Seattleguns.net Hacked???

[uberguy]

who , why, what for?, and how long has it been down? Tactical assualt is one of the Mods. Maybe he can fix it.

BTW Tactical Assault is an Admin - higher level mgt. control than a mod who only moderates forum activity - mods don't typically have access to root/server level code - admins do;

 

[Dan Wesson]

Hope they backed everything up.
I'm sure the hacker did.

 

[adidasguy]

We use vBulletin at my company.
IT guy said there was a warning from vBulletin and they are working on it. To prevent a hack they gave instructions to move some files to other places so the hackers couldn't find them. Our site is still up but maybe they haven't found us yet.

 

[MrsThompson]

As I worked in the web hosting field for years, it's more than likely not a targeted hacking. The hackers likely found a web server or application that had exploits and hacked em all. That's how they work.

 

[AMProducts]

seattle guns member here. They claim to be a Tunisian hacker group. But don't believe everything you see, it might be an internal u.s. group to see if and what sites they can bring down.

could be anti-gun groups, could be actual Tunisian hackers (but why select this small site?), could be Obama's so called hacker army, or who knows. Curious if anyone knows other sites that have been hacked recently and if they are conservative sites?

The info the hackers left was:

Hacker Boy
worriorx23.tunisia
Soryy Admin
contact me @: "email address"
v4 team
Tunisan hackers

If it really is Tunisian hackers, why would they misspell Tunisian???!!!!!

This smells funny to me.

Because in Tunisia they spell it *squiggle squiggle dot slash*

 

[dsolie]

SGN May be down for a few days... Get your withdrawls on... WaGuns was never hacked and is still operational.

 

[Dan Wesson]

Never say never.
SGN wasn't hacked because of who they were, but what version of vBulletin they were running.
I've spent most of my day dealing with vBulletin 4.x exploits and can assure you they are not targeting any particular sites.

 

[dsolie]

Never say never.

Didn't say has never (never has), or will never (it probably will at some point).. But today (so far) it hasn't been hacked. phpBB exploits are just as common as vB. vB at least has a great notification to patch the exploits though. phpBB forum owners don't know until it's too late.

 

[Dan Wesson]

I agree. Today was just vB Day.
If an SGN admin would contact me here, I could perhaps give some advice.

 

[Oklahomie]

Great info.

 

[drew]

Never say never.
SGN wasn't hacked because of who they were, but what version of vBulletin they were running.
I've spent most of my day dealing with vBulletin 4.x exploits and can assure you they are not targeting any particular sites.

Pretty much, I had problems with vulnerabilities in 3rd party software before. Now I keep an eye on what exploits are out there and run penetration tests on my servers. Bad guys will just scan sites and try things to exploit known vulnerabilities or common attacks against poorly written code.

 

[38snubby]

Interesting. I thought I was banned. LOL

 

[PX4WA]

Interesting. I thought I was banned. LOL

you were.. it was the last thread before the site went down... something about rainbows and ponies...

 

[38snubby]

you were.. it was the last thread before the site went down... something about rainbows and ponies...

Not ponies Unicorns damn it!

 

[PX4WA]

Not ponies Unicorns damn it!

gotcha... I knew you would know...

 

[dsolie]

gotcha... I knew you would know...

Need a new cell phone?

 

[PX4WA]

Need a new cell phone?

I might... the s4 active sounds interesting

 

[Rich7944]

SGN May be down for a few days... Get your withdrawls on... WaGuns was never hacked and is still operational.

At 6 am when I logged on to SGN and then Waguns they both had the same message from the hacker screen. When I got to work around 7:45 I checked again and Waguns was working again.

 

[j4545]

I sure hope they backed everything up.

 

[Misterbill]

Who says it's commies? I'm betting it's a certain owner of a competing gun forum taking down the competition! (just kidding!)