| Author | Message | ||
| ~M~
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 10013 Registered: 11-1998 |
Dearest Membership -- for those who are not aware, we were hacked last weekend (3/18). One of the consequences of that hacking is that your profile might have been affected. What we've been seeing is that membership level and number of posts have been reduced to zero. This does not apply to everyone. Only random profiles were hit. Also, some people's profiles have disappeared entirely. As a result they are not able to post at all. If this has happened to you, let us know. We'll be happy to correct the error and set your membership or posting level right again. But we can't look through everyone's profile individually and see if you've been affected. That would take too long. We're depending on you to make us aware. Just mention it here in this thread or drop us a note at adminwpf@wildpoetryforum.com if you can't post at all. We'll get to it ASAP. Love, M | ||
| Christopher T George
Senior Member Username: chrisgeorge Post Number: 7113 Registered: 12-2004 |
Hi M My profile appears intact but many thanks for the alert. I am sorry for members who have either lost their profiles or their posting privileges and hope all can be restored shortly. I think it is despicable that people get pleasure from attacking worthwhile websites. It is a sorry state of affairs in modern society.  Chris Editor, Desert Moon Review http://www.desertmoonreview.com/ Co-Editor, Loch Raven Review http://www.lochravenreview.net/ http://christophertgeorge.blogspot.com/ | ||
| KA
Advanced Member Username: kerryann Post Number: 196 Registered: 10-2002 |
Thanks for letting us know, M. Mine was affected, obviously. But at least I am able to still sign in under my name. Ha. I spoke too soon. Seems it's been corrected, my profile. Cool! | ||
| Fred Longworth
Advanced Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 1258 Registered: 05-2006 |
.. (Message edited by sandiegopoet on March 25, 2007) | ||
| marty
New member Username: marty Post Number: 3 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hi M, My profile was affected, I am now a new member of Wild Poetry Forum  | ||
| ~M~
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 10015 Registered: 11-1998 |
Dearest Marty -- so sorry about that. I believe steve updated your posting level. Please test this by posting something here and see if the post number and member title read correctly. If they don't, we'll continue to check into it. Love, M | ||
| Emusing
Senior Member Username: emusing Post Number: 4178 Registered: 08-2003 |
Sorry to hear about tha hack dearest. One day we'll be able to trace these evildoers down and make then recite the Internal Revenue Code as punishment (you can see that I am fond of tax time). My profile is all hunky dory and I am fully in tact(less). xo E Word Walker Press | ||
| Fred Longworth
Advanced Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 1266 Registered: 05-2006 |
Were we hacked again Sunday morning around 2:00 A.M. PDT? The system was acting VERY strange. I posted a poem which was not there this morning (neither was the reply from Jim Corner, though it did show up in my email this morning.) When I clicked on my own poem during the strangeness, I only got a bunch of computer code: no text. I also made a comment to Vienna's poem, and it came through as a double post, the first version of which I could not edit because the prompt told me I wasn't the one who'd posted it. When I went to the topics page, I could only see the masthead at the top. All the individual headings were missing. I closed WPF a couple of times and came back in through the home ENTER page, but could never get the topics on the topics page until this A.M. Fred | ||
| Gary Blankenship
New member Username: garydawg Post Number: 4 Registered: 03-2007 |
Fred, something happened. I was taken out and to get back am now the more elitist garydawg and no longer a senior - though my bones don't know it... Smiles. Gary Gary's blog at http://garydawg.blogspot.com/ A River Transformed at http://www.lulu.com/Santiam | ||
| Fred Longworth
Advanced Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 1267 Registered: 05-2006 |
E, That's Infernal Revenue Code. F * * * * * Gary, Think of the reset as a low-budget fountain of youth. Fred | ||
| steve williams
Board Administrator Username: twobyfour Post Number: 1427 Registered: 05-2005 |
HI all yep we got nailed again last night. i did a quick restore at 4 a.m. before i had to leave for work. will check things out closer today. s | ||
| Emusing
Senior Member Username: emusing Post Number: 4179 Registered: 08-2003 |
Test I'm still a senior! Yeah  Word Walker Press | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Senior Member Username: garydawg Post Number: 11701 Registered: 07-2001 |
E, but you could be younger. Smiles. Gary Gary's blog at http://garydawg.blogspot.com/ A River Transformed at http://www.lulu.com/Santiam | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Senior Member Username: garydawg Post Number: 11702 Registered: 07-2001 |
or not... grins Gary's blog at http://garydawg.blogspot.com/ A River Transformed at http://www.lulu.com/Santiam | ||
| Carin
New member Username: carin Post Number: 1 Registered: 03-2007 |
uh oh...did I lose myself again? | ||
| Carin
New member Username: carin Post Number: 2 Registered: 03-2007 |
*whew* glad that worked. remake profile take 2. Thanks for fixing us up steve, I know this must be so extra-frustrating for you. Carin |
