Anonymous Coward?

Submitted by WolverineBoston on January 29th, 2010 at 8:53 AM

Who is this coward and why is he hacking the front page? Formerly Anonymous - I feel like you should take charge and lay the smack down.

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Wide Open

January 29th, 2010 at 8:55 AM ^

Anonymous Coward could be posting links to Freep articles instead.

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Geaux_Blue

January 29th, 2010 at 10:04 AM ^

if you go back a couple pages of the main site, http://mgoblog.com/node?page=3 for example, you see that the sound file postings encapsulate existing posts on the site. i hardly believe someone would hack the system and take the time to backdate posts up to and around existing entries. just a drupal snafu that hopefully will be fixed when Brian does his "Hello: 5 star recruit's name here" post today.

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bouje

January 29th, 2010 at 10:50 AM ^

JAH?

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My name ... is Tim

January 29th, 2010 at 8:56 AM ^

I'm glad someone finally posted something. I thought I was either stoned or missing something and was afraid to mention it at the fear of getting neg banged.

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woodsonfromleaf97

January 29th, 2010 at 9:00 AM ^

... I thought this was only happening to me (nothing like good old product induced paranoia), who is this masked fiend disrupting the flow of mgoblog?

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MinorRage

January 29th, 2010 at 8:57 AM ^

yea it is getting pretty out of control.

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aawolve

January 29th, 2010 at 8:57 AM ^

Negbang in 3, 2, 1...

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willywill9

January 29th, 2010 at 9:02 AM ^

I must have missed it too? Waiting for it...?

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aawolve

January 29th, 2010 at 9:19 AM ^

It just looks like a random screw up to me. A hacker would have had more entertaining material.

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willywill9

January 29th, 2010 at 9:29 AM ^

Agreed. Especially if the hacker had a motive. This doesn't look like a hacker, a hacker would be more creative... (queue in the Law and order music.) Seriously though, I do agree.

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umichzach

January 29th, 2010 at 11:20 AM ^

the only thing more terrifying than a hacker with a sense of humor is a commie hacker with no sense of humor.

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HollandSeaOfBlue

January 29th, 2010 at 9:00 AM ^

I was thinking the same thing. Didn't want to post anything, so I logged out and logged back in to see if I was crazy.

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Laveranues

January 29th, 2010 at 9:01 AM ^

Also, what's with the Yardbarker/Foxsports thing at the top? Was that there yesterday?

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Blazefire

January 29th, 2010 at 9:05 AM ^

Yeah, that's been there for a while. This is just some random jackhole.

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aenima0311

January 29th, 2010 at 9:46 AM ^

I had to disable the Fox / Yardbarker thing in my browser. Ever since it was added, my pageloads were odd and unpredictable.

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Geaux_Blue

January 29th, 2010 at 9:56 AM ^

i think it's a failure of uploaded material. "Anonymous Coward," if you go back to old mgoboard entries, was an option if an individual didn't want to register. i think these bits were force fed through without an ID (i.e. Tim, Brian, etc.) and the site gave them the anonymous heading.

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TrppWlbrnID

January 29th, 2010 at 9:02 AM ^

i can't think of any of our rivals who would be able to do this, must be WLA or zoltan's telekinetic retribution for yesterday's reports of his disappointing skills. OSU hacking = smash glowing type box with rock MSU hacking = set computer on fire, throw in street ND hacking = douse with holy water

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woodsonfromleaf97

January 29th, 2010 at 9:06 AM ^

In addition: Wisconsin would try to process it into cheese

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aaamichfan

January 29th, 2010 at 9:03 AM ^

I clicked on one of the posts and it began downloading something on my computer. It didn't seem like a malicious file, but it was nevertheless promptly deleted.

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ontarioblue

January 29th, 2010 at 9:03 AM ^

Just lay another charge upon the pile.

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Hemlock Philosopher

January 29th, 2010 at 9:04 AM ^

Probably won't help. His name doesn't appear on the MGoUsers list. Hack job. I wish hackers were easier to find in person. It would be nice to dong punch this bastard.

