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    Hi all, As I’m sure you are aware you’ve seen the site going on and off today with the site showing an error message.
    Just to make you aware that the reason this is happening is that someone is trying to hack user accounts. There are security measures in place which will stop the hackers getting in to any accounts that they try (I don’t want to discuss what they are here in case spammers/hackers read the forums), but to be on the safe side if you could all make sure that you are using a secure password which isn’t used for any other online accounts you may have, that would be great.
    As of yet I don’t know why this attack is happening and what they think they are going to get out of it should they hack an account.
    Just to reiterate, there is security in place, but I’d rather you were aware so you know whats happening and so you can make your passwords to here more secure.
    This is a handy little site for checking how secure your password is
    https://howsecureismypassword.net/

    #799702
    Commune
    Moderator

    Thanks KM!

    #799703
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Thank you for keeping TDK running & spam free KM!

    #799704
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Reassuring link – thanks so much, your efforts to keep this site well-maintained and *happy* are most appreciated!

    #799709
    AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew
    Participant

    {{{Tom}}}

    #799711
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Thank you KM. You would think people would know better than to mess with cat people. Silly people.

    #799719
    feral
    Participant

    Thank You KM for looking out for us. I’m so much a dummy when it comes to puters that I fear all the time that I will be hacked. You give me some comfort in knowing that your our ‘kitty protector’.

    #799722
    Emma
    Participant

    **Emma quietly pulls out her whack-bonk stick**

    #799723
    Moonshadow_NZ
    Moderator

    Thank you KM.
    Whack-bonk stick is at the ready.

    #799724
    Jeankit
    Participant

    LOL Emma…thanks for the reminder!
    Attn: TDK Members, whack bonk stick alert/ready upon notice!

    #799740
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Guess I should sign up for those whack-bonk lessons. I’d like to sic either Dorry or Basement Cat on those hackers. Both have that “take no prisoners” ‘tude.

    #799741
    Buttons
    Moderator

    Thanks for the heads up KM..

    #799749
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    I see that there is now a capcha code when logging in. Guess this is part of enhanced security. This one would be the last resort for anyone out there with a mind bent on maleficence.

    http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p711/katzjpickz/2bf55725-a0fe-4d18-9425-f1b7627986dc_zps16067d75.png

    #799757

    that would figure that whoever the b_ch is would try to do it on a day im sick. that’s right….

    yesterday morning i got a headache, but kept working. had no choice really, it came on after i was with my patient. my face got flushed and i had some body aches, but nothing else really different. i passed out around 9:30 pm n woke up around 2. i had this piercing pain in my belly, which let to an ominous 4 hours of hell. i exploded out both ends. i wound up taking myself to the emergency room. i was terribly dehydrated, but otherwise wasn’t too bad off. i didnt have a fever or any organ damage, so i’m grateful. i don’t know how or when it came on.

    #799761
    prairiecat
    Participant

    Nirmal, hope you’re feeling better! No fun being sick and no fun w/o TDK while recuperating!
    Sounds like the hackers didn’t even check what kind of site they were trying to hack: what, did they think they were kidnapping cats? As far as I know, Jes doesn’t have a credit card to plunder! (or else my house would be even more full of kitty toys, etc…:)

    #799762

    lmfao thanks! yeah im getting better. it’ll takea few days but i’ll be fine soon.

    the one challenge is getting my stomach to cooperate. it’ll be all like ‘nirmal i’m hungry’, so if i feed it like normal, then it gets funky. the food rumbles down the ol pipes like an old jalopy, and u have to pray they’ll stay where they belong. i got some root beer ice pops the other week, when it was brutally cold, and saved them. they will come in handy till my stoamch evens itself out.

    seriously these people are insane…..why must they waste their time on a site like this, when they could use their skills? talent? whatever on those who really deserve their sites taken down and mangled? people who misuse the internet. these hackers could be doing us a favour if they really wanted to, but apparently that’s beyond their iq. ;p

    #799767
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Any hacker should be soundly thrashed with a cat-o-nine-tails – a fitting punishment – and I mean the genuine “cat” not this cute sort of in a weird way kitty LOL.

    http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p711/katzjpickz/594911a2-9e42-4a1d-b84f-186fa0a72a03_zps3eccb637.png

    #799794
    Cat talk rules
    Participant

    I’m polishing up my whack bonk stick and I’m ready to join the action. I also wonder why anyone would want to hack into the accounts on this site–its all crazy.

    #799804

    Thanks for the support. I did a bit of tinkering with the back-end; I won’t give away what I’ve done in case spammers and hackers like to read – I doubt it though as I think they were using an automated tool to do it. Anyway, it seems to have stopped now 🙂

    Thanks for all your support. It’s still worth keeping your whack-bonk sticks primed and ready though, in case someone decides to try again.

    In other news, Freddy has his first visit to the vets tomorrow to have his ears looked at and cleaned.

    #799805
    Buttons
    Moderator

    Oh good luck Freddy.. Be a good boy for the vet 🙂

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