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    We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!

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    Image of Forgetitjake Forgetitjake
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    See, I told you: always conceal printed reading matter somewhere on your person.
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    Image of ngonzogo ngonzogo
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    I blame North Korea.
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    Image of hellosunshine hellosunshine
    08/04/09

    @ngonzogo: I blame Julia Allison.
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    Image of itendo itendo
    08/04/09

    @hellosunshine: ins't Julia Allison the love-spawn of Kim Jung-Il anyway?
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    hellosunshine promoted this comment itendo was starred itendo was unstarred
    Image of hellosunshine hellosunshine
    08/04/09

    @itendo: More like the red-headed stepchild.
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    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    This better never happen again. I was far too productive at work yesterday. My boss has been eyeing me suspiciously.

    And I'm gonna blame it on the birthers until I get irrefutable evidence that it was someone else. And then I'm still not gonna believe it.
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    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    4chan -- a reprisal or vindication for the Gawker posts/comments last week?
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    Trai_Dep promoted this comment Edited by hilikusopus at 08/04/09 10:18 AM hilikusopus was starred hilikusopus was unstarred
    Image of jasonliang jasonliang
    08/04/09

    @hilikusopus: 4Chan doesn't attack. /b/ does, and only certain conditions, it's a site for furries, gaia, sometype of REALLY strange fetish, and or a hate group (or annoying one like whitepower or CoS).
    Consumerist was more likely targeted by a dirty business or Comcast, either one or the same.
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    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    08/04/09

    @jasonliang: Noted. Here is part of Moot's, (4chan's manager or whatever) response to AT&T's attempt to clear 4chan's DDoS attack. Sounds like a measured response coming from a reasonable guy to me.

    "In the end, this wasn't a sinister act of censorship, but rather a bit of a mistake and a poorly executed, disproportionate response on AT&T's part. Whoever pulled the trigger on blackholing the site probably didn't anticipate [nor intend] the consequences of doing so."

    Why would anyone want to target a site devoted to protecting consumers from corporate abuse? *wink
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    Trai_Dep promoted this comment Edited by hilikusopus at 08/04/09 10:40 AM hilikusopus was starred hilikusopus was unstarred
    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    08/04/09

    @hilikusopus: We were nothing but kind and supporting of 4Chan, as was the editorial copy. And quite vociferous in condemning AT&T over their - ironically - immature overreaction against 4Chan.
    Although there is a rather pronounced Pro-Cat bias that permeates all that is Consumerist, both writers and commentators. So when all else fails: blame the dog.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    The suspects are far too numerous. It could be Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Lou Dobbs, Glenn Beck, Lindsay Lohan...
    Anyone you have snarked at is a potential suspect. We've narrowed it down to anyone with a computer.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    Cash4Gold is finally getting enough gold to complete their mega-processors!
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    Image of smithhimself smithhimself
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    This hack occured because certain people didn't receive "stars."
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    08/04/09

    @smithhimself: Ha. Were they trying to "steal" them? Sounds like a really lame plot for Oceans 14. With a cast of autistic kids.
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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    08/04/09

    @smithhimself: Consumerist is using the old comment platform still, so stars shouldn't really be an issue.
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    Image of bowel_and_the_obstructors bowel_and_the_obstructors
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    It would be much funnier if this were done by Scientologists.
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    Aaron Altman promoted this comment Edited by bowel_and_the_obstructors at 08/04/09 7:01 AM bowel_and_the_obstructors was starred bowel_and_the_obstructors was unstarred
    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    08/04/09

    @bowel_and_the_obstructors: I can hear them gleefully laughing now.
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    Image of contradicto contradicto
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    I thought it was because Richard left and the servers got depressed and just couldn't make it through the day.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    08/04/09

    @contradicto: Ha! I kind of imagine them as the sad robot from hitchhikers guide. "Oh, what's the point"
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    Image of CLY CLY
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    Anyways many sites that I've visited were having site problems.......Oh god is me!? O.O
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    Image of Iwillnotauditionforastar Iwillnotauditionforastar
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    Oh, come on, Cajun: Zombie jobs in the Recessionomics era? Too local? [www.ocregister.com]
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment Iwillnotauditionforastar was starred Iwillnotauditionforastar was unstarred
    Image of Iwillnotauditionforastar Iwillnotauditionforastar
    08/04/09

    @Iwillnotauditionforastar: Eh, I've given him enough posts for his usual night. Thanks for the short stint with the star. It was a bit too stressful. So, thanks for letting me cut loose again.
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    MissNormaDesmond promoted this comment Iwillnotauditionforastar was starred Iwillnotauditionforastar was unstarred
    Image of Chatty Chatty
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    Shapira!!!!!!
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    Probably one sketchy company or another didn’t like the Consumerist review of one of its products and hired hackers to shut down the website old school.
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    Image of nathanst nathanst
    08/04/09

    @iplaudius: The story would be more exciting if it were a large corporation.

    If I ran a rumor mill..
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    semiserious promoted this comment Edited by nathanst at 08/04/09 2:54 AM nathanst was starred nathanst was unstarred
    Image of semiserious semiserious
    08/04/09

    @nathanst: If I ran a rumor mill, I'd still be churning out the scientology angle.
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    Image of itsalwaysthequietones itsalwaysthequietones
    08/04/09

    @nathanst: I'd say Comcast
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    Image of dissentingopinion dissentingopinion
    08/04/09

    In reply to We Were Attacked By Dastardly Hackers!
    Why does Gawker still host Consumerist?
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    iplaudius promoted this comment dissentingopinion was starred dissentingopinion was unstarred
    Image of SarahHeartburn SarahHeartburn
    08/04/09

    @dissentingopinion: Maybe some dolt didn't know Gawker no longer hosts Consumerist. Troublemakers are not always bright.
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    Image of Iwillnotauditionforastar Iwillnotauditionforastar
    08/04/09

    @SarahHeartburn: Um, a DDoS against Consumerist on a different server wouldn't have affected Gawker. D'oh.
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    08/04/09

    @Iwillnotauditionforastar: I think part of the terms of Consumerist's sale included that Gawker would host it on their server for a year until Consumers Union figured out their own platform to host the site; there was a little discussion about this in Consumerist's comments a few days (weeks? who knows) ago where I think this was confirmed, and Consumerist is changing over to its own server in the autumn.

    Sorry to be servicey, unless this is all wrong, in which case, ha!

    And please someone take Defamer and make it grande again. I miss the living shit out of it.
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    DeltaGuy promoted this comment ampersandparade was starred ampersandparade was unstarred
    Image of James Del James Del
    08/04/09

    @ampersandparade: Confirmed.
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    Image of SeaBassTian SeaBassTian
    08/04/09

    In reply to If You Can Read This Post, You're One of the Lucky Few
    I took it as a divine sign that the universe was sending me a signal to get off my ass and leave my house rather than sit here and pass judgment on the ruling class and media elite. But I was not impressed with the great outdoors... Sunshine is seriously overrated!
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