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AACA hacked

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by woodiewagon46, Sep 10, 2013.

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  1. woodiewagon46
    Joined: Mar 14, 2013
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    from New York

    I just went on to the AACA site as I do every day and it's been hacked by some Syrian rebel group. Went on to the main AACA page and they posted "down for maintenance". I guess antique car lovers are a threat or something!
     
  2. FiddyFour
    Joined: Dec 31, 2004
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    the forums are down for maintenance... the main site looks fine to me
     
  3. George
    Joined: Jan 1, 2005
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    There was a simular post @ Bangshift.
     

  4. They hacked a college radio station in Oswego NY because it had the same call letters as a TV station in DC. Who knows why they picked the AACA.
     
  5. tfeverfred
    Joined: Nov 11, 2006
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    "AACA ACHBAR!' ? Just guessing.
     
  6. Mojo
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    Doubt if the targets were political. They just ran some software exploits against those sites, and found some that weren't patched up to date. May not have even been the group they said they were, could have been someone else with some other motivation.
     
  7. Mojo
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    Just a part of a much larger issue apparently: New York Times and Twitter hacked

    Long story short, an indian support guy opened the wrong email, which allowed these a-holes to access all the passwords to other things
     
  8. junkyardjeff
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    I have noticed a few on here hanging out over there with the restorers.
     
  9. KooDaddy
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    Yeah they think Rat rods are something you cook meat on.
     
  10. Restorers are traditional :D
     
  11. noboD
    Joined: Jan 29, 2004
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    That site is still hacked. Goes right to spam as soon as you open it.
     
  12. The37Kid
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    May be a plot to overtake Hershey. Bob
     
  13. Now that's some funny shit! Guess everyone loves chocolate.
     
  14. 54Buick48D
    Joined: Jan 25, 2013
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    Just some hackers looking to compromise easy unprotected websites.
     
  15. Ryan
    Joined: Jan 2, 1995
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    A hacker group hit a lot of automotive sites in the last few days. We were one of them, but thankfully our security held up. It did, however, result in us being placed on Norton and McAfee's black list by mistake. It's fixed now.
     
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