Democratic Underground was vandalized by a script attack on Wednesday afternoon 5/17

[Skinner]

This discussion thread was locked by Skinner (a host of the Announcements group).

Last edited Thu May 18, 2017, 08:22 AM - Edit history (1)

Earlier this evening we suffered a script attack that vandalized some of our members' posts with a video message about a right-wing fringe conspiracy theory.

Our software detected the issue and automatically banned the accounts (and reset the passwords) of those members whose posts were vandalized. This is a safety precaution we built into our software to limit damage from attacks like this. We apologize for the inconvenience. Those accounts have all been reinstated. ***See edit below***

The hacker did not gain access to any of your personal data. The hacker did not gain access to any of our website's administrative functions or data.

The vast majority of DU accounts were not affected. Most of you should be able to log back onto the site using the same password you had before. If our software does not accept your password then you will need to use our Lost Password function to get a temporary password assigned to you in order to log in.

We have temporarily turned off the ability to include HTML code in your posts. This is a short-term measure to make the site more secure while we work on a more permanent fix.

If you have any questions or comments about the hack, please post them in this thread.

As always, thank you for your patience and understanding. You all are the best.

Skinner, EarlG, Elad
DU Administrators

*** EDIT: It has come to our attention that some banned accounts have not been reinstated. We are trying to figure out which ones we missed. If you were revoked last evening and have not been reinstated send us an email so we can get you back: [e-mail]

[LostinRed]

1. Glad you're back up

They're obviously getting very scared.

[Cryptoad]

2. yall did good to keep damage,,,,

low,,,,,, Good Job......

[iluvtennis]

36. +++ agree

[milestogo]

3. Thank you for being prepared.

[LiberalFighter]

4. Amazing after I tried getting to DU I didn't try again until 10 minutes

after you got it back running.

[William769]

5. Thanks for keeping my anxiety to a minimum

[sheshe2]

50. EarlG had to help me back on....

I was PPred! I was like what? Shocked! Minimal heart palpitations...lol

We back!

[niyad]

164. oh my, that must have been a shocker!!

[Stinky The Clown]

6. Nice save, guys! And WOW! Fast recovery. WayTaGo!!

[ornotna]

7. Keep up the good work

and thanks.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Interesting how this happened when they announced Robert Mueller as Special Counsel.

[Knicks007]

10. yes the timing is certainly suspicious n/t

[Doreen]

29. That is exactly what my boyfriend said.

[oldtime dfl_er]

91. I think so too

but to what end?

[barbtries]

99. yeah, the last time it happened

trump was being made president

lucky me, i was around for both. yesterday not nearly as bad, but the timing was suspicious.

[Honeycombe8]

107. The timing is SO obvious. Last time it was on about election day, was it?

I figured it was so DU couldn't rally people to the polls. It was MORE than suspicious. It was OBVIOUS!!!!

This time...someone was ANGRY. About Mueller? Or just everything?

[barbtries]

130. it was during the election last time

i was alone in a hotel in philadelphia jumping out of my skin and DU was lost for weeks iirc

[thesquanderer]

131. I don't think that had anything to do with it.

Face it, no matter WHAT day they chose to attack, SOMETHING crazy would be going on.

It may be human nature to see connection when two things happen at once, but there was nothing more "disruptable" about yesterday than any other Trumpday lately.

[janx]

143. I agree.

It started happening before the news from WashPost popped up on my computer, and besides that, the hack would have required a little amateur planning and execution.

It's human nature to try to connect things like this, but it's also common fallacious logic.

[MrPurple]

179. I agree too, but

the timing on election day was no coincidence. I wonder if there have been any users in here with IP addresses in Macedonia or St. Petersburg.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

9. thanks, glad you're back

[steve2470]

11. Thanks for responding so fast, Skinner

I am impressed with how fast and how well you have responded!

[defacto7]

12. Congratulations on getting things back so quickly!

Crazy day... but thanks for being on top of it. These disruptions mean this site is getting an important job done and is needed!

