Forum gets Hacked

[W1RKW]

Don't know if these are the homos(sapiens) that hacked the forum but interesting that AMForum shows up in their listing of "defaced" websites. 

http://www.zone-h.org/component/option,com_attacks/Itemid,45/filter_defacer,Dengesiz+Team/page,2

Glad we're back up and running.

Just wonder why we were targeted.  I know AMFone gets a lot of hits but it's not like we're mainstream and have a 2 million members. Maybe I'm wrong.   

[Vortex Joe - N3IBX]

Whoever hacked the board needs to be brought to justice! It's a shame that someone with that type of knowledge couldn't put it to constructive use.

Just my two cents worth. I'm glad to see the board is back.

Regards,
Joe Cro N3IBX

[W1RKW]

whoever hacked us (like they really want to be known) needs to growup and get a meaningful life and a girlfriend. They need to spend less time behind their computers being the pencil neck immature douche bags that they are.  They live behind a computer with the intent of making others suffer and find entertainment by vandalizing ones property which isn't any different than me going to Gary's house and spray painting it.  Hacking isn't rocket science.  It's perserverance and these twerps have a lot of useless time on their hands.

[W3SLK]

Bob said:

Don't know if these are the homos(sapiens) that hacked the forum but interesting that AMForum shows up in their listing of "defaced" websites.  

http://www.zone-h.org/component/option,com_attacks/Itemid,45/filter_defacer,Dengesiz+Team/page,2

Glad we're back up and running.

Just wonder why we were targeted.  I know AMFone gets a lot of hits but it's not like we're mainstream and have a 2 million members. Maybe I'm wrong.  

Bob if you looked closely at that zone-h.org, (I think that was the same one I looked at), you will see that this bunch of sewer swine has been responsible for over 5200 sites hacked or defaced. From what liitle I have gleaned, they are a bunch of Turkish Muslim assholes hell-bent on spewing their hatred. That's why I refer to them as swine since they abbhor pigs. We were targets because that's the way the dice rolled.

[W1RKW]

Mike, I noticed that too. 

All the more reason I think they (hackers and vandals) need to get lives.  They're incapable of independant thought.  They're just automotons that need to be guided by someone else and don't have the wherewithall to do anything for themselves.  Basically, useless human debris in my opinion.  I'm going to stop here because I'm on the edge of forum rules plus I don't want to let these gropers think they got to us.

[John Holotko]

Let's get the nomenclature right folks. The people who defaced the board are not "hackers" they are "crackers". The process of breaking in and defacing things in cyberspace is called "cracking" not "hacking". Big difference between the two. A "hacker" is a skilled programmer who is capable of solving (often complex) problems quickly using programming skills and knowledge acquired through years of experience. "Hackers" are generally constructive and do good things. Crackers are the ones who break into computers, deface websites, etc. usually for either recognition or for some monetary gain,  Some crackers are also very skilled but most are just cheap copycat script kiddies.

[W1RKW]

I stand corrected. However,  truth be told we're both wrong as far as nomenclature goes.  They're vandals with nothing better to do except sit in front of their useless computer and make life miserable for others. What the enjoyment is in doing that, I don't know.  It's not logical to me. 

And I'm a hypcrite because, come to think of it I sit in front of my computer and make my life miserable too.... I can't get away from it. I'm a dweeb.

[John Holotko]

I stand corrected. However,  truth be told we're both wrong as far as nomenclature goes.  They're vandals with nothing better to do except sit in front of their useless computer and make life miserable for others. What the enjoyment is in doing that, I don't know.  It's not logical to me. 

And I'm a hypcrite because, come to think of it I sit in front of my computer and make my life miserable too.... I can't get away from it. I'm a dweeb.

You described a cracker  perfectly. A person who uses a computer in ways that make other people miserable.

Don't  feel bad. There  is nothing wrong with spending lots of time in front of the computer if it is constructive and you  are doing things that you enjoy,. find interesting, and fullfilling.  Heck, it's no different than many of us who will spend days and days setting up an antenna, rebuilding a transmitter, building a class E rig, etc. For us it's enjoyment and satisfying. But I'd imagine there are others who would consider radio people to be strange, geeky, weird, etc. 

[W1RKW]

touchè.  good point about radio. Yes I'm a radio a dweeb at heart.

[Bacon, WA3WDR]

It's back up already - that was fast.  Thanks, Gary!

[W2JTD]

I wish them all paindul ulcerating and pustulent cancers, and I will laugh out loud while listening to the sweet sound of the lamentations of their women.

And I'm a pacifist vegetarian. Geez!

-Paul W2JTD

[Steve - WB3HUZ]

Bravo Gary for getting the site back up so quickly. You showed those hackers!

