Has this site been hacked?

richardandros replied on 12/09/2023 05:47

Posted on 12/09/2023 05:47

OK - so I'm always up at silly-o'clock - but I'm just looking through CT and every single topic - in every category is an old one - some dating back to 2018. There's seems to be no reason for them having been resurrected.  What's going on?????

Edit - just gone back from this post via Discussions - and it's all back to normal - how on earth did that happen????

richardandros replied on 12/09/2023 13:12

Posted on 12/09/2023 13:12

It's done it again - just checked and about half the threads are old ones - something is definitely going on.

Edit - and once again, going back to the home page via "Discussions", returns everything back to normal.

Wherenext replied on 12/09/2023 14:01

Posted on 12/09/2023 14:01

Why can't the club just be honest and say "Closed for Screwing Up" instead of "Closed for Maintenance"?

Do you think they do it on purpose?

LLM replied on 12/09/2023 15:39

Posted on 12/09/2023 14:01 by Wherenext

Why can't the club just be honest and say "Closed for Screwing Up" instead of "Closed for Maintenance"?

Do you think they do it on purpose?

Posted on 12/09/2023 15:39

Thinking that they may do it on purpose suggest they have some knowledge and control over what is happening.  Do you think that?

It's most probably just some sort of intrusive housekeeping activities.

Takethedogalong replied on 12/09/2023 16:25

Posted on 12/09/2023 16:25

Any self respecting hacker would just pass on by……it’s bad enough left to it’s own devices, doesn’t need extra help🤣

Bakers2 replied on 12/09/2023 19:17

Posted on 12/09/2023 19:17

Well whatever maintenance they did, they have ensured that server errors are still plentiful 

nelliethehooker replied on 12/09/2023 19:46

Posted on 12/09/2023 14:01 by Wherenext

Why can't the club just be honest and say "Closed for Screwing Up" instead of "Closed for Maintenance"?

Do you think they do it on purpose?

Posted on 12/09/2023 19:46

Yes!😊

I notice that the last time there was a notification of an outage was nearly 2 months ago, after being promised that there would notice of them occurring in the day or so before each!

nelliethehooker replied on 12/09/2023 21:34

Posted on 12/09/2023 21:34

I see that there are 17 sections where the "headline" posts are not the most recent in that specific section. What have they been doing with their "maintenance" , just closing down the site for fun and to frustrate member who regularly post so much that they will stop doing so and thus have a good excuse to close off CT completely?

SteveL replied on 13/09/2023 07:49

Posted on 13/09/2023 07:49

I wouldn’t read to much into it. I suspect little if any of the maintenance is related to CT, it’s much more likely to be for the main website. We are just seeing the unintended consequences of those updates.

GEandGJE replied on 13/09/2023 11:43

Posted on 13/09/2023 11:43

Just an observation but many of those old threads are still being discussed today. i.e. pitch prices too high, EHU or non EHU, cheaper over there, etc.etc. It's getting harder to spot a new interesting topic these days. Just my opinion of course. 

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