[Lithos]

13. Thank you Skinner

DU, you, and Elad have been extremely upfront and very correct in how you've handled these matters. I truly appreciate the professionalism here.

L-

[BigmanPigman]

14. WOW! I just deleted all of my DU "saved to home page" icons (about 75). Oh well.

At least everything is safe...I am too paranoid I guess.

[sakabatou]

15. Thanks

[orleans]

16. i was having a problem getting du to load late this afternoon

i blamed my stupid computer.

glad i don't have to deal with finding someone to fix my computer before i'm able to go on du again.
sorry du had a problem.

[C Moon]

17. Out of habit, I typed in the website and it opened.

SO HAPPY TO SEE YOUR BACK SO SOON!
I wish you had an app, like Reddit.

[retrowire]

18. Thank you for pulling it back together. nt

[justhanginon]

19. Good work and fast. Thank you, much appreciated.

[NBachers]

20. Great job getting us back up, DU Crew- and thanks for getting the word out while we were down.

Take that, Litha Flowers!

[radical noodle]

71. I wanted to strangle Litha

[Leith]

93. Wasn't She Awful?

I got to be nastier on than I am here. It was delicious.

[Ligyron]

127. She sure was.

She's gone now I take it?

[Siwsan]

122. I alerted Facebook on her account, and then blocked her

Her page was empty of any content, which is pretty common for fake accounts. Last I heard they were still "reviewing".

[Yonnie3]

102. I don't know when or how, but Litha Flowers was already blocked on my FB

I wondered what you all were talking about.

[radical noodle]

169. She arrived very soon after the hack

She is either watching us or knew about the hack in some other way

[stevenleser]

181. I suspect that was Library Girl but folks who have served on MIRT

Would know her MO better than me.

[Raster]

21. Thank you! Someone must not like what we're talking about, eh?

fuckers

[kyburbonkid]

22. Just typical of the Republicans

If you don't like what people are saying; use dirty tricks.

[LovingA2andMI]

23. Good Job Getting This Hack Attack Under Control!!

[JudyM]

69. Ditto!

[irisblue]

24. Yeah for a fast return

[bathroommonkey76]

25. Thanks

And sorry for my annoying DM and tweets.

I thought this was going to be another election hack.

[NanceGreggs]

26. No problem, guys.

Fortunately, it was a very slow news day ...

[SonofDonald]

30. Couldn't have said it better myself

Perfect..

[NurseJackie]

27. Can you tell if those who were vandalized (and auto-banned) were targeted intentionally?

[LeftInTX]

34. I was auto-banned after I clicked on a post with malware

I got a black screen, then I was auto-logged out of DU. When I tried to login, I got Posting Privilege Revoked.

I was like "What did I do?" "Did I piss someone off". It was a creepy feeling.

I don't think I was targeted. Just the wrong place at the wrong time.

[R B Garr]

62. +1, I got all that, too, but had tried to click around to warn what I was seeing,

and it looked like it was replicating (?), if that's how you describe it. Then I thought I saw (maybe... it happened fast) a countdown clock (didn't get a black screen, though) before I scrambled to close screens and turn the power off.

WOW!

I see Skinner's explanation about what happened -- thanks Skinner!

[NurseJackie]

120. Yep... "creepy feeling" is right. When I saw how the video went to FULL SCREEN mode automatically...

... I knew something was wrong.

Glad it's over and everything is back to normal so quickly.

[Skinner]

41. No, the accounts were not targeted.

It happened automatically to anyone who clicked on a post that had been vandalized.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

28. Glad you're back, but I had to go through the hassle of getting a new password.

Were certain specific accounts targeted?

[NRaleighLiberal]

31. I really appreciate your near immediate response to my email, Skinner.

[GP6971]

32. Thanks Skinner, EarlG and Elad

for reinstating us that got our posting privileges restored due to the hack. Great job getting back online!!

