FlashChat gone - will be replaced

[Greebo]

For those of you who are wondering why FlashChat is gone, the reason is it was a vulnerability in FlashChat which was used by our friendly visitors yesterday to give them the ability to break into the site and gain the level of control necessary to achieve what they did.

So FlashChat is gone, and Jesse and I are going to be looking into possible replacements today, hopefully.

It was a nice application, and was WELL worth the $5.00 we paid for it when we were first getting started, but as we have grown and attracted more attention, our need for more stable and secure software has grown as well.

Chuck

 

[gprellwitz]

For those of you who are wondering why FlashChat is gone, the reason is it was a vulnerability in FlashChat which was used by our friendly visitors yesterday to give them the ability to break into the site and gain the level of control necessary to achieve what they did.

So FlashChat is gone, and Jesse and I are going to be looking into possible replacements today, hopefully.

It was a nice application, and was WELL worth the $5.00 we paid for it when we were first getting started, but as we have grown and attracted more attention, our need for more stable and secure software has grown as well.

Chuck

Let us know if donations will be required to fund the purchase of a suitable replacement!

 

[tdragger]

sure hope you can get the feature back up soon

 

[KennyFlys]

Were you able to determine the source of the attack?

 

[Tim]

What happened? In terms that an old A&P mechanic can understand....

 

[Greebo]

Ken: FlashChat was vulnerable and allowed the hackers access behind the scenes.

Tim: The Flashchat panel was loose, and the punk kids were able to pull off the cover, reach around it through the firewall, and cut the fuel line.

 

[Tim]

OH ....... Dang Kids!

 

[Tom-D]

Ken: FlashChat was vulnerable and allowed the hackers access behind the scenes.

Tim: The Flashchat panel was loose, and the punk kids were able to pull off the cover, reach around it through the firewall, and cut the fuel line.

Even I understood that.. do we know who?

 

[Greebo]

I'm not at liberty to comment on that at this time, sorry.

 

[colomtnflyer]

When you can comment, we'll just lump them in with Nick's H+R driver for a little western justice....