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Steve C
January 4th 2008, 08:16
Hi

Has Shoptalk been hacked again? If it has, it must be ricers.

Steve
Panelfantastic
January 4th 2008, 10:08
Seems like they get picked on A LOT. Glad we stay under the radar for the most part.




Jeff-
Eatoniashoprat
January 4th 2008, 11:20
What would be the allure of hacking shoptalk to a hacker?

Mike
Panelfantastic
January 4th 2008, 11:33
Good question, but then I don't get hacking for the most part anyway.
If you had a political agenda... ok, I see that. If you were mad at the power company, or had some financial gain, I get that. Just crashing some random forum for a few days... that's just stoopid. I wish I had enough 'puter saavy to be able to even understand what its about... but I guess if I did, I would be creating and building with my knowledge, not wasting hours for zero purpose.:rolleyes:


Jeff-
DORIGTT
January 4th 2008, 12:23
http://www.fals.dk/imageupload/reg/images/3896ist2_349458_computer_hacker.jpg
Eatoniashoprat
January 4th 2008, 12:35
http://www.fals.dk/imageupload/reg/images/3896ist2_349458_computer_hacker.jpg

That's pretty funny except anybody I've ever met with "computer hacking skills" was the geekiest of geeks.
Panelfantastic
January 4th 2008, 13:40
There are several folks on here with the skill level BUT, they only use their powers for good, not stupid, mindless shizzle like hacking.


Jeff-
1303R
January 4th 2008, 13:49
:( i want shoptalkforums back. not least because i have a pm and don't think i've had one on there before :rolleyes: hmmm i really must get out more.....
Steve C
January 4th 2008, 21:57
Hi

It ruins my recreational computer activity. I always check, Aussieveedubbers.com, Germanlook, Superbeetles only and Shoptalk when ever I get online and of course Ebay.

Steve
barls
January 4th 2008, 22:18
i know when another american beer forum got hacked a couple of the members traced it back to the hackers forum, got some pay back and as far as i know the hackers one still down and this is 18 months later
Steve C
January 4th 2008, 22:21
And the moral to the story, don't mess with a man and his beer!
barls
January 5th 2008, 20:27
bingo get between a man and his beer and your in trouble.
stf was working yesterday steve
Steve C
January 5th 2008, 20:32
Hi Barls

I saw that, it looks like it was down for repairs, so all the evil hacker thoughts were not true; at this time anyway.

Steve
zeroaxe
January 26th 2008, 13:02
Not really related to the STF downtime, but hope that someone can help me out here.... Aussieveedubbers has been mentioned in another post on this thread, so I would like to jump in and try make use of the opportunity ;)

In the past, I could access this website. But now, for one reason or another, I cant access this website from three different machines, all running XP (one is a new install on top of it). Tried the latest Firefox and IE with no avail. I get to the home page, but as soon as I click on the forum link, I get the error "Error: UltimaBB is not installed, or is configured incorrectly. Click Here to install Ultima" . This is SO frustrating. I even tried to send an email via the contact link to ask the Mods for help, but no replies.... it has been weeks :(

I tried searching the web, but no apparent answers/fixes were available.....

Can anyone PLEASE help? Thanks!
Wally
January 26th 2008, 15:14
I/we have the same problem. STF has obviously server problems...
Its not your computer ;)
barls
January 26th 2008, 17:32
its back now
zeroaxe
January 27th 2008, 06:07
Any ideas on the Aussieveedubbers website problem?

Thanks! ;)
Steve C
January 27th 2008, 20:16
Hi

I was just there, no problems.

Steve
zeroaxe
January 28th 2008, 03:08
Hi Steve C,

Thing is, I can clear my cache and cookies and browse the site as a guest. Problem with that is that I cant do any searches as a guest. As soon as I try to log in, I get those errors..... :( I cant even post on the "Report bugs" link on the forum. Another user posted the same problem that his wife has to log on, but there has been no reply for almost 6 months now :(

I cant find answers on the net or the UltimaBB forum, so I am at a loss here......


:(
Steve C
January 28th 2008, 07:58
Hi

A guy from the UK was also having problems. A friend of mine is an adminstaror on there, drop him (David Birchall AKA VW54) an email on david@clubvw.org.au tell him I told you to contact him, if he cant help maybe he can point you in the right directions.

With all the VW sites having problems lately, I wonder if its because it's school holidays down here at the moment?

Steve