[still_one]

152. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Control-Z]

33. Wow! You guys got right on this.

Thank you for all the work getting DU up and running again so quickly!!

[klook]

35. Good work doodz. (n/t)

[LeftInTX]

37. Thanks so much for getting us back online!!!!

[Doreen]

38. Thank you for being able to get DU back up quickly.

I started to go through withdrawal right away. It is odd because I got a hack warning and it just kept working until I actually went off site to go to something else then it would not come up at all. Like I said it was odd. When I just came back on it just came back like I had never left except a statement about being hacked.

[LenaBaby61]

39. TY Skinner!

Withdrawal is horrible

[Julian Englis]

40. One bit of damage they did

Is they made the donation button harder to find. Post it prominently as I imagine traffic is up with the moron in the WH--and you could probably use a beer or a soda or something after today.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

42. On (5/17/17(today) myonline experience remains odd; but thanks Skinner and Admin for fine work.

[Hekate]

43. You Admins are phenomenal. Thank you so much.

[Lifelong Protester]

44. Thank you so much!!

[Liberty Belle]

45. Our news site had a script attack today too, just as I posted a story on the Trump-Russia scandal.

A day earlier we had all sorts of comments posted in Russian on the site.

I suspect someone didn't like what we posted or had keyed things to trigger the attack if we posted certain words, perhaps. Thankfully our wise webmaster prevented any damage.

[Cadfael]

46. Thank you!

For the swift reaction and return of our beloved forums. We really need each other more than ever.

[onecaliberal]

47. Thank you! I'm so glad it's back. Losing my tiny mind all day without this place.

[L. Coyote]

48. Can you trace the attack using your log files?

There was a poster named skinner22 posting the Seth Rich thing. I sent an alert on that and another identical post in the same thread. Let's do some crowd source forensics and go after these fools.

[Scurrilous]

57. I alerted on that post also and then things got strange.

Kicked off but now back.

[lunamagica]

49. Thank you!

[orangecrush]

51. I hope

They catch the bastards doing this.

[chillfactor]

52. THANK YOU ALL!

for getting DU back up so quickly!

[kentuck]

53. Finally!

That's a real bummer!

[Mountain Mule]

54. Thank you so very much!

I rely on DU to keep me current with what's going on and a major source of support in these troubled times. Thank you so much for keeping it here for us all!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. Thanks for your fast work!

It's a relief to have DU back online.

[ATL Ebony]

56. Thanks guys. Figured something eventful must be happening that

triggered their contempt of DU. Thanks for being prepared and steadfast. DU rocks.

[Greybnk48]

58. Thank you for all you do! n/t

[R B Garr]

59. Thanks to the Admins! Great job with this.

[Renew Deal]

60. That's life on the internets today

Good job getting back

[mahina]

61. Thank you so very much for all you do!

Thank you for existing, persevering, maintaining, tirelessly and grounded in Democratic values for the last 16 years. Wishing you and all of us many more together. You are my heroes.

[cilla4progress]

63. Da

best!

[mountain grammy]

64. Thanks for the quick fix.

[emulatorloo]

65. Thanks!

[hibbing]

66. Whew, so glad you are back up

I've not watched the "news" shows since the election and this is where I come for real coverage, been too busy at work to view much so night time is the right time.


Peace

[nolabear]

67. Y'all rock. Welcome back everybody.

Boy, FB DU was trollville.

[radical noodle]

68. Great job

getting back up so quickly! Thanks, guys!

[herding cats]

70. I missed you!

I'm really glad you kicked that little script kiddy in the butt so fast this time. You guys are the best!!

[seaglass]

111. herding cats, I apologize for calling you out. In my ignorance with how this hijacking works I saw

DONT FORGET SETH RICH in the subject line of your post and thought you and Chevy initiated it. My sincere apologies. I deleted the post this morning but I'm afraid someone copied it to DI.

[herding cats]

144. No harm done!

It's very sweet of you to apologize, but not necessary. Things like that can be confusing, and I could care less what they post about me at DI.

