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Post July 3rd, 2003, 5:09 pm
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This is being taken pretty seriously, so anyone with a server on the Net should be on their guard over the weekend



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Government, industry warn of mass
hacker attacks on July 6

July 2, 2003
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The government and private
technology experts warned Wednesday
that hackers plan to attack
thousands of Web sites Sunday in a
loosely coordinated "contest" that
could disrupt Internet traffic....
http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRed ... 123&m=1194


Post July 3rd, 2003, 5:09 pm
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Post July 3rd, 2003, 6:13 pm

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i just heard about that on the news!!! I don't care if they ruin my website. (i hate it)

Post July 3rd, 2003, 8:22 pm

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Hmmmm. I wonder if anyone's gonna play Counter-Strike this weekend or if the admins are gonna guard there servers

Post July 3rd, 2003, 9:23 pm

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Its a good thing that they warned us...i'd hate to go on a site (such as this) only to realize they attacked it. seriously hackers need to get a life. obvouly they have none

Post July 4th, 2003, 12:20 pm

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i just thought of this...can they ruin you e-mail account???

Post July 4th, 2003, 4:09 pm

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i think so! depends which...but most....even hotmail!

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zan you sound like a damsel in distress. But seriously these guys need to get a life. They honestly have nothing better to do then sit on there computers all day...?? all i can say is losers...

Post July 4th, 2003, 7:02 pm
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whatever happens just happens. /me makes a backup of absolutely everything right now.
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I don't want this site to get attacked by hackers!!

Post July 5th, 2003, 1:35 am
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if it get's attacked, we'll see what happens, rest assured we are up to date on backups and stuff.

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Post July 5th, 2003, 4:48 am

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Originally posted by The Edge

zan you sound like a damsel in distress. But seriously these guys need to get a life. They honestly have nothing better to do then sit on there computers all day...?? all i can say is losers...


i know this is off topic....yes i know i sounded like one! lol....funny.

Post July 5th, 2003, 10:52 pm

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u never answered my question, what will happen?? what will they do?

Post July 6th, 2003, 12:37 am
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deface websites, put stuff on them like "this site got hacked by blah blah blah" and stuff,

Post July 6th, 2003, 2:29 am

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I think were i am safe so far... i have an anti virus program Mcaffe installed on my pooter after it went down. hopefully it will stop hackers sending virusus thru e-mail or whatever

Post July 6th, 2003, 2:33 am
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hackers wont go through e-mail in this case, they'll just hit the websites and replace a few pages or if they're mean, they'll wipe out everything.
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Post July 6th, 2003, 2:34 am

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I dont think they'll attack your comp, spaceman. They're hacking into servers, in which info is stored on the internet such as the info for this site. *Correct me if I'm wrong WWS* but the files and info for coastercrazy.com is stored on another computer. Weeweeslap has the hard copies on his comp to upload if these files were to be hacked or corrupt. I think it's like that but u can correct my info WWS. (You'd know more than me being as you control this site)

Post July 6th, 2003, 2:35 am
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Post July 6th, 2003, 2:37 am

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I only know because I have a small incomplete site in which I can care less if it's hacked....Well, it was free to post. I have no backups of it anyway because it's all on my old comp in which is up in the attic.

Post July 6th, 2003, 2:46 am

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I still think those hackers have WAY TOO MUCH time on their hands. *shakes head* they need to get out more and get themselves a REAL JOB and a REAL LIFE.

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Uh.....That is their life......putting their programming skills to bad use. Still, they have too much spare time.

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