Posted on 11/09/2016 10:03:03 AM PST by Fitzy_888
Around 4:30pm on Tuesday November 8, Democratic Underground was hacked, apparently by a supporter of Donald Trump. This person clearly knew what they were doing, and despite our best efforts we have not yet been able to resolve the issues caused by the hack.
We do not believe that any member data has been compromised. And we are confident that donor data has not been compromised because that information is handled by PayPal and never passes through to our servers. But at this time we are unable to bring our discussion forum online.
The hack was clearly aimed to cause maximum disruption on our busiest night of the year, and we deeply regret that we won't be able to spend election night with our great community of members. We ask for your patience while we continue to work to fix this problem, and while we do not have a time frame we will do our best to get DU back online as soon as possible.
If anyone has any information about the hack, or has knowledge that might help us to fix it, please feel free to contact us: admin@democraticunderground.com
We will be posting updates on Facebook and Twitter.
We are deeply disappointed that this has happened. But we'll be back.
Skinner, EarlG, and Elad DU Administrators
It’s OK. It was for greater justice
Come on guys, come on out.
UPDATE 11/9/2016 1:00PM ET
We have now come to believe it is possible that the hacker may have been able to gain access to certain member information on our server, including: Usernames, email addresses, and IP addresses.
We are not going to bring our website back online until we believe that we are no longer vulnerable to attack and our members’ user information is secure. Unfortunately we do not know how long this process will take, and it could possibly take days.
The DU pre-election was operated by Stalinist pro-Hillary rules. All dissenting views were crushed instantly.
It will be fun to see what happens next. Hillary is not in play, so what is their next move.
Hopefully their first inclination will be to find scapegoats and attack each other—that will be fun to watch.
Does DU run on Windows?
Oh, I’m not condemning them if it was.
Insider.
The most interesting thing about that screen shot is that it looks like TigerClaws is still using Win XP
Of course it is, and I'll wager that most, if not all, Freepers agree with you.
However, it's fun to 'give them a bit of grief over this.
I’m betting intentional.
Yeah, to gin up donations.
“Hacked.” Sure. More like the batteries just ran down and they’re too broke or stupid to replace them.
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