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2016 Postmortem

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts) Thu Jul 28, 2016, 10:53 PM Jul 2016

Looks like Raw Story and Crooks and Liars have been hacked.

maybe Disqus too.
Might be a DDOS attack.
Took forever to log in, and then I was suddenly logged out. Can't get back in.
If anyone has a Disqus account, be wary.
There may be Russians fucking with shit.

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Looks like Raw Story and Crooks and Liars have been hacked. (Original Post) MynameisBlarney Jul 2016 OP

I was trying to log into Disqus about an hour ago. Staph Jul 2016 #1

We've been getting a LOT of Russian trolls at RS lately. MynameisBlarney Jul 2016 #2

Disqus is a pain in the ass. GoCubsGo Jul 2016 #3

It usually is trouble free MynameisBlarney Jul 2016 #4

Staph

(6,253 posts)

1. I was trying to log into Disqus about an hour ago.

Reply to MynameisBlarney (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 10:59 PM

Jul 2016

I kept getting weird errors. I guess I'll stay out for a while -- I don't really need to comment on the Tom & Lorenzo website tonight!

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)

2. We've been getting a LOT of Russian trolls at RS lately.

Reply to Staph (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 11:03 PM

Jul 2016

haven't seen any on C&R though.
Maybe it's just Disqus glitching out.

GoCubsGo

(32,087 posts)

3. Disqus is a pain in the ass.

Reply to MynameisBlarney (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2016, 11:07 PM

Jul 2016

That kind of crap is nothing new. I have experienced it on sites that have nothing to do with politics, like a coupon/savers site. I doubt this is a hack, given their history. It's a terrible, glitchy system.

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)

4. It usually is trouble free

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 12:02 AM

Jul 2016

But you're probably right. It's just glitching out.
It seems to be working fine now.

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