VATSIM hacked by Anonymous?

[LeeL 272]

I don't have any other option but to try run it on my rig - strangely I got fsinn to run once, but another issue cropped up, and I couldn't get it re-installed without getting dll errors, which resulted in yet more installs - particularly my md11, - so I didn't bother.

 

I am not the greatest at following instructions when reading stuff I do not understand anything about I would like to try get back into it, as I don't use any AI traffic at all.

SB4 should work. Give it another try and maybe we can help sort you out

[flyingnoob 25]

was there not files had to be moved? or files have to be edited or something along they lines?

 

EDIT:

 

Just downloaded it - is it a complete self installer now?

Edited July 18, 2013 by flyingnoob

[LeeL 272]

was there not files had to be moved? or files have to be edited or something along they lines?

 

EDIT:

 

Just downloaded it - is it a complete self installer now?

Yup just running the installer should do the trick

[Airbus Commander 563]

BTW expect them to have your passwords for that site so change any you use on others.

 

I thought that sites had a way of storing passwords that meant that they couldn't be easily accessed in reverse, hashing and salting I think it's called? Works easily one way but not the other...

 

Regards,

Ró.

[flyingnoob 25]

Yup just running the installer should do the trick

ok thanks dude

[Captain Kevin 586]

Its pretty cool, although I haven't flown online for ages due to me messing up fsinn's installs, and SB doesn't work with windows 7 (AFAIK).

Huh? :huh: I've been using Squawkbox on Windows 7 and haven't had a problem. Unless I'm doing something wrong here.

[HansRoaming 73]

I thought that sites had a way of storing passwords that meant that they couldn't be easily accessed in reverse, hashing and salting I think it's called? Works easily one way but not the other...

 

Regards,

Ró.

If you have the password file then you can brute force it given the algorithm too which having root access would give the attacker. Computing power is dirt cheap especially when you consider amazon web services etc. Attack dictionaries are available too which make it less onerous as well.

[flyingnoob 25]

Huh? :huh: I've been using Squawkbox on Windows 7 and haven't had a problem. Unless I'm doing something wrong here.

Hi kevin,

 

If you have been using sb for ages then obviously you aint doing nothing wrong- I just now that the last time I tried it you had to manually edit files for sb4 and W7.

 

Clearly its a self installer now.

 

Also the post you quoted actually had an edit that said

 

"EDIT - SB does work with W7, its just pretty complicated to install also IMO"

 

 

Regards

 

Paul

[Captain Kevin 586]

Hi kevin,

 

If you have been using sb for ages then obviously you aint doing nothing wrong- I just now that the last time I tried it you had to manually edit files for sb4 and W7.

 

Clearly its a self installer now.

 

Also the post you quoted actually had an edit that said

 

"EDIT - SB does work with W7, its just pretty complicated to install also IMO"

 

 

Regards

 

Paul

Hmm....it's been installed on my computer since I believe November. I just installed it somewhere else other than the Program Files folder and haven't had any issues with it.

[flyingnoob 25]

cool, that's good to hear.

 

I will get it installed later tonight as i'm on my way to egph from gcrr just now

[Jimm 437]

If I may add my two cents:  Could it be that whomever is doing this is doing a fuzzy search of any websites tied to taxes?  I say this because VATSIM's first three letters are VAT which is coincidentally the letters for Value Added Tax, which is what is used in the EU.  Perhaps they are going after those types of sites and VATSIM was just a victim of circumstance?

[flyingnoob 25]

^{I'm connected, but is there issues with going online also? or just the forums? - with not being able to get onto the forums, I cannot see if anyone is online.}

[LeeL 272]

^{I'm connected, but is there issues with going online also? or just the forums? - with not being able to get onto the forums, I cannot see if anyone is online.}

There's not supposed to be any issues with flying, see a couple of posts back.

 

Download VRoute or VATspy to see who is online. Personally I like VRoute. Both are free.

 

Lee

[flyingnoob 25]

_{its been that long I couldn't remember what was used}

 

_{Thanks lee}

[mosteen 111]

I'm flying online now, didn't have any issues getting on, I'm on 109.169.48.148.