[KT2000]

72. Thank you

I am lost without DU, especially in these times, so a big thank you!

[SergeStorms]

73. Thanks for being on the ball........

when I tried to access DU and saw that message.........oh no, not AGAIN! But you guys are on the ball and stopped the S.O.B. dead on his tracks! I can't believe you're up and running already. Bravo!

[sheshe2]

74. Thank you.

You kicked ass.

Well done.

[Lyricalinklines]

75. Thanks for all you do, Skinner, EarlG, Elad!

I lobe this site more and more!

[kaotikross]

76. they know this site makes a difference!

same as election night! one goal of any "war" is to disrupt enemy communications. funny how this happens right when the boom lowers on Donnie Moscow!

[workinclasszero]

77. Glad DU is back!

That was fast guys, GJ!

The special snowflakes on the right must be scared shitless to do crap like that. I wish they could be caught and prosecuted.

Punks like that need lots of jail time.

[radical noodle]

78. Is that why the times on the posts are way off?

or is it just me?

[gopiscrap]

79. Is there a way to prevent this from happening again

like something we as members need to do?

[herding cats]

84. You may need to reset your time zone in your preferences.

I had to, but I thought that was because my account was nuked as one of the infected ones. Maybe everyone had to, though?

[TDale313]

80. Thank you.

[yuiyoshida]

81. Holy crap is this going to be a regular thing with Right Wingers?

I am glad you guys are prepared but this FUCKING hatred from Right wingers is stupid but I don't expect much more from Republicans. They are a despicable bunch!

[mfcorey1]

82. We will resist!

[Lunabell]

83. Welcome Back

Good job guys. Thank you for your speedy recovery.

[camartinwv]

85. Great job detecting attack and getting back online quickly. Also protecting readership.

[Cha]

86. Thanks, Skinner, EarlG, and Elad!

I thought I had been PPRed!

Shocked like on Election night only it didn't last as long..

[SleeplessinSoCal]

87. You have earned medals for heroic action in cyber warfare. N/T

[riversedge]

88. we're BACK.

[Blue_Roses]

89. Wow!

Twice in less than 6 months! Been here a long time and I don't ever remember it being this bad when Bush was president. Good grief...and we thought Bush being president was bad. Little did we know...

But, you guys are sure on top of it! Awesome job! Thank-you! You guys do indeed rock!

[No Vested Interest]

90. One or more of my latest comments were removed, presumably resulting from the attack.

I was attempting to access DU twice and got the eerie message followed by a black page with Asian-type script.
Then I noticed that I was locked out or removed from DU.
Finally, I'm back on, but with a new password, which may be a problem in the future, as I can only remember 2 passwords, and it's recommended that I not use older passwords.

Glad to be back on, and, yes, I missed DU during those hours.

[chwaliszewski]

92. I'm really getting tired of these site-hacking assholes!

If they want to hack something, why don't they hack a foot up their ass.

Thanks for bringing us back.

[The Last Dem.]

94. good deal!

everything is working good here.

[MFM008]

95. The noose tightens

So the maggot lovers panic.

[BlueMTexpat]

96. As always, thank you

SO much for all the work that you all do!

[tiptonic]

97. Wow

U guys must scare the sh$t out of our rePulsive friends. Keep up the good work.

[senegal1]

98. Fast return

Thanks!

[Achilleaze]

100. Thank you

[Kittycow]

101. Thanks a million Skinner, EarlG, and Elad !

So happy it was short lived. I get my news and happy stuff here!

[LiberalLovinLug]

103. Great job getting the site up so fast

And I suppose these kinds of attacks will only increase as the battle comes to a head. Together we will all get through this disaster. Resist.

[NutmegYankee]

104. Thank You!

Great job getting us back up! Clearly the right doesn't like what we have to say.

