parallax site hacked ?

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• Clock Loop Posts: 2,069

  2010-10-11 08:56 edited 2010-10-11 08:56

  http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Resources/support/Button-Articles.jpg
  http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Resources/support/Button-USB.jpg
  http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Resources/support/Button-CD.jpg
  
  
  Uh oh.
  
  http://www.parallax.com/Support/SupportHome/tabid/474/Default.aspx
  
  Someone changed the images!!! hehehe.. but the links are not changed... curious... someone must know a bit about parallax's web server to gain access using a known vulnerability?, or perhaps an image web folder has open permissions...
  
  CRC checksum hashes should help calm jitters about files being potentially "hacked"...
  
  
  You can try getting the drivers from FTDI directly.
  If thats infact the device your trying to get.
  http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
  
  
  Who wants to bet that homeland security would like to know about this?

  

  

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• Clock Loop Posts: 2,069

  2010-10-11 09:41 edited 2010-10-11 09:41

  I reported this to: webmaster@parallax.com
• Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091

  2010-10-11 11:44 edited 2010-10-11 11:44

  Must be that time of the year...
  
  Looks like it's being addressed...
  
  OBC
• CannibalRobotics Posts: 535

  2010-10-11 12:57 edited 2010-10-11 12:57

  Can we leave a sign in a smoking hole in the ground where there nuke program is (was) located "This site hacked by American Military"?
• tdlivings Posts: 437

  2010-10-12 04:13 edited 2010-10-12 04:13

  Propscope forum seems to have lost most of it's posts.
  I wonder if it is related to Parallax site being hacked.
  I only show a handfull of posts
• hover1 Posts: 1,929

  2010-10-12 05:02 edited 2010-10-12 05:02

  Check the display settings in the lower left corner. It may be set to display all postings for the last month or week.
  
  Jim
  
  

  tdlivings wrote: »

  Propscope forum seems to have lost most of it's posts.
  I wonder if it is related to Parallax site being hacked.
  I only show a handfull of posts
• Jim Ewald Posts: 733

  2010-10-12 05:09 edited 2010-10-12 05:09

  Locate the Display Options, near the bottom left of the page, and select a longer time period.
  
  

  

  

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• tdlivings Posts: 437

  2010-10-12 06:00 edited 2010-10-12 06:00

  Thank's that worked but I did not change anything myself since it was working yesterday.
  On the plus side it did educate me on the settings you mentioned