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Has Craigslist been hacked?

craiglist.org

14 points by mikecarroll 11 years ago · 13 comments · 1 min read

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Removed the link to Craigslist.org so that people wouldn't accidentally click through to a site (we've now verified) is hacked.

moepstar 11 years ago

Repeat after me:

I won't link to sites i suspect being compromised. I won't link to sites i suspect being compromised. I won't link to sites i suspect being compromised. I won't link to sites i suspect being compromised. ...

marcinx27 11 years ago

I saw this, too. If you can get a little deeper into cl, ex. boston.cragislist.org/i/apartments or boston.craigslist.org/search/aap, you get a Microsoft Frontpage site with the title "digital gangster for life".

  • mikecarrollOP 11 years ago

    It's struggling to load though -- I don't think the hacker was anywhere near ready for Craigslist levels of traffic.

Hackman21 11 years ago

Looks like it is redirecting to "digitalgangster(dot)com) -- Also, DNS shows registrant as "Registrant Name: Steven wynhoff @LulzClerk"

qhoc 11 years ago

http://craigslist.com also doesn't work. Wow this is trouble for sure.

cmthornton 11 years ago

Please change the link to this discussion rather than linking directly to a server that seems to be compromised.

mikecarrollOP 11 years ago

Maybe somebody hijacked their DNS?

  • mikecarrollOP 11 years ago

    I have a feeling the lesson at the end of this is going to involve setting longer TTLs.

    • Hackman21 11 years ago

      That's a tough one, because in the event of a hijacked domain like this, a lower TTL would also force the "good" settings back faster.

  • marcinx27 11 years ago

    A whois on craigslist.org shows that it was updated today.

general_failure 11 years ago

Yup, hacked.

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