[Honeycombe8]

105. So great to have DU back!!!! Someone thinks DU has too much influence! Russia? nt

[Chemisse]

106. Thanks. It's great that you cleaned it up so quickly.

[yallerdawg]

108. Thank you all and great job bringing DU back!

[BumRushDaShow]

109. Thanks to the Admins

for having a trigger that activated safety mechanisms to limit h4X0r damage. Real life testing for sure.

Real coincidental regarding the timing.

[VOX]

110. Well done, Skinner, EarlG, Elad and all admins.

First-class effort, as always. Thanks so much!

[Wawannabe]

112. Kudos Admins

I bet WTF? is way out if stock now.
Was my exact words upon getting the Seth message.

We have some catching up to do!

[shenmue]

113. Thank you

[mnhtnbb]

114. Happy to see you back so soon.

I was on when it happened and boy, scary stuff. Those a$$holes!

I'd been checking all day for the opening of the May Photo Contest--which just happens coincidentally to have the theme of
"The Sacred Mystery"--when boom, mysterious and nefarious things start happening to a post I was making!

Ack!

Thanks for getting back so soon!

[TxDemChem]

115. Thank you for all that you do

[Throck]

116. This hacking is not funny at all.

Can the police investigate it as a cyber hate crime?

[Vinca]

117. Thanks. Good job bringing DU back up so quickly.

[democrank]

118. Thanks to all of you, Skinner.

Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

[Turbineguy]

119. Right wingers support

the biggest Russian intelligence operation since The Trust in Dzerzhinsky's days.

[Silver Gaia]

121. Thanks so much for all you do for us!

This was a quick recovery!

[stevenleser]

123. Great job Skinner, EarlG and Elad!

Do you have a sense of how far back one's posts were vandalized?

On an amusing note, it seems that Library Girl was active on the DU Facebook page being nasty. I think she called herself Litha Flowers.

[RKP5637]

124. Thanks!!! n/t

[samnsara]

125. we must be threatening somebody! ;)

[logosoco]

126. Thank you!

With great worry, I emailed "the administrators" and I got a reply almost right away! You all are just wonderful!


This attack reminds me that "the other side" is desperate and they don't have a leg to stand on with their ideas and beliefs. The only thing they can do is attack.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

128. EarlG, Elad, & Skinner are pros. The FReak site is still down and has been down for days. . . nt

[bitterross]

129. Clearly We're Doing Something Right!!! KEEP IT UP!!!!

If we're pissing them off enough to attack us then we're doing it right!

Good work Admins!

[WellDarn]

132. I disagree

We cannot be the best because you all are!

Thanks!!!

[Fiber Lady]

133. Thank you!

You are helping save my sanity!

[gademocrat7]

134. Thank you, Skinner!

[greatauntoftriplets]

135. Excellent quick recovery.

Additionally, thanks for reinstating me.

[panader0]

136. Thanks Skinner, EarlG and Elad

I had a sinking feeling when we went down. Nice save.

[liberal N proud]

137. I see these attacks as evidence the DU is pissing off someone who has something to worry about

Great job admins.

[Guilded Lilly]

138. Home again home again jiggedy jog!! Bravo!

[Nitram]

139. I suspect it is the Russians. They had posters on DU with obvious propaganda against Ukraine,

and I don't think anybody can untangle the posts designed to put Bernie and Hillary supporters at each others throats (remember how supporters on both sides kept expressing surprise about accusations of over-the-wall attacks on their candidate by the other side?). DU proved inhospitable to the Russian sock puppets, so they're resorting to taking us down instead.

[femmocrat]

140. No, no.... YOU all are the best!!!

Thank you for restoring our home away from home so quickly!

[femmocrat]

141. Sorry, duplicate.

[keithbvadu2]

142. Good catch.... Good job.

[Sissyk]

145. Thanks, Guys!

Y'all did good with communication!!

[MineralMan]

146. Thanks for the fast work getting the site back online.

The two attacks are disturbing. I wish the culprit could be found.

