Hackers are Idiots! VGYD hacked :-(

Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by ErikG, Apr 15, 2003.

  1. ErikG
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    ErikG Senior Member

    Not really designoriented but what the heck!

    Van Gorkom Yacht Design has been hacked for some stupid reason.
    I can't understand what makes people like that tick...

    If anyone have their email please send them a msg that they've been hacked by some *****!

    ErikG
     
    ErikG, Apr 15, 2003
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  2. Jeff
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    Jeff Moderator

    gvg@vgyd.com ... not sure if it will go through though since that may have been hacked as well depending on how their server was compromised :(

    (you can use google's View Cached Page or the WayBack Machine at www.archive.org to see snapshots of what a web site looked like a while back.)
     
    Jeff, Apr 15, 2003
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  3. Jeff
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    Jeff Moderator

    I wasn't sure if he would get the email I sent, so I gave him a call (I've never talked with him before, so it was a little awkward calling out of the blue to tell him that his site had been hacked :() so he's on it now.
     
    Jeff, Apr 15, 2003
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  5. Geoff Van Gorkom

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    VGYD Hacked

    Thanks to all for the heads-up. The leason learned is that you do not want to have a password that can be easily deciphered by hackers. A combination of letters, numbers and symbols is the best defense.
     
    Geoff Van Gorkom, Apr 17, 2003
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