Posted on 08/27/2021 10:19:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
We think we know how he did it, but we're not going to explain it yet. Don't want to give others ideas.
Meanwhile, we've temporarily disabled the login program while John makes some changes tonight to try to block bots. Hopefully, he'll have the programming complete tonight.
Sorry about the mess, but looks like the mods have most of it deleted.
Wow!
Went to bed early, woke up late...
Missed all the fun.
Am I logged in? (Sorry, had to ask, for FReeperdom sakes).
I was on FR last night and never saw a single spammed post.
Oh, well. Have a happy Sunday!
...or those evil Mormons.
Great! This now explains why I can’t log in from my other computer.
Thanks, Jim, for the update.
I had seen a,post regarding the hack, especially mentioning ID’s from 98~2000.
So I figured I should change my password. I did so and logged out and tried to log back in. The disabled login makes sense but I didn’t know it.
Thankfully,, I didn’t log out all my devices. :-)
Thanks for getting on this so fast. It was pretty sporty for awhile. At least they weren’t spamming the site with bullwhip photos.
“In my opinion some very old accounts are still being used. They simply don’t make it as obvious. I wish there was a way to verify people better. I suggest a secret word on top of the password.”
Oh! Good idea! A double secret password!
Were you able to log in from your phone?
I blame Steve1999. He’s just about the only hit-and-run poster who hasn’t been zotted yet. I see he’s back posting for the NNNeonNNNettle blog past couple of days. That’s what did it, most likely.
Logged in now. Can’t log in from desk top.
I wonder if the real BeauBo slept through the whole thing?
I got hit at the start, refreshed several times, then shut down for the night. Never thought of the link to report abuse!
Or when it says bicycles but some are motorcyles and you endless up Endless Loop Captcha Hell.
Stupid hackers! Go git’em, Jim and John!
Were you already logged in on the phone before this mess started?
And did you logoff the on again, on the phone?
Exactly the same for me. Phone still logged in, desktop logged out.
Logged in now. Can’t log in from desk top.
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Same here.... I always use ‘in private’ mode when I open up a browser. When I couldn’t sign in, I had to fire up an old computer where I was previously signed in to FR using a regular browser... and I guess that worked because it was shut down without every actually logging out.
Thank you JR for your tireless work.
I finally was able to sign on - had been feeling as if I was lost in the desert!!!!
God bless
## What did I miss?
I apparently missed all the fun too!
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