I think being grateful to a hacker is like being grateful to someone who finds a way inside your home when you're gone and doesn't steal anything. Of course you know your house is vulnerable in some way as your PC is and if you don't know it, you're either ignorant or lying to yourself. There's no such thing as totally secure in anything. The hacker could've stated he was running a vulnerable plugin instead of actually hacking him. I used to delve in hacking and glorify it, but since then, I've sort of grown up. Now digg me down, scriptkiddies.
Comparing "computer stuff" to psychical crimes isn't accurate. Besides, would you prefer if someone told you "Oh, you left your keys on a busy street in town", or "Here are your keys, you must have dropped them in town" - By taking your keys, they have prevented someone more malicious taking the keys and using them to break in to your house.Sure, them breaking in to your house, stealing your stuff and then telling you "Oh, you left your keys lying around in town" is probably more "accurate" a comparison (to having your website hacked), but, if someone breaks into your house and takes your stuff, it costs far more money, you can't "backup" your homes content, and people are nearly always more emotionally/setimetaly-attached to their possessions - A home and a website are *not* the same."The hacker could've stated he was running a vulnerable plugin instead of actually hacking him" - In theory, that's all well and good, but people don't listen to some random email as much as they do their site's (Or forum in this case) index page being replaced. Besides, if a site is running vulnerable software, removing the index page will stop any more "script-kiddie"ish attacks - Which goes somewhat to preventing "a more malicious hacker gets in and [doing] some real damage". I'd say it's the first thing you should do should a site be comprimised (Remove all access to the site until you have it back up and patched)Anyway, it seems like the writer-person handled it well, a lot of people completely over-react to these sorts of situations..- Ben
That's strange. I was linked to John Chow's site about 2 or 3 hours ago and to my dismay, it didn't show up. What showed up instead was a black screen with Death riding on a horse. Apparently, the hacker was Turkish and sent a nasty anti-bush message that I don't care to repeat. Anyone else see this?
tony134340Jan 9, 2007
I think being grateful to a hacker is like being grateful to someone who finds a way inside your home when you're gone and doesn't steal anything. Of course you know your house is vulnerable in some way as your PC is and if you don't know it, you're either ignorant or lying to yourself. There's no such thing as totally secure in anything. The hacker could've stated he was running a vulnerable plugin instead of actually hacking him. I used to delve in hacking and glorify it, but since then, I've sort of grown up. Now digg me down, scriptkiddies.
bmilleareJan 9, 2007
Yeah it's 100% been submitted by the owner, look at the history then look at the sites he lists he owns on his blog.SPAM.
Closed AccountJan 9, 2007
Comparing "computer stuff" to psychical crimes isn't accurate. Besides, would you prefer if someone told you "Oh, you left your keys on a busy street in town", or "Here are your keys, you must have dropped them in town" - By taking your keys, they have prevented someone more malicious taking the keys and using them to break in to your house.Sure, them breaking in to your house, stealing your stuff and then telling you "Oh, you left your keys lying around in town" is probably more "accurate" a comparison (to having your website hacked), but, if someone breaks into your house and takes your stuff, it costs far more money, you can't "backup" your homes content, and people are nearly always more emotionally/setimetaly-attached to their possessions - A home and a website are *not* the same."The hacker could've stated he was running a vulnerable plugin instead of actually hacking him" - In theory, that's all well and good, but people don't listen to some random email as much as they do their site's (Or forum in this case) index page being replaced. Besides, if a site is running vulnerable software, removing the index page will stop any more "script-kiddie"ish attacks - Which goes somewhat to preventing "a more malicious hacker gets in and [doing] some real damage". I'd say it's the first thing you should do should a site be comprimised (Remove all access to the site until you have it back up and patched)Anyway, it seems like the writer-person handled it well, a lot of people completely over-react to these sorts of situations..- Ben
rinceyJan 10, 2007
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janemayJan 10, 2007
That's strange. I was linked to John Chow's site about 2 or 3 hours ago and to my dismay, it didn't show up. What showed up instead was a black screen with Death riding on a horse. Apparently, the hacker was Turkish and sent a nasty anti-bush message that I don't care to repeat. Anyone else see this?
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