
Title: Re: blonde goes AWOL Post by: SuuPRlim on July 04, 2012, 04:11:35 AM Thought perhaps you were adding a diary section. Sigh! that is a good idea though, we should defo have a discussion about this. |