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GOBLUE4EVR

January 29th, 2010 at 9:09 AM ^

with brian on facebook, he always updates his status when something new gets posted on the blog... my facebook status page is filled with updates from brian cook... so they are legit...

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MH20

January 29th, 2010 at 9:12 AM ^

I think those status updates are fired off automatically via another application.

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Flood

January 29th, 2010 at 9:16 AM ^

Yeah, they still update even when Tim puts up a post.

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Blazefire

January 29th, 2010 at 9:15 AM ^

Those are auto updates. He doesn't actually log in and update. So no, they're not.

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GOBLUE4EVR

January 29th, 2010 at 9:26 AM ^

not know that... my bad...

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theyellowdart

January 29th, 2010 at 9:15 AM ^

I'm pretty sure that's all done via a script.

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casmooth

January 29th, 2010 at 9:09 AM ^

What a coward, indeed.

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genericmichiganfan

January 29th, 2010 at 9:10 AM ^

As to why they're being posted, I have no idea. Probably just an accident with a feed or something.

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Blazefire

January 29th, 2010 at 9:16 AM ^

It's interesting, because a hacker would try to screw with us all, somehow. Destroy content or change the site to transgender porn or something. Not just make feeds. Odd.

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genericmichiganfan

January 29th, 2010 at 9:23 AM ^

And "Anonymous Coward" is probably just the default for posts from non-users. If anonymous commenting was turned on, I imagine all anonymous comments would come up like that. This isn't a hacker, though.

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TG7782

January 29th, 2010 at 9:19 AM ^

I'm glad I wasn't the only one, thought I was going crazy when I went to the home page.

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rlew

January 29th, 2010 at 9:23 AM ^

The links to the posts are coming through on Brian's Twitter account as well. This is how posts usually show up on Twitter so when I checked it while coming into work, I was pretty confused about what was going on. Whatever is wrong, it appears to be throughout Brian's posting system.

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mblood7

January 29th, 2010 at 9:25 AM ^

They are just 10 min interval Windows Media player links to WTKA podcasts. I listened to a few and just scanned my computer for any "malicious files" and found none.

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My name ... is Tim

January 29th, 2010 at 9:27 AM ^

It's probably Daulerio "getting back" at Brian for refusing to give him a scoop on the Manny Harris suspension.

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WichitanWolverine

January 29th, 2010 at 9:28 AM ^

73h 5173 h45 833n h4X0|23d!

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benjamin

January 29th, 2010 at 9:30 AM ^

Looks like Drupal feed aggregator is importing to the wrong content-type. [adjusts nerd glasses]

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WichitanWolverine

January 29th, 2010 at 10:31 AM ^

Man, I just took a look at your website and I think you probably have the best job in the world. Looks like you do good work, too. Any chance you want to hire an aeronautical engineer who wishes he was an EECS grad?

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benjamin

January 29th, 2010 at 5:26 PM ^

Thanks for the compliment. I would love to afford to hire someone ;) But, I am just a small/single-person operation. Feel free to fan me on Facebook- I will post items there that may interest you. Go Blue! http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Snowfox-Design/219007473232

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jamiemac

January 29th, 2010 at 9:30 AM ^

We shouldnt have stopped the panic after all

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ijohnb

January 29th, 2010 at 9:32 AM ^

I actually like the change, if only temporary. Every time I go to the home page I see "Don't Panic," and it makes me feel as though I have something to panic about. Arlight, I have just decided on a very approrpiate slogan as to recent UM althletics events. "THE 2009-2010 MICHIGAN WOLVERINES - DON'T PANIC!"

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Steve Levy Sucks

January 29th, 2010 at 9:41 AM ^

just maybe Brian should consider changing his bong water more than twice a decade.

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Six Zero

January 29th, 2010 at 9:45 AM ^

...as the WRATH OF COOK is as damning and absolute a fate to be wished only on the most reprehensible acts of defiance. Yaaarrgh! Translation: Pirate to 21st Century English: Dude is sooo screwed.

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