[wa1knx]

ha, thats a lot from you paul ,,,  I worked on a major mainframe operating system
itself on par with IBM, for over 10 years.  A hole in security was a major scram. I
fixed a few of them, trust me Microsoft should be liable for billions for their slip
shod security. On a talk show I offered to be a prosecution witness if it ever came
to pass, with my OS experience. In this case I suspect it is this forum application
that may be at fault. dunno, dunno bill gates stuff..

[John Holotko]

Bravo Gary for getting the site back up so quickly. You showed those hackers!

CRACKERS !!! not hackers 

[John Holotko]

ha, thats a lot from you paul ,,,  I worked on a major mainframe operating system
itself on par with IBM, for over 10 years.  A hole in security was a major scram. I
fixed a few of them, trust me Microsoft should be liable for billions for their slip
shod security. On a talk show I offered to be a prosecution witness if it ever came
to pass, with my OS experience. In this case I suspect it is this forum application
that may be at fault. dunno, dunno bill gates stuff..

Problem is that this forum runs php instead of Perl. And we all know Perl is better. 

[Bacon, WA3WDR]

A Perl of great worth!

[KB2WIG]

for the old buzzards


                     http://www.officialjanis.com/b_albums_pearl2.html

[k4kyv]

The same mentality as the people who break out the windows of vacant buildings, or as in one case I recall, broke into the TX building of an AM broadcast station gone dark and busted up all the 833A's in the transmitter.  Around here, they regularly make the rounds smashing rural mailboxes.

In the local vernacular we call them "trash."

[Bill, KD0HG]

They smash rural mailboxes around here, too.
And blow them up, put rattlers in them, and...

[Steve - WB3HUZ]

CRACKERS !!! not hackers

Crackers? What are you talking about. Crackers are certain white people from the South. Or something you put cheese on. These guys were hackers, pure and simple and Gary showed them hackers the what for!

[Bacon, WA3WDR]

HAH!  They IFFED... when they should have ELSED!  Losers.

[John Holotko]

CRACKERS !!! not hackers

Crackers? What are you talking about. Crackers are certain white people from the South. Or something you put cheese on. These guys were hackers, pure and simple and Gary showed them hackers the what for!

I always thought the term "computer programmer" was a bizzare term. Any idiot can learn to program a computer, How does  "computer programmer" become a ultimate carreer or professional goal ? It's a joke. And with todays high level langauges it's eassier than ever. Most "programmers" I have known learned to program on their own. By profession most of them were scientists, engineers, mathematicians, physicists, musicians, actors, english teachers, soothsayers etc. Those are true professions. Computer  programming is something one learns to do so they can use computers to make certain jobs easier. Some learn it because they think it's enjoyable. Oh yeah, I understand some people work for software companies and they program computers everyday for a living. That's fine and I am sure many are extremely skilled. But I still don;t consider "computer programming" a profession in and of itself.

[GEORGE/W2AMR]

Let's get the nomenclature right folks. The people who defaced the board are not "hackers" they are "crackers". The process of breaking in and defacing things in cyberspace is called "cracking" not "hacking". Big difference between the two. A "hacker" is a skilled programmer who is capable of solving (often complex) problems quickly using programming skills and knowledge acquired through years of experience. "Hackers" are generally constructive and do good things. Crackers are the ones who break into computers, deface websites, etc. usually for either recognition or for some monetary gain,  Some crackers are also very skilled but most are just cheap copycat script kiddies.

I thought Crackers were from down south.

[John Holotko]

Let's get the nomenclature right folks. The people who defaced the board are not "hackers" they are "crackers". The process of breaking in and defacing things in cyberspace is called "cracking" not "hacking". Big difference between the two. A "hacker" is a skilled programmer who is capable of solving (often complex) problems quickly using programming skills and knowledge acquired through years of experience. "Hackers" are generally constructive and do good things. Crackers are the ones who break into computers, deface websites, etc. usually for either recognition or for some monetary gain,  Some crackers are also very skilled but most are just cheap copycat script kiddies.

I thought Crackers were from down south.

That's exactly what Steve/HUZ said. So we'll have to leave it at that bypopular opinion. 

[GEORGE/W2AMR]

Let's get the nomenclature right folks. The people who defaced the board are not "hackers" they are "crackers". The process of breaking in and defacing things in cyberspace is called "cracking" not "hacking". Big difference between the two. A "hacker" is a skilled programmer who is capable of solving (often complex) problems quickly using programming skills and knowledge acquired through years of experience. "Hackers" are generally constructive and do good things. Crackers are the ones who break into computers, deface websites, etc. usually for either recognition or for some monetary gain,  Some crackers are also very skilled but most are just cheap copycat script kiddies.

I thought Crackers were from down south.

That's exactly what Steve/HUZ said. So we'll have to leave it at that bypopular opinion. 

Guess I should have read the entire thread.
Say, You haven't seen a Ted Nugent thread around here, have you?