[NightWatcher]

147. Alright! I'm back, thanks Skinner for working so fast on this.

[turbinetree]

148. If I can find this Seth character ass**** that crashed the site with his message of his version

of his right wing god, he has no god, he's an ass****





Wado------------to the DU team, and to all of the members, that are getting under the proverbial skin of these right wing trolls, we always come back, because we have TRUTH and FACTS on our side, they (right wing ass****) have nothing

[catbyte]

149. THanks so much for your tireless efforts to keep us safe, guys. We must really be rattling them

to be the focus of their repeated attacks. Good. They should be.

[Sunlei]

150. I would be happy to donate to help hire a top flight security business to catch these people.

Use the business that worked for Hillary campaign. Catch these people because they will be back again and again.

These attacks are criminal.

[Laf.La.Dem.]

151. Thank you - Thank you - Thank you!!!

Only down a few hours - feels like days

[Wounded Bear]

153. Thanks for the quick response...

and for being here.

[Scruffy1]

154. Thanks for being on it

Though I rarely post i spend more time here than any other place on the internet. The loyal Democrats here give a much better analysis of the news than all of the talking heads put together. I miss you when your down.

[old guy]

155. Well done.

[wryter2000]

156. I had to ask for a new password

It worked fine. Thanks.

Obviously, we're getting under some folks' skins.

[StevieM]

157. Thank you for all your hard work. I am curious whether the site was somewhat protected by efforts

that perhaps were taken after the last hacking.

In other words, did you put protections in place last time to make sure that the site would not be as vulnerable to attack in the future?

[Skinner]

158. Yes, we did.

We're not taking a victory lap here because we would have preferred this didn't happen at all. But yes it appears that many of the changes we made after the last hack did serve to limit the damage this time.

[StevieM]

160. Great work, Skinner!!

And after what you went through you deserve a victory lap.

BTW, I am so happy to learn that I am not on your ignore list. I often wondered if I got put on it during the sometimes combative Clinton/Obama primary back in 2008.

I put up a post last year proclaiming: "Armen Tamzarian's reign of terror is over!" I figured you would get the reference. And I thought you would be amused. But you never replied so it got me wondering.

Anyway, thank you so much for making this site a fun place for Democrats to come and express our beliefs, our frustrations and our hopes for the future. You guys are the best!!

[DinahMoeHum]

159. Thanks, guys.

and thank you David for bringing me back.

[furtheradu]

161. Thank You Admins!

DU is the BEST!

[asiliveandbreathe]

162. Thank you to ALL admins - password reset...eom

[niyad]

163. glad I missed it, but you three are clearly right on top of things. so glad it wasn't worse!!

[FailureToCommunicate]

165. We are all grateful for the quick repair! Thanks!

[louis-t]

166. Good job.

They were probably using Windows 95.

[ailsagirl]

167. Thanks for the fast recovery! And...

DAMN THOSE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!


I bolded the above but it didn't come out bold, FYI...

[progree]

171. HTML has been temporarily turned off, according to the announcement, as a security measure

bolding, italics, underlining, excerpt, blockquote, and pretty much all other formatting features are implemented with html, e.g. bold is implemented by {b} {/b} (but where the curly braces are replaced by square brackets)

I sure miss it -- the Economy Statistics pages at my sigline is now a long wall of sometimes undecipherable text without it. Some of the tables are now no longer tables but just a string of numbers (sigh).

But yes, security is far more important.

>> I bolded the above but it didn't come out bold, FYI... <<

[Thula1]

168. RUSSIANS

I bet it was THE RUSSIANS!

[fleabiscuit]

170. ..... nt

[redstatebluegirl]

172. Thanks for getting us back up so quickly!

Had to change my password, but I'll get used to it . I should change it more often anyway.

[trueblue2007]

173. thank you DU

[lunatica]

174. I changed my password

So glad you're back!

[BRMCOne]

175. Glad y'all are up!!!

WTF is WRONG with these asshats?

