Blogger Hacked

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Posted by michael on Friday October 25, 2002 @05:01AM from the it-must-be-friday dept.

WCityMike writes "Blogger has been severely hacked into, with users' passwords and e-mail addresses being replaced with 'hacx0redbyme' or 'hax0redbyme.' Apparently, attempts to change your password or other information do not succeed due to a major database problem. Blogger currently has no official news: its main page simply apologizes for being down for repairs and its status blog has no information, probably suffering from the same accessing problem as other blogs. In the meantime, discussion, information, and advice is appearing on the weblogs of Anil Dash and Tom Coates, as well as this QuickTopic thread. Glad I use another journaling service." We usually try to avoid "Site X Hacked!" stories, but since this affects so many people - and, heh-heh, they don't have anywhere else to talk about it - here you go.

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And in other news by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-25 05:03 · Score: 4, Funny

Authorities were puzzled by the seemingly strange rash of "FIRST HACK!!!" posts on slashdot.org that arose shortly thereafter.
I'm glad I don't use a blog by LordHunter317 · 2002-10-25 05:04 · Score: 4, Funny

I wouldn't want some l337 hax0r coming in and reading everything about my personal life...

Oh wait, everyone can do that.

Doh!
1. Re:I'm glad I don't use a blog by -=OmegaMan=- · 2002-10-25 06:19 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Yes, I'm sure the braintrust that makes up the majority to bloggers will hop all over PGP.
  
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Re:A bit mean. by gowen · 2002-10-25 05:05 · Score: 5, Funny

Blogs are what seperates us from the animals
Thats true. You never see dogs boring each other witless with the irrelevant minutiae of their lives. Mind you, dog's can lick actually their own genitals, which is pretty much what blogging is a substitute for...

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Blogout. by b0r0din · 2002-10-25 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Good thing I chose hax0redbyme as my original password. Ahh, the 1337 L1phs7y13.
But... but.... by BMonger · 2002-10-25 05:11 · Score: 4, Funny

I really didn't cheat on my math test like I said in my blogger!!! Somebody hacked it... yeah... that's it...
How will we do without blogs? by Prince_Ali · 2002-10-25 05:12 · Score: 4, Funny

Blogs are the next coming of geocities. They clutter the internet with useless information.
I have a blog, but I only use it to say things like, "Fdisk overflowed when I tried to format my hard drive. Now it is negative 15 Gigs!"
So yeah, I need to be shot.

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one more pointless joke about blogs by L.+VeGas · 2002-10-25 05:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Hacking a blogging site is like littering in a dump.

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Re:script kiddies are sickoes by bellings · 2002-10-25 05:22 · Score: 5, Funny

They should be treated just like as if they burned down a building, but no, the law doesn't understand.

They should be treated as if they burned down a building with cute little kitties living inside of it! Because, inside of every blogger there's a cute little kitty, just waiting for you to discover it.

What these hackers have done is atrocious. It's far, far worse than petty graffiti or vandalism. They have trampled the hearts and emotions of sensitive bloggers everywhere. And for that, there can be no justice -- only bitter revenge.

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oh thank goodness. by gabec · 2002-10-25 05:53 · Score: 5, Funny

What I did today: Well my 'blog website is down today. I dunno why. Golly. Luckily enough I found another website (as you can see) where I could babble on and on about absolutely nothing. Felix, (my roommate's cat) is doing just fine, thank you for asking. Did you see the X-Files re-run last week? Oh dear, look at the time. Maybe the normal blog website is back up. *hope*hope*
In additional developments... by Hyped01 · 2002-10-25 05:54 · Score: 4, Funny

"Blogger currently has no official news: its main page simply apologizes for being slashdotted if they re-enable full content, making their downtime for repairs even worse since they'll probably suffer from the same accessing problem as many other sites linked to from /.'s home page."
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Re:A bit mean. by scott1853 · 2002-10-25 06:13 · Score: 4, Funny

You're absolutely correct. People need a place to discuss topics ranging from the great tasting new Pepsi Twist to the new Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza from Pizza Hut that's so deep, you'll need to eat it with a fork.

Without blogging capabilities we would be just like animals you would see on The Crocodile Hunter on Animal Planet, Wed. and Sat at 8pm, 11pm, and 3am.

All in all, blogging gives us purpose, and gives us a sense of comfort, similar to the new E-Class from Mercedes-Benz
Re:For all those bashing "Blogs" by aengblom · 2002-10-25 06:18 · Score: 4, Funny

But don't compare blogs to a BBS... those were the days when you actually had to have a brain to get online, versus now, when Bertha Walmartski can blog it up to tell the world that one of her three toy poodles is depressed.

You never signed on to my BBS did you

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Re:Meanwhile.... by CaffeineAddict2001 · 2002-10-25 06:30 · Score: 4, Funny

2:13 AM
Someone hacked my blog. Ignore previous post about "Mandy is a sorry loser". Do not ignore October 20th post with the same title, as this was intentional.
Re:Meanwhile.... by oldstrat · 2002-10-25 07:08 · Score: 5, Funny

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That's cruel and completely not true.
The 4 of us handled it completely without anger and substituted by sending each other text messages on our cell phones.
Re:I don't really get blogs... by wunderhorn1 · 2002-10-25 07:15 · Score: 4, Funny

OK, here's the thing: Many people who keep blogs have *actual friends* with whom they like to keep in touch with. This idea of writing to friends may be an unfamiliar concept to you, but it's actually quite an attractive idea: You can tell people about your life, and those who care about you can read it and even write back! It's like writing letters, only you have a log of what you've written which could possibly be valuable at a later date, plus it's "write once, read everywhere" which saves you the time of having to compose a new letter each day for every person you want to know about you, and removes from them the burden of obligation to reply to everything you write!
AND (this gets even better) because it's publicly accessible, you can meet new people with whom you can make friends! You may not have grown up with access to the online world, but for the generation that has, the internet is a great venue for social interaction.
Does that help you understand why blogs appeal to some?
If you come across a blog whose contents do not interest you, it probably wasn't meant for you to read. That doesn't mean there aren't people who do care about that person and enjoy keeping in touch with them.
Oh yeah, and like the other guy said, your web page seems suspiciously weblog-like. And I liked the rant where you bitch about the Taliban's web page :-)

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