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In reply to the discussion: Anyone still think DU was crashed on election night by some random 400 lb hacker? [View all]MineralMan
(146,298 posts)None of them are any of those links you posted. In fact, nothing much at all is in those links you posted. It's a long time since November.
Again, after I sent links to admins, I shut down and didn't pursue things any further. I did, however, catch someone talking about a precursor to the hack that shut down DU, and that was actually a significant find, since it had to do with how they got the kind of access they had. More, I won't disclose, nor did I disclose it then, except to the admins.
The exploit was significant, but I don't know how it worked exactly. The result, however, demonstrated its effectiveness.
At this point, the DU admins have taken care of the method used and patched DU up to prevent that exploit from ever being used again.
I do not know who did it or who they represented, if anyone. However, it seemed more like people from places that have long held DU in contempt, rather than anyone who thought DU had any particular influence on the election. The date of the hack was effective in hitting DU at its busiest, though, which is probably the reason for it happening on Election Day.
More than that I do not know, and I never followed up any further, since I was busy with a work contract at the time.