All That Chat board down

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RaisedOnMusicals
#1All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/10/11 at 1:06pm

The board has been down for almost a full day. Rumor is that it was hacked. I'd blame Spiderman for sure for obvious reasons.


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fflagg
#2All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/10/11 at 1:34pm

What would Seth Rudetsky do?


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LizzieCurry
#2All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/10/11 at 1:43pm

There were some posts on Thursday (or Friday?) regarding security issues. I never saw a reply from the mods.


"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

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newintown
#3All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/10/11 at 1:47pm

Eerie...

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ljay889
#4All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/10/11 at 1:48pm

Why hack that boring board?

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scott68
#5All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/10/11 at 2:56pm

Definitely hacked, it's back up with the top post requesting no new posts:

"All That Chat has been hacked - please do not post.

All That Chat does not require Java or other programs installed on your computer to run - never authorize a requested download when on this site.

We recommend scanning your computer with an anti-virus program if you are unsure if a program has been downloaded.

If you aren't already running an anti-virus program, we recommend Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware which you can get at www.malwarebytes.org. It has a 30-day free trial you can use immediately."

As for why someone would hack it, anyone remember El Muhammed?


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My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.

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LizzieCurry
#6All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/10/11 at 10:14pm

Aaaaaand we're down again!


"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

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Kalimba
#7All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 4:46pm

Oh my, what ever will poor Jesse21 do?

tourboi
#8All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 5:21pm

Start a blog for his "reviews" so he can be one teensy weensy step closer to thinking he's a real critic?

I kid, I kid, Jesse21. All That Chat board down

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Smaxie
#9All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 5:56pm

Every day it's down is like a present from God.


Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

ghostlight2
#10All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 6:00pm

Really? If I had to choose b/w BWW and ATC, I'd pick ATC in a heartbeat. At least they weed out the children and repeat trolls. Sucks that anybody gets hacked, though.

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LizzieCurry
#11All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 6:13pm

I miss Vera.


"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

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Smaxie
#12All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 6:16pm

Even with the cynics and children and cynical children of this board, it's less toxic than the environment over there.


Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

ghostlight2
#13All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 6:31pm

That's why they make chocoate and vanilla, I guess, smaxie. I never see a gang mentality on ATC like I do here, banding together to attack a singular poster or make fun of disabled posters. Or endless pointless threads making fun of other threads. Or trolls that come back to disrupt intelligent discourse year after year under different names. I find BWW far more toxic than ATC.
At the very least, it IS reliably about broadway, and personal attacks are not allowed there.

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AC126748
#14All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 6:40pm

At the very least, it IS reliably about broadway, and personal attacks are not allowed there.

That is, unless you're a longtime/established poster...in which case, you can pretty much say whatever you want without fear of deletion.


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

Dollypop
#15All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 6:46pm

I enrolled there but never posted. When I tried to post something a long time later, I got a message that I was "banned" from the site. No reason given.


"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

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orangeskittles
#16All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 8:26pm

They weed out "the children" by using a format so archaic that only the over-60 crowd who gave up technology circa-Windows 98 can tolerate it.


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Wanting life but never knowing how
Updated On: 1/11/11 at 08:26 PM

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ljay889
#17All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 9:53pm

^ LOL.

They are suggesting we scan our computer for viruses now.

"All That Chat will be offline until at least Tuesday, Jan. 12
If you have visited All That Chat in the last few days, please scan your computer with an anti-virus program. Avast, Malwarebytes and other programs are free or have a free trial period.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience this has caused."

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ljay889
#18All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 9:53pm

^. Updated On: 1/11/11 at 09:53 PM

musicalsFan
#19All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 10:21pm

I use Linux.
No problems for me.

They weed out "the children" by using a format so archaic that only the over-60 crowd who gave up technology circa-Windows 98 can tolerate it.
Oh, really?

I've been on the internet since Windows 3.1 using dial-up.

Hardly someone who gave up technology circa-Windows 98.



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AC126748
#20All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 10:37pm

Karma's a bitch, Ann.


"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

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LizzieCurry
#21All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/11/11 at 11:19pm

http://talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1938960

They even work in a donation appeal!


"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

Jon
#22All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/12/11 at 12:11pm

Day Three - it still has the "do not click or post - it may harm your computer" warning.

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ljay889
#23All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/12/11 at 2:06pm

... Updated On: 1/12/11 at 02:06 PM

Jon
#24All That Chat board down
Posted: 1/12/11 at 2:14pm

Now they are begging for donations so they can afford a more secure server.

Screw them. They banned me for daring to ask about why someone else was banned.


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