# Boards Hacked?? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 11, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742 "2001-08-11T03:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@John487](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John487)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/1 "2001-08-11T03:37:18Z")
What happened?? ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/2 "2001-08-11T03:39:49Z")
::Tap tap… anyone here?:: ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/3 "2001-08-11T03:41:21Z")
I’ve been sitting at my computer for hours refreshing the screen repeatedly. ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/4 "2001-08-11T03:48:40Z")
If I may, I make a motion we elect Jerry as the new Master of the Straight Dope. Where the hell is that Cecil guy when you need him? :: All bow to the new Master:: ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/5 "2001-08-11T03:58:52Z")
Jerry is a god and if he’s ever in my neck of the woods, there will be many glasses raised in praise of him. ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/6 "2001-08-11T03:59:21Z")
It looks like we lost several hours worth of posts. Oh my goodness. Thanks for getting the board up and running again. You guys are awesome! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/7 "2001-08-11T04:00:04Z")
Master? Hell, declare him despot King, High Ruler, General of the Army to fight ignorance, and whatever else we can afford:) ::bends down to kiss Jerry’s ass for this:: ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/8 "2001-08-11T04:11:38Z")
Thank you, Jerry. All your hard work is Very Much appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/9 "2001-08-11T04:24:24Z")
Good going, Jerry. I’m having a beer in your honor. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/10 "2001-08-11T04:44:10Z")
You rock, Jerry! ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/11 "2001-08-11T05:07:03Z")
WTG Jerry! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/12 "2001-08-11T13:13:48Z")
Is that where “I love you Chas.E” came from under Stoid’s name? (Where it usually says “member”) That was a larf… I took a screenshot of it. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/13 "2001-08-11T14:55:44Z")
It’s not the first time it’s happened…Yes, folks, it’s happened before. Why anyone would want to do it it beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazel)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/14 "2001-08-11T15:07:57Z")
I wasn’t around yesterday. Who is Jerry? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/15 "2001-08-11T15:29:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hazel \* > I wasn’t around yesterday. Who is Jerry? Jerry posts under the username **jdavis** and is the Tech guy who keeps the hamsters fed. He has being doing work on speeding up the board by putting rocket packs on the little fella’s paws. The guy’s probably had his hands full with this crap so a lot of people are letting him know that it’s appreciated. Good job Jerry. If you ever make it to Dublin, Ireland drop me a line and you’ll be drinking the black stuff for free 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/16 "2001-08-11T16:13:08Z")
Thank you, Jerry, for your hard work here. ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/17 "2001-08-11T16:16:27Z")
Thanks much for the hard work, Jerry. Free drinks coming your way from this corner of NYC! You know, if he ever cashes in on all the free beer he’s being offered, he won’t see straight for weeks! ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/18 "2001-08-11T20:14:20Z")
A lot of vBulletin sites have been getting cracked these days due to a security bug in vBulletin. I got the following mail from JelSoft, for those who are interested. (This does NOT tell you how to crack the software, for those snot-nosed 14 year old weenies in the audience who want to try it. Go read bugtraq if you really care.) > [@](#): > > JELSOFT E-BULLETIN > [http://www.vbulletin.com](http://www.vbulletin.com) > August 1st 2001 > > ------------ VBULLETIN 2.0.3 - SECURITY FIX -------------- > > Today we were alerted of a potentially serious security issue > that affects all current versions of vBulletin. We have now > released a new version of the software (2.0.3) into the > members area, and we strongly recommend that all customers > upgrade to this version as soon as possible. > > Note: If you are unable to complete the full upgrade, you can > patch this security hole by uploading just the sessions.php > file from version 2.0.3 (available in the members area). > > For complete information about this new version, along with > upgrade instructions, please visit: > [http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=24116](http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=24116) > > To download vBulletin 2.0.3, please visit: > [http://www.vbulletin.com/members/](http://www.vbulletin.com/members/) > > You can log into the members area with the following details: > > Customer Number: Like i’d > Customer Password: Tell you! > > If you have any questions about this patch that are not > addressed in the web page above, please contact us at: > [support@vbulletin.com](mailto:support@vbulletin.com) I have no idea if that was the flaw used this time, but the timing is about right. For other people out there who use vBulletin you might want to upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/19 "2001-08-11T20:15:29Z")
Doh! I just saw that the SDMB is running version 1.1.3, and that mail refers to version 2.0.3. So, yeah, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742/20 "2001-08-11T23:03:43Z")
Yeah, but why would anyone want the passwords from the board? Soon as they logon to a couple of accounts they are gonna probably have the same IP address they connected from & then Jerry would know who they were. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boards-hacked/75742.md?page=2)