So what the heck happened?

[jpiniero]

Yeah think they got hacked, some exploit seems to have given the "guest" account ban access. At least that's my guess.

It was more than that... it looked like they altered the theme and deleted the various forums. I think the hackers got full access.

 

[HumblePie]

mine was all black and red, told me I didn't didn't have access and wasn't authorized for the action i was attempting.

That was what it was like for me

 

[jpishgar]

We suspect that some forum data was corrupted earlier in the day over Black Friday, and our tech operations teams are investigating the matter.

-JP

 

[sdifox]

Phew at least it wasn't just me seeing things. Again.

 

[MrSquished]

My thread is gone. I think it borked the forms.

 

[DigDog]

BEHOLD MY MIGHT, FOR I AM ALL POWERFUL !

that, my friends, is a screeny of the admin section of AT; it's me lifting the ban of Mayne, which i did BECAUSE I CAN, as i am all powerful.

A couple hours ago i logged in, and it looked like i was banned; forum responsive, but a message saying "you have no authorization to view this content".

I thought i'd check if AT was down or broken, so i launched it in firefox, without login. Lo and behold, i had admin access.

I also noticed that some asshat called jsdavdson was banning everyone.

So i opened the ban list and started unbanning everyone. He must have gotten wind of this because some folks were re-banned, like, Mayne got banned 3 times. Probably some ex user who really hates him.

Obviously i messaged AT on Twitter and they rolled back the forums, which is a shame because all my godlike powers are now gone. But it felt good for an hour.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I wonder if people were getting ban notification emails for this. LOL. I did not get any myself though and I presume I got banned too since I was getting accessed denied.

 

[stormkroe]

Hahahaha, this is too perfect. A random member anonymously gave me a $20 amazon gift cert through Elfenix and that message is gone. HACKERS OWE ME 'BOUT $20!!1!!11

 

[IronWing]

The pics lost in the babe thread were worthy of a national day of mourning.

 

[highland145]

Hahahaha, this is too perfect. A random member anonymously gave me a $20 amazon gift cert through Elfenix and that message is gone. HACKERS OWE ME 'BOUT $20!!1!!11

lolol you've been had.



Sadly, all of my wit and humor has been lost for today. Damned radical squirrel terrorists.

 

[highland145]

So I get a do over for calling perk a ***** and a *********.

woot.

 

[Mike64]

mine was all black and red, told me I didn't didn't have access and wasn't authorized for the action i was attempting.

^ Ditto. In addition to being told that Mayne, and a bunch of other people, had been permanently banned (though I don't recall seeing any sort of option to un-ban them...)
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And yeah, that was one nasty-looking "theme"...

 

[FeuerFrei]

Yep. Menu bar and Post buttons turned fluorescent red. I was told I have no permission to post. But I did actually ban Mayne. For two weeks. Under his name it said "banning" so maybe I wasn't the first. I didn't think it would actually work.

 

[MrSquished]

The forums seem slow after today's red-colored fiasco. Maybe it's just the holidays but maybe some people can't log in?

 

[highland145]

Maybe it's the radicals....

And what pussy assed girls bike is he riding?

 

[Humpy]

I was furiously banning as many names as I recognized, then felt bad and unbanned a few, then realized having so much power was boring.

 

[IronWing]

Maybe it's the radicals....

And what pussy assed girls bike is he riding?

Say what you will, the man gets tail, bespoke even.

 

[Humpy]

Yep. Menu bar and Post buttons turned fluorescent red. I was told I have no permission to post. But I did actually ban Mayne. For two weeks. Under his name it said "banning" so maybe I wasn't the first. I didn't think it would actually work.

From the moderator log you could see that Mayne was banned and unbanned about a dozen times LOL.

He's popular.

 

[IronWing]

He's probably sipping his beer, scratching his pits, and wondering what he said this time.

 

[master_shake_]

Lol@ everyone banning Mayne

 

[Iron Woode]

that would explain why my avatar stopped working.

I fixed it.

 

[DigDog]

i liked the red theme. wouldn't mind if i could have mine that way.

 

[Painman]

I was blind fucking drunk, and whatever I said to y'all was surely bannable.

*whew*

 

[Mayne]

I was 6 tallboys in when i tried to log in. I was like "i'm pretty sure I didn't say anything stupid last night?" you guys are so mean lol.

 

[Painman]

6 tallboys in

Fellow Cirrhosis Warrior <3