Google Community Hacked...?!

AmericanIdiot1721 · 10-09-2005, 08:56 PM

Google Communtiy was hacked into?! How did that happen?

(Please don't tell me "Search the forums", because I already did...)

mondine · 10-09-2005, 10:31 PM

Did you read the threads "Deleted posts from Book Forum and Games and Quizzes Forum" (the 'sticky' in this forum), and "The Longest Thread Ever" (the new one) in Games and Quizzes"?

That seems to be all that's generally known at this point, unless the admins want to divulge details about how a mod's computer was hacked. There may be good reasons for not doing that.

intelliot · 10-09-2005, 11:41 PM

The topics are here. I suppose we should make it clear right now:

Google Community was NOT hacked.

Apparently, one of our moderators did not sufficiently secure their computer(s), and someone decided to delete some posts.

Darren should be able to fill you in on details beyond that, if you desire. As far as I know, there was no security breach as far as GC is concerned; all member info and passwords are secure, and posts outside of the forums that dude66 was moderating are safe.

Thanks for your understanding

Andylkl · 10-10-2005, 12:01 AM

Read the stickies on top of this forum, we'd rather continue this discussion on those threads.

Thread locked.

10-09-2005, 08:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
AmericanIdiot1721 Senior Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 185 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Google Community Hacked...?! Google Communtiy was hacked into?! How did that happen? (Please don't tell me "Search the forums", because I already did...)

10-09-2005, 10:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
mondine Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC. Posts: 4,002 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Did you read the threads "Deleted posts from Book Forum and Games and Quizzes Forum" (the 'sticky' in this forum), and "The Longest Thread Ever" (the new one) in Games and Quizzes"? That seems to be all that's generally known at this point, unless the admins want to divulge details about how a mod's computer was hacked. There may be good reasons for not doing that. __________________

10-10-2005, 12:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
Andylkl Master Googler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia Posts: 795 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Read the stickies on top of this forum, we'd rather continue this discussion on those threads. Thread locked. __________________ Please read the Google Community rules before posting! I have a strict zero-tolerance policy against spammers, and I won't hesitate to ban!

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10-09-2005, 11:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
intelliot Google Guru Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,528 Thanks: 15 Thanked 128 Times in 34 Posts	The topics are here. I suppose we should make it clear right now: Google Community was NOT hacked. Apparently, one of our moderators did not sufficiently secure their computer(s), and someone decided to delete some posts. Darren should be able to fill you in on details beyond that, if you desire. As far as I know, there was no security breach as far as GC is concerned; all member info and passwords are secure, and posts outside of the forums that dude66 was moderating are safe. Thanks for your understanding

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