Posts from Robbie in thread „Victim Of Hackers“

Hi Everyone

I think its a great shame that these people can cause so much disruption via their illegal activity, but on the flip side they evidentally have no lives and probably sit behind a computer 24/7 with no concept of the real world.

Obviously Kevin I would be happy with a transfer to a new board if it would be greater security and a much reduced risk of hacking. I noticed in your previous post that you mentioned that it was free to use the script that currently hosts the messageboard, is the new one your suggesting going to come at a cost?

In addition to this will a change in script allow the posts etc on this board to remain intact?

Thanks in advance
Robbie

I wasnt sure if we would get the board back as I've heard of people in the past loosing web sites and email accounts permently as the result of hackers.

The board is an easy target and maybe it would be a better idea that only registered users can view the bulk of the board. Therefore in order for a hacker to access the bulk of the board s/he would need to register. I also think a trial membership period may be necessary for new members until Kevin and or the moderators can verify to some extent the authenticity of the member.

Just a few thoughts
Robbie

As I'm sure everyone noticed this board was hacked into yesterday by a so called Hacking team.

I just wanted to pay tribute to Kevin for sorting out this problem effectively and efficiently.

The problem remains however that there seems to be a concentrated effort to disrupt this board and I was wondering if there is any way to prevent or at least minimise the likihood of this event happening again. For example I'm sure the person who done it must have registered as a user for a while, could that be tracked and the subsequent IP address blocked?

Overall however its great to have the old board back up and going and it would be a shame if this scum were ever to succeed, I personally don't think they ever will.

Robbie