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EPILEPSY sites under seige!
WARNING...These sites are under attack. Flashing images, graphic porn/gore is being posted to all forums.
IF YOU ARE PHOTOSENSITIVE, PLEASE USE CAUTION!! epilepsyfoundation.org EFA NSE |
It is really bad, don't even try to look at the sites
- the flashing and bright colors bothered me and I don't even have Epilepsy. seemed like it froze my browser too- had to close it using the task manager - ctrl/alt/del I hope they can get things fixed soon. |
They accessed the admin panel.
But if you do not upkeep your security measures, trouble will happen. These nasty scriptkitties need to be neutered. BTW I bought a dog! |
Updated Follow Up News in Regards to Epilepsy Foundation
Just to update everyone that it's
gotten worse, I've done all I could but only managed to get a hold of one EFA staff whom even that person wasn't able to get a hold of anyone due to the holidays... and even if that person had access, they would have to give me their ID and password for me to take complete control to put that site back in order which would have taken me HOURS - only a few minutes to shut the doors, but hours to restore the forum. If there was ever a time I ever felt completely helpless - this was it. I've been through this before, and just came out of one not too long ago. These folks are complete IDIOTS! And like Jo posted - it can affect and effect a person who doesn't even have epilepsy. The problem is - there are several embedded viruses in there. For that reason - Please stay away from EFA until the coast has been cleared. Even I sustained seizures from it which was unfortunate, but I will recover from it slowly.But I am one TICKED OFF PERSON HERE! :mad: |
I did look into and will post a blog entry about it warning others to avoid these communities for now.
This is basically a denial of service attack by posting hundreds or thousands of new posts, making it impossible for others to participate in the community. The forums will need to be shut down and the database scrubbed of all of these posts. Shouldn't take long, but it does require someone with technical expertise to do so. I'm very sorry to see this happen... :( J |
PS - I also highly recommend NOT VISITING this community until they've fixed the problem. The experience was designed to hijack your browser and do all sorts of potentially-nasty things to your computer if you're not careful.
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Epilepsy Foundation Update Notification
EFA Forum is NOW OFFLINE.
The www.epilepsyfoundation.org is partially functional and safe. They are currently working on it and will be up and running shortly as they eliminate and shut the doors. |
I disabled the links in the first post for now till we know all is safe there.
so sorry to hear this happened. how very cruel of those hackers hope they manage to get it all cleaned up quickly and that not many were harmed by it |
These idiots plan this. They do it for fun and brag about it.
In everyone's best interest, you should update and run your virius protection and then change your passwords to the forums. Do not use the same password in every forum. Create a password using both lower and upper case letters, symbols and numbers. Avoid using * it's considered a "wild card". Do not use words. Create a sentence and use the first or letter of each word. example ; My dog is a purple flower = m$DI84p%F Write down your passwords in a small notebook. Don't rely on memory Change your password to your email account too, that is a back door in. Better be safe than sorry. |
Update Part II
DO NOT USE THE EPILEPSY FOUNDATION ECOMMUNITIES FORUM - IT NOW HAS A NEW VIRUS! In addition to the Trojans, Viruses, etc from yesterday: Here's the latest: http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...alid/virus.jpg |
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