I often go to Democratic Underground to check out the buzz over there. I spend more time here at DKOS but I usually look at DU one or twice a day. Pardon me if this has been posted before but It feels like a real kick in the groin that in the traumatic wake of the disaster on election night, a very large Democratic online community has not been able come together to discuss what the hell happened last Tuesday.
The site was first attacked around 4:30PM ET on Tuesday afternoon. This was not a "typical" hack like a DDoS or an attempt to gain control of our web server. Instead, the hacker had found a vulnerability in our forum software.
The hacker exploited that vulnerability in what appeared to be a politically-motivated act of vandalism: A large number of posts were removed and replaced with the words "God Emperor" (a reference to Donald Trump), and a ridiculously over-the-top pro-Trump video was served automatically to all of our visitors. If you're curious you can watch the video on YouTube