What happened to Wargamer.com?

U2 · Post by U2 » Mon Dec 09, 2002 11:55 pm

Did it go under? Not been able to get to their webpage for two days now.

Dan

Monkeybutt · Post by **Monkeybutt** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 12:07 am

According to a message on the Usenet comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical forum,they got hacked.

Won't be up 'till Friday.

U2 · Post by U2 » Tue Dec 10, 2002 3:23 am

Originally posted by Monkeybutt
According to a message on the Usenet comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical forum,they got hacked.

Won't be up 'till Friday.

Thanks for the info Monkeybutt:)

CCB · Post by **CCB** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 4:17 am

Yes I've read the same thing on other message boards as well. Its a shame stuff like this happens.

Sgt.Striker · Post by **Sgt.Striker** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 7:01 am

Lets find the peeps and bomb em, That is a worthwhile site!,probably some $#*$($ non wargamers.

Les_the_Sarge_9_1 · Post by **Les_the_Sarge_9_1** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 5:42 pm

Guess that explains it. I saw a post commenting on a mysterious reply to someone that had logged onto their site.

But this goes to show you, the establishment will never control the net, will never get rid of the net, and likely nothing Big Bill tries to do with your hardware or software will ever amount to much on the net.

Someone will just find a way to undo it.

I think this fat butted genie is staying out of the bottle folks. They might as well try to take a second stab at prohibition. They have a better chance of making that work.

msaario · Post by **msaario** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 7:41 pm

I wonder how the Matrix guys take care of security? It would be nasty to see anything like that to happen here, especially when you never know what the hackers might do. Usually they are just happy to replace the index file or something like that, but...

I hope the backups are done regularly here. We wouldn't want to lose the forum history, would we?

--Mikko

Les_the_Sarge_9_1 · Post by **Les_the_Sarge_9_1** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 8:14 pm

I am sure it was random, not wanting to think someone actually hates anyone at Wargamer.

But if they can do the Pentagon, they can do anyone.

Best defense against hackers, is back ups.

Frank W. · Post by **Frank W.** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 8:20 pm

those **** hackers should do some serious work or play SPWAW or H.O.I. instead wasting their time and doing
useless damage to other people

Les_the_Sarge_9_1 · Post by **Les_the_Sarge_9_1** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 9:35 pm

At the very least they could help design a better AI for HoI heheh.

Frank W. · Post by **Frank W.** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 9:51 pm

cool idea, les!!

i just lost 4 or 5 div´s (incl. a very expensive) armored one in the mountains of afghanisthan due to no suppla like program said

played as persia, i have quite much oil but neither sides of 3 big alliances wanted me as ally...

i think the world market needs some tweaking,too in this game...

David Heath · Post by **David Heath** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 10:15 pm

Hi Everyone

I talk with Mario Kroll today from the Wargamer. Yes its true they were hacked and they are currently rebuilding their site. Mario said the we expects the Wargamer to be back online by the end of the week or the weekend God willing.

David

Marc von Martial · Post by **Marc von Martial** » Tue Dec 10, 2002 10:17 pm

Man, the horror ...

msaario · Post by **msaario** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 12:46 am

You guys are up-to-date with the patches, right? And have disabled all unnecessary services on the web server? And have deleted unnecessary files from the server (many demo files contain vulnerabilities on e.g. IIS)? And have setup the files access rights correctly, yeah? And so forth....

Just a few thoughts

--Mikko

David Heath · Post by **David Heath** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 8:52 pm

Yes we should be fine. Wargamer was using NT4 / IIS4 and we are using Windows 2000 /IIS5

There is a posting from Mario Kroll of the Wargamer on the site and what is going on over at www.militarygamer.com

David

Les_the_Sarge_9_1 · Post by **Les_the_Sarge_9_1** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 9:08 pm

You know when I read the full article of the attack it makes you sit back and think.

What I would give to have a chance with my ole rock maple stick to these guys knee caps and elbows.

There was no justification for this attack. It served no goal, it accomplished zero nothing.

I can't think of a single reason for this assault.

The perpetrators are human filth. They should be eliminated with speed and dispatch. They would serve their world best as fertilizer.

U2 · Post by U2 » Wed Dec 11, 2002 10:42 pm

Hi all...

I could not help but get quite angry myself. So sad and such a waste..and why Wargamer.com? Makes no sense at all

Dan

dpstafford · Post by **dpstafford** » Wed Dec 11, 2002 11:09 pm

Originally posted by Les the Sarge 9-1
I can't think of a single reason for this assault.

The perpetrators are human filth. They should be eliminated with speed and dispatch. They would serve their world best as fertilizer.

Hey, it's just a web site. It's not like an oil-well or something was damaged. With that kind of violent over-reaction, you should be, well, an American. As for a reason for the attack, there are some who seek to punish any site that is foolishly run on Microsoft products.

Les_the_Sarge_9_1 · Post by **Les_the_Sarge_9_1** » Thu Dec 12, 2002 12:03 am

Web site, oil rig, your green grocers vegetable stand, it doesn't matter, it was something that meant something to someone.

And you don't have to be American to hate scum.

Actually look at our military past. Need help beating up scum, Canadians will usually lend a hand. Canadians hate scum.

Fallschirmjager · Post by **Fallschirmjager** » Thu Dec 12, 2002 12:13 am

Hey, it's just a web site. It's not like an oil-well or something was damaged. With that kind of violent over-reaction, you should be, well, an American. As for a reason for the attack, there are some who seek to punish any site that is foolishly run on Microsoft products.

Thats dumb...

Try running a website then have it hacked...
Come back and tell us "oh is doesnt matter...it wasnt anything important"