Turbosport Forum

[alancdavis]

some one has hacked it ??

[JJM]

Appears so.

[alancdavis]

So you cant get on either

[HarrierTony]

Try logging on from here

http://www.turbosport.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=130

[alancdavis]

That works ,,

Whats the difference ,,

[HarrierTony]

Some clown has hacked the home page but there is always a back door way in lol

[alancdavis]

Cant understand why they do this ??

[HarrierTony]

Neither can I, they need to get a life.

[AL2792]

There is a high security risk on some of the VBulletin versions.

There are now "how to hack" VBulletin instructions on youtube and around the net.

There are also league tables on the net that these sad scumbags frequent.

I had my own VB forum hacked last month which took me the best part of a day to sort out because I had missed the latest security release!

I see this forum is still using 3.7 which is probably safe as the hackers will be targeting the latest versions

[RS2000CUSTOM]

I see this forum is still using 3.7 which is probably safe as the hackers will be targeting the latest versions

I abide by the guidance of the all knowing guru Gizmo

He advised ages ago to stick with ver 3 and not to upgrade to ver 4

Hacking is not just a security risk to any forums it is also a pain in the RS'e if any data is lost

Any new members to the site will realise I take as many steps as possible to stop spammers and dodgy user accounts - it is a small price I pay to hopefully ensure all on here's enjoyment is not put at risk

[AL2792]

I abide by the guidance of the all knowing guru Gizmo

He advised ages ago to stick with ver 3 and not to upgrade to ver 4

Hacking is not just a security risk to any forums it is also a pain in the RS'e if any data is lost

Any new members to the site will realise I take as many steps as possible to stop spammers and dodgy user accounts - it is a small price I pay to hopefully ensure all on here's enjoyment is not put at risk

Ironically I updated from 3.8 to 4x about a year ago to eliminate spambots, and it works a treat in that respect than 3x ever did, but this the first time I have been hacked in over ten years of being online so I was a bit peeved to say the least!

[AL2792]

And looking at Turbosports version they are currently using 4.1 which is was version that stung me, so they need to upgrade to 4.2 to keep safe (as can be)

[rsdc1]

It's a real pain, our site has been dogged with spam and hackers for the last year and we've had to disable new registrations as we were getting thousands a day
As has been said, why do they do it? Just because they have nothing better to do and because they can?