[sdiy] why are hackers attacking synthdiy.com????

[jvastine]

Hi Dan,

It looks like some malicious script kiddie has hacked the website and why Google says that the site may harm your computer. The domain now displays the following message:

We are sorry, but the site is temporarily closed because of some stupid hacker or whatever...

Sorry, Hope to be back up again shortly

(Why does this always have to happen when it is vacation time??? :/ 

I can understand why some of these individuals would attack corporate, governmental, or the "system" websites, but I find it difficult to comprehend the thrill that they derive from attacks upon innocent and useful websites. These are shall we say somewhat "twisted" individuals.

jvastine

---- Dan Snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com> wrote: 

i used to enjoy going to synthdiy.com to get info on many things. now when i go, its down and google tells me its a dangerous page which might harm my computer!!

what is going on?

is this info going to be hosted somewhere else?

thanks

















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> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:31:15 +0100
> From: cheater00 at gmail.com
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] How much is a Chameleon ?)
>
> And then, it can't run VST. Again defeating its purpose :)
> Of course, yes, you can run rtlinux on your computer, but it won't run
> Rob Papen Predator.
> Damian
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Veronica Merryfield
>  wrote:
>> Can if you ditch a slow starting OS. I know it will be hard to do, but the
>> laptop can be treated as an embedded system - there is enough info in the
>> linux community to get something working. I'd rather use a DSP based board
>> though.
>>
>> On 23-Jul-08, at 10:00 AM, cheater cheater wrote:
>>
>> You can't reboot a laptop and have it start up the software required
>>
>> in 3 seconds. That's the whole point.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Paul Schreiber  wrote:
>>
>> Since I can get a good laptop for $600 now, and probably $500 in 6 months,
>>
>> these "stand alone" VST players are sort of past their point of usefulness.
>>
>> IMHO. OMAP chips are $60 in 100pcs and you will need a 10-layer pcb
>>
>> (minimum) to route it. Throw in additional stuff + case + power supply +
>>
>> user I/O and now it's a science project :)
>>
>> Paul S.
>>
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