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sofia
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 Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: Stories of Arda |
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Is anyone else suddenly not authorized to view the site?
Since this morning I've been getting this message and I don't know why. I've tried fixing the problem through the help info I've gotten but I fear I'm not making any progress  . It also tells me I should contact the web site administrator but I don't know the email address so I am unable to go very far in that direction as well.
If anyone can help me out I'd be very very grateful!
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Viv
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I get the same message, so I don't think it's anything to do with you specifically. Seems like it might be a technical glitch. I imagine that the admins there will sort it out shortly. Do they have a yahoo group like OSA's, where you can post about things like the site being down? |
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scotchleaf
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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 The site was hacked into!
so i don't know how long it with take to be fixed. |
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Haleth
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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I just logged in there. It seems to be ok.
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sofia
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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I'm glad it wasn't only me!
And I just tried getting into it again and it worked this time (phew!)
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Viv
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| scotchleaf wrote: | | The site was hacked into!. |
First, I'm so glad they've gotten it all sorted and repaired. How awful.
Second ... what dumbass hacks into a fanfic site? Did they do some massive search-and-replace, like replacing the word "elf" throughout with "hyena"? I mean, there's just no point, or what part of "we don't make money from these stories" does the goober not understand?
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Rhapsody
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:18 am Post subject: |
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From what I learnt on the SoA listserv is that this guy named Cilgin did the deed:
Daw writes:
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The hacker's name is in Turkish and if you google Turkish hacker Cilgin, you'll get some hits, so it's apparently just a random thing.
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Nilmandra's statement:
| Quote: | Stories of Arda was hacked at about 5am CST this morning. It was a typical attack against the language of the site. The site may have been targeted, since they had to spend some time on the site to figure out their approach, but the hacker himself leaves a signature and s/he appears to be pretty random over based on their signature left all over the Internet. This hacker was also not very malicious, as s/he could have done more damage than they did. I feel so loved that they would determine we were worthy of their time. ;/
The site is backed up twice daily, and all that was hacked were story
titles and a few summaries, so we simply updated that table. No data was lost, except one story summary put up this morning.
Quite a few changes were made behind the scenes and I have tested the basic functions, but if anyone finds any problems, please email me directly.
Also, the random quote changer was installed while we were in there. We considered one quote per day, but that was more work than we had time for today.
Thank you all for your patience.
Nilmandra |
Some folks like this Cilgin really have too much time on their hands.
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Viv
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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Ah. So it's one of those "Why did you do it?" "Because it was there" situations.
Still, what a headache for Nilmandra and co. Glad they're back up and running. |
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eiranae
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:52 am Post subject: |
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| It's too bad people like that can't use their minds for helping people rather than just driving people crazy. |
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Haleth
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| eiranae wrote: | | It's too bad people like that can't use their minds for helping people rather than just driving people crazy. |
True, but that would be too much like actual work.
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Alassante
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| Haleth wrote: |
True, but that would be too much like actual work. |
If these types would put as much thought and effort into actual work -they could be the next Bill Gates. Although the bank I used to work for would hire top dollar hackers just to check our security. So there is a job opportunity as a hacker lol
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Viv
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:00 am Post subject: |
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| Alassante wrote: | | Haleth wrote: |
True, but that would be too much like actual work. |
If these types would put as much thought and effort into actual work -they could be the next Bill Gates. Although the bank I used to work for would hire top dollar hackers just to check our security. So there is a job opportunity as a hacker lol |
Just like in "Sneakers"?? Cool! |
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eiranae
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Viv wrote: | | Alassante wrote: | | Haleth wrote: |
True, but that would be too much like actual work. |
If these types would put as much thought and effort into actual work -they could be the next Bill Gates. Although the bank I used to work for would hire top dollar hackers just to check our security. So there is a job opportunity as a hacker lol |
Just like in "Sneakers"?? Cool! |
I really liked that movie.
That would be a great way to help those who want help, instead of just being the annoying little brother type.   |
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NeumeIndil
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Can't be all "cool" and "edgy" by doing the *right thing*, though. 
(Sorry, had a long day at work. I'm a little more irritable than usual.)
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eiranae
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| NeumeIndil wrote: | Can't be all "cool" and "edgy" by doing the *right thing*, though.
(Sorry, had a long day at work. I'm a little more irritable than usual.) |
Yeah, I suppose it would sorta limit the "cool factor" a bit. 
Sorry you've had a rough day!    |
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