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Posted on 08/27/2021 8:34:07 PM PDT by rdl6989

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To: Drago
I was going by comments where some were invited to login and instead got crazy connections or were invited to login multiple times.   One person said they had tried to login but got a voice message with a foreign accent that said "Don't touch that dial."   That has to be a network routing issue.   Getting a bogus login today has nothing to do with spamming on the list of articles on the forum.

Thanks for the info about the server relocated to Dallas.   I made numerous trips to Plano and Richardson through the 80's and 90's.   I used to work at the Verizon Business (legacy MCI) Data Center in Atlanta at 450 Interstate N Pkwy, Atlanta, GA‎ that was sold to Equinox a few years ago.   That is in addition to several other locations in the Atlanta area including the Regional Junction and other terminals and wire centers.   I have been retired for six and a half years and only revisit those times in my dreams and nightmares.

141 posted on 08/27/2021 10:49:43 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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To: higgmeister

No problem...I missed the SPAM posts, was just pointing out the “easiest” M.O. for obtaining a weak password (”offline” PW cracker SW). Your guess was as good as mine. ;-) Yeah, I retired from a local NBC affilliate TV station after 27 years and the last 6 years were as “1 man IT director” for 110 employees with PC’s and 6 servers for the electronic newsroom, elections server and the email server....was the reason I left “early” for another job!! ;-)


142 posted on 08/27/2021 10:57:47 PM PDT by Drago
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To: Drago
Wow!   That sounds like fun!   Or at the least never a dull moment.   How many marketing weenies asked you if you would fix their TV?
143 posted on 08/27/2021 11:10:53 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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To: higgmeister

Yep, I referred the sales/marketing staff with “fix my stuff” Q’s to the “maintenance engineers”...they handled the transmitter, microwave, and TV camera stuff. They didn’t appreciate it, but there were 4 of them and only 1 of me!

Your trips to Texas from ATL would have been fewer these days probably...”remote desktop management”/VPN...would only have to go for hardware repairs I guess. John R./Jim R./FR HQ still in the Fresno area, but Linode takes care of hardware virtual server issues and John R. “remote manages” FR from home I guess. No more “hardware down” trips up I-5 to the San Jose data center.


144 posted on 08/27/2021 11:23:29 PM PDT by Drago
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To: know.your.why

Its not Hunter, its the CCP.


145 posted on 08/28/2021 2:07:04 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: gitmo

The problem with “security training” is that it is so boring that most employees forget it the day after they got it.

It would be a lot more effective to do the fake email (as your company did) and then have a little one on one in private if the employee got suckered by it.

Think the security guy in “The Firm”. :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tNEvCdVtk0


146 posted on 08/28/2021 6:06:23 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: rdl6989

Why the question? I have not seen any thing to suggest your question.


147 posted on 08/28/2021 6:52:50 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Wuli

It has been cleaned up. Last night was a mess.


148 posted on 08/28/2021 7:00:07 AM PDT by bankwalker (groupthink kills ...)
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To: bankwalker

Well it did break the monotony, that’s for sure.


149 posted on 08/28/2021 7:01:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PROCON

Sums up a day at my job.


150 posted on 08/28/2021 7:40:31 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: humblegunner

Did you mean “glitchy?” Words convey meaning, asshat.


151 posted on 08/28/2021 11:22:13 AM PDT by macrahanish #1 ( BABYMETAL-METAL GALAXY)
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To: macrahanish #1
Did you mean “glitchy?” Words convey meaning, asshat.

Glizzy was used as the author's name during the attack.
Also it was used prominently in the spam posts.

Asshat.

Words mean things, but crapweasels that don't know what they are talking about do not.

152 posted on 08/28/2021 11:42:23 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: macrahanish #1
Words convey meaning, asshat.

What's the matter, spunky?

Is "I wasn't there and didn't see it" too hard for you to admit?

Now who's the asshat?

Go back to your pre-school and call names there.
Doesn't seem to be working so well for you here.

153 posted on 08/28/2021 12:38:04 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Wuli

You should have been here last night. What a mess.


154 posted on 08/28/2021 1:16:30 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: rdl6989

My PW was changed.


155 posted on 08/28/2021 10:36:12 PM PDT by Impy ("We didn't steal the election, we swear!!!" - Sincerely, The Election Thieves )
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To: dfwgator

I’d suggest entering the link of Google and see where it goes.


156 posted on 08/29/2021 1:53:25 PM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)
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To: humblegunner

Not hiding. Found a better forum. Added bonus; no sign of your presence.


157 posted on 07/18/2022 11:22:30 AM PDT by macrahanish #1 ( BABYMETAL-METAL GALAXY)
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To: macrahanish #1

How great for you, a year later.
You be of good cheer and mind the teachers, OK?


158 posted on 07/18/2022 12:06:22 PM PDT by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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