[rzemanfl]

176. Good job guys. Glad to have DU back. The timing of this hack is very

suspicious.

[Judi Lynn]

177. Thank you. Surely missed when you're gone! DU is indispensable. n/t

[lovemydogs]

178. Why do the thugs keep attacking this blog?

I find it stupid for them to do so. what do they hope to gain? A half a day of a blog being down? You are not going to knock one out.
But, DU must upset the right enough...
I am glad to see this blog back up and running and hackers will not knock it out!

[Rhiannon12866]

180. Thank you, Skinner, for all your help! I'm back after being PPR'd yesterday.

I didn't make a post, I called up DU and was immediately called for a jury. I weighed in on the jury, then a video inexplicably popped up which I reflexively backed out of, but I was immediately logged out and when I tried logging back in, I got a message saying my "account was revoked." I've always wondered what happened with this and now I know. And once was more than enough. Thanks again for the quick response and for all you guys do!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

182. I knew they'd catch you sooner or later

[Rhiannon12866]

185. Unless I missed something, this would have been a first

Banning someone currently on MIRT.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

186. Maybe just a warning to you

Watch that rowdy behavior in the lounge and no more hoverboard races in the editorials forum.

[Rhiannon12866]

188. Who has the time?!

We always thought it DTG took a break, we'd have nothing to do! But others have stepped in to fill the vacuum...

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

189. Work always expands to fit the time available...

...and then some. Everyone appreciates your dedication...

...well maybe not the spammers and disruptors but the many fine folks here do.


---And also the others like me who aren't quite so fine.




Have a great DU day where a day in MIRT is always a party!

[Rhiannon12866]

191. Thank you!

I somehow missed this post earlier. I was struggling to keep up after I finally managed to come back. And I'm so glad to see you back on MIRT! I've always said it's the friendliest forum on DU!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

192. You're welcome

Have my favorite Irish blessing:

May those who love us, love us;
And for those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we will know them by their limping!

[uppityperson]

183. They let YOU back in???

That must've been really weird, being temp banned. I got the floating text, immediately backed out of and tried to reload too. "Wtf was that?"I missed the video so didn't get temp banned. I'm glad you're back.

[steve2470]

184. I got temp banned and PPR'ed also

To say I was shocked is pretty accurate LOL

[Rhiannon12866]

187. Thanks! But I changed my screen name so slightly that even you may not have noticed

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I learned that from our most persistent disruptor.

And I always wondered what happened when someone was banned. Now I know and it's not pleasant. But I'm hardly alone, others on MIRT were temporarily banned, too. I just hope that there aren't others who can't find their way back, like has happened with the previous hack.

And I'm glad, too! I felt cut off from the rest of the world...

[Insightus]

190. Fingerprints?

Along with mitigating the effects of the attack (which it sounds like you're on top of) and plugging the security hole(s) that enabled this attack, it could be worthwhile to look for the perps' digital fingerprints. Any efforts along that line?

[TexasProgresive]

193. Any idea when HTML code will be allowed again?

[NNadir]

194. Will HTML codes in posts display correctly when HTML is turned on again?

[steve2470]

195. yes they will nt

[steve2470]

196. any idea when HTML formatting will be turned back on ?

I'm really really missing the excerpt function

[ailsagirl]

197. You guys are always on top of it-- thank you!!

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[rocktivity]

199. UPDATE: It looks like the DU HTML is back - YAYY!!!!

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I've learned that the excerpt feature is especially helpful in terms of separating quotes from commentary, and in some cases, fact from opinion. At any rate, I kept coding my DU posts as usual and kept the faith that this day would come.

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.

-- Joni Mitchell

rocktivity

[Kali]

200. yay!

or maybe I should say

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

201. +1

[steve2470]

203. yay!!!! nt

[Rhiannon12866]

204. Oh! Great idea! And thank you for letting us know!

Wish I'd thought of that...

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

202. Thanks, you're awesome

Thanks, you're awesome