Progressive Websites apparently being hacked!

[AnnieK401]

I have tried to get on 2 progressive websites today and they had been taken down by hackers. I have also noticed comments on other progressive websites that seem like they could have been made by paid bloggers. This is getting VERY scary people.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

1. or perhaps they are having problems due to something else

you know nothing of why they are not accessible unless you ARE or are in communication with the admins (or took them down yourself).

Posts like yours are scary...


sP

[shraby]

2. Any links to the sites?

[MineralMan]

3. Really? Where are the links, so we can go see for ourselves?

What sites? Please be specific. Your general comments aren't of much help with anything.

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[arcane1]

5. I'm not familiar with that site, but the replies here are valid n/t

[PeaceNikki]

8. That's one.

TPM, MoveOn, Kos and DU are all ok.

:shrug:

I don't think one site is an epidemic.

[BattyDem]

7. PoliticusUSA was hit ... and they posted an explanation here:

http://gopclownshow.com/politicususa-pwned-tiger-mte

Their host got hit ... which affected 700,000 sites!

[AnnieK401]

9. Thanks - yes it was Politics USA

I saw a link to another site this AM RE: Scott Walker that had taken down by the same hacker. Sorry I can't find the link now. But thanks for the explanation. And yes, in this climate when I know that there is a virtual news blackout of a major event then yes I do get paranoid. Being somewhat paranoid doesn't always mean you are wrong.

[msongs]

6. anonymous works both ways nt

[frazzled]

10. Script kiddies

(I'm not that up on hacking, but I listened to an NPR segment yesterday on the definition of hacking--real hackers frown on this kind of cheap imitation use of scripts to attack computer systems. Anonymous seems to be comprised largely of script kiddies.)

But hey, I thought so many here think hacking is cool.