Gallery Hacked!

[PaulProe]

A week ago I posted about the gallery being hacked, but never heard from anyone, nor did the thread draw any comments from an Admin, Moderator or anyone else.

I sent a message to Brent three days ago and still haven't heard anything. Since that message being sent, there have been 7 "new members" and photos of there webpages posted to the gallery:

collarplanetonl
elitereviews
topbostoncrimin
nywholesaleusa
executiveautosh
nationaltruckin

These are the names and the icon images that are being displayed for new posts to the gallery. If you check for new pictures, like I do, you're seeing these same things. The trespasser(s) are probably one guy who has figured out a backdoor to the server and uploading images for purposes other than ClubCobra.

A number have identified bandwidth and site issues. These may be contributing to the problems we are experiencing.

If anyone has a connection to Brent, would you call this to his attention. Hopefully, when he stops this, it will relieve some of the issues we are experiencing.


Paul

[Jamo]

Paul, I'm just wondering...did you ever consider using the little red bordered triangle with the exclamation point in the upper right of each post on this site that is used to REPORT A POST directly to the moderators? It's been a feature forever...and it goes directly to us so that we can quickly jump on a problem.

I'm also wondering...did you consider sending a PM to one or both of the moderators.

See, I'm asking because the thread you posted a week ago that got nary a response? Well, you chose to put it in "Suggestions." A few others have done that and I've got wonder why they would put such things in a little corner of the site when there's been a sticky at the top of All Cobra Talk (How to deal with forum spam and reporting posts) since 2006 that tells you how to reach us.

So...thanks for jumping our asses for not immediately seeing your "suggestion." As far as contacting Brent, he probably figured that you used the tools mentioned above and got a hold of a moderator like everyone else does.

I'm going to close this thread because frankly...there's really nothing you can say that will be of interest to me about this issue. Thanks for your diligence, such as it was.

How to deal with Forum Spam and Reporting Posts..

[Jamo]

All banned/pics deleted. 28 minutes because I had to search through the gallery for them rather than having the luxury of direct links to them that a copy/paste or Reported Post message would've provided.

But by golly, you're most welcome...