-- Shibu C Varughese http://itmission.org ------------------------------------------------- --- malovika roy malovika@gmail.com wrote: > Hi guys, > > I would like to bring to your notice one site thats > just been hacked, > http://knowgenesis.org/forums/ > One of my close friends (who writes on Open source > related topics) is a > moderator for this forum which is an online > knowledge community. Pls see the > mail below and if anyone of you can do something > about this then please do. > the responsibility is claimed by some Turkish > hackers. > > Malovika. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Janani Gopalakrishnan gjanani@gmail.com > Date: Apr 27, 2006 11:11 AM > Subject: Since we were talking about cracking... > > > Hi, > > Imagine my surprise when I visited it this morning. > The site was wiped out > clean, and there was just a banner by 2 Turkish > hackers claiming > responsibility for the deed. > > Check out http://knowgenesis.org/forums/ (do please > check it out today > because I think the admins will start recovery by > afternoon -- or so I > hope!) > > It's really outrageous. The impact sinks in only > when we face the brunt. It > was not even a commercial site -- just an online > community (based on OS > philosophies -- even their Journal is licensed under > CC) for knowledge > sharing! I wonder what thrill they gain out of this! > > I have lost around 2 months worth of posts by > members because of this! And > we were having such wonderful interactions. > > Janani > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------- > "Things work out best for the people who make the > best out > of the way things work out." > _______________________________________________ > Fsf-friends mailing list > Fsf-friends@mm.gnu.org.in > http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends >