What a relief....... WE'RE BACK !  Hacker-attack ?

[aquaMat]

Hi,

yesterday it looked as we have been the victim of a vicous hacker-attack.
Instead of the Action Soft / MM - related pages appeared an Arab-looking hacker site !

What the f.... was that ?!

I don't know who solved it....but sure somebody did ?!

MAYBE it was only a warning and the hackers re-did it themselves, because I remember the pages' name included the word

hackteach

, as in:

We're gonna teach you that we can knock you down any second....

What a world..... 8-) :'(

[rose]

Hi!
I am also glad we are back. I wonder if Vern is aware of the attack?

[josephine]

I thought it was a school for hackers ;D

Seriously though, I can see why the recent bombings in Gaza would upset people, but that has nothing to do with Midnight Mansion. Why attack here??

Clearly, idiots come in every flavor.

I took a screenshot of it, anybody read Arabic?

[rose]

No, I don't read arabic, so the hacking has just annoyed me and haven't been able to do anything positive.

I do sympathise with both sides so both sides should end their violence. > >

I hope for a much calmer and happier New Year for everyone, even the hackers!!

[Sharpie]

I did a Google translation on the site. The one URL was an arabic forum. Ironic huh that they took over our MM forum. And if you went to the main ActionSoft URL, the URL they had was very much in your face and to the point on their feelings.

I am also relieved to have MM forums back. ;D

[Semi-Native]

Scary stuff. >

I'm glad we got MM back so quickly, I was afraid it was going to be much longer.

Happy New Year, and Peace!

[aquaMat]

The forum is back..... but I still do have problems opening it sometimes.

When I hit my direct link (to the last 30 posts) it normally takes about 3 seconds for the MM page to load. In the last few days it often

loads

for more than 4 minutes and sometimes still not opens.

An hour later it might work almost normal again.
I don't get it.

This must not be related to the hacker-attack.... but I never experienced this phenomenon before the attack.      :'(

[Matari]

Hi -

Do you use Safari as your browser? If so the latest update included a Fraudulent sites option in the Advanced settings. If this is ticked then some sites won't load/take ages to load and I unticked mine because of this. Obviously MM is not a fraudulent site, but it might add time to the load as the page is being checked?

M
;D

[aquaMat]

Yes, I use Safari.
But now that you mention it...... I updated to a later version of Safari last week (now I use 3.2.1) and I will check the setting you mentioned. (I have never seen this in earlier versions).

Maybe that's the reason, and I should also uncheck this option ?!

However, what if a really

fraudulent site

comes along...... >

[aquaMat]

Matari, the option was indeed ticked !!
I really have never noticed this before...... and I'm still a little unsure if I should really uncheck this...... but maybe I'll at least give it a try, next time the forum won't load.

Thanks for the tip !