mark1447 Posted March 15, 2012 Share #1 Posted March 15, 2012 Good to see the forum back up after the hack. Those hackers got nothing better to do, smh! All I can suggest is for everyone to change your email / password, just in case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted March 15, 2012 Share #2 Posted March 15, 2012 Wait, what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted March 15, 2012 Forum got hacked from like 2PM until 9PM around. The "Anonymous" hacker group or some other hacker attacked the site with some NAZI bs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted March 15, 2012 Share #4 Posted March 15, 2012 Why would Anonymous care about this forum? Where are you getting your info from (just curious)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 15, 2012 Share #5 Posted March 15, 2012 Good to see the forum back up after the hack. Those hackers got nothing better to do, smh! All I can suggest is for everyone to change your email / password, just in case! Not the first time and certainly not the last. The only route I have is to leave vBulletin altogether. That will be the next step. Yes I agree about the credentials. Also, please do not use a commonly used passwords for this site. You shouldn't for any site anyway but always create a separate new password for this website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRT Bronx Express Posted March 15, 2012 Share #6 Posted March 15, 2012 Why would Anonymous care about this forum? Where are you getting your info from (just curious)? I read it in my email. I PM'd ENY the pic, but I deleted the original email message and a screencap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted March 15, 2012 Share #7 Posted March 15, 2012 Forum got hacked from like 2PM until 9PM around. around 2pm was the last time I checked the forum today..... after I signed off earlier this afternoon, I didn't try to sign back on until a couple mins ago.... but right before that, I checked my e-mail & noted one from "anonymous@NYCtransitforums.com"... which I thought was some sort of joke at first, until I sat & thought about what "anonymous" was.... I never opened the e-mail..... then I try to sign on, and I see a shell of a forum.... I checked SC, and see a thread about the board being hacked by anonymous... after I finish skimming through that thread, I came back here, hit refresh, and voila - the forums/subforums is showing.... --------------------- Out of all the sites in the world to push an agenda & make an example out of, why the **** was NYCTF chosen !?!?!??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted March 15, 2012 Share #8 Posted March 15, 2012 I didn't get any "email" at all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1447 Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted March 15, 2012 Why would Anonymous care about this forum? Where are you getting your info from (just curious)? Hackers like to pick on SOME websites that have a nice good juice of traffic and other reasons. I've experienced this with my own site years ago. If you got no back up, your fried. Lucky NYCTF has backups. Not the first time and certainly not the last. The only route I have is to leave vBulletin altogether. That will be the next step. Yes I agree about the credentials. Also, please do not use a commonly used password for this site. You shouldn't for any site anyway but always create a separate new password for this website. Yeah this board if pretty outdated, I think VB released a 4.0 over a year ago. Wish you luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted March 15, 2012 Share #10 Posted March 15, 2012 I noticed the "Like" system is absent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted March 15, 2012 Share #11 Posted March 15, 2012 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted March 15, 2012 Share #12 Posted March 15, 2012 Anyone else in the mood to kick some serious "anonymus" butt? A simple yes is enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenEleven Posted March 15, 2012 Share #13 Posted March 15, 2012 Yeah this board if pretty outdated, I think VB released a 4.0 over a year ago. Wish you luck! Doubt that the site was exploitable because of the forums software itself. Could had been one of the plugins. Being that the hacker(s) were able to create a new email, I think it was more server side. On top of that, there's nothing on vB about any recent exploits in vB3 nor 4. Not saying that a new exploit is possible though. I noticed the "Like" system is absent. Everything's probably been disabled for security reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted March 15, 2012 Share #14 Posted March 15, 2012 About the email, you do know that the 'from' information can be forged, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacemak3r Posted March 15, 2012 Share #15 Posted March 15, 2012 Hackers like to pick on SOME websites that have a nice good juice of traffic and other reasons. I've experienced this with my own site years ago. If you got no back up, your fried. Lucky NYCTF has backups. Yeah but Anonymous are known to attack more political type of websites. That's like saying professional bank robbers would occasionally rob a deli just because that deli the deli is so popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted March 15, 2012 Share #16 Posted March 15, 2012 Not the first time and certainly not the last. The only route I have is to leave vBulletin altogether. That will be the next step. Yes I agree about the credentials. Also, please do not use a commonly used passwords for this site. You shouldn't for any site anyway but always create a separate new password for this website. Also, on top of creating new passwords, it would be also wise to change the emails after today just for safety. I've been trying to get the news out to some folks all over today to change their passwords & emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted March 15, 2012 Share #17 Posted March 15, 2012 They were on the look out for websites with a certain SQL vulnerability available to them. I'm deeply saddened to say that this site was one of them. Now about how they found out which sites have this vulnerability I have no idea. But I have an idea how they did it. I just hope I took care of that problem temporarily until I can figure out where to take this site next. Stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted March 15, 2012 Share #18 Posted March 15, 2012 Anons hacking THESE forums? What could they have against us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NX Express Posted March 15, 2012 Share #19 Posted March 15, 2012 Were these just random hackers or organized, Anonymous hackers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted March 15, 2012 Share #20 Posted March 15, 2012 Were these just random hackers or organized, Anonymous hackers? This should help with your question, this is the group in question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTS CNG Command Posted March 15, 2012 Share #21 Posted March 15, 2012 Hey again! I'm very glad to see this place running again. This forum has so many fantastic people, and it'd be a damn shame to see it go to waste. The fact that these terrorists hacked the NYCTF is just sad, and I love this place too much for it to die like this. Kudos to the staff here for keeping the place up and running (and for having a backup, too! ). @Harry: One possible forum suggestion (if you want to get out of vBulletin) is the IP.Board. I know three sites that use it in which I'm a member of: SSMB, TTMG, and the MLP Forums. From a member's standpoint, they're very accessible, and they carry some nice features (including the "Like" system, Shoutbox (for TTMG's forum only), and Status Update. Maybe you can use something like that if you desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den Posted March 15, 2012 Share #22 Posted March 15, 2012 I got the email too and immediately knew the site was hacked by reading what the email said. When I went to the website the redirect to the UK site was in effect. It wasn't the group Anonymous. As this is what they posted on their site. And they find the vulnerable websites by doing a google search and entering in certain strings. once they find a site they use something called SQL Injection. Update March 11th - We've been told that certain web-sites have been altered to redirect traffic here without their consent. This has *not* been done by us, although the person or persons doing it obviously think/s that everyone desperately NEEDS to see this film, and so do we. We believe that if you watch it you will also agree that everyone NEEDS to watch it. We don't know who is doing it, nor have we asked or encouraged anyone to do so. So, please don't get angry with us and please watch the film and share it with everyone you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted March 15, 2012 Share #23 Posted March 15, 2012 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbanfortitude Posted March 15, 2012 Share #24 Posted March 15, 2012 Anyone else in the mood to kick some serious "anonymus" butt? Let me know when you've traced the IPs, physical locations as well as confirmed the identities of the hackers. Then I'm down for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion VII 4 Life Posted March 15, 2012 Share #25 Posted March 15, 2012 Anyone else in the mood to kick some serious "anonymus" butt? Hell no. Even I know, you can't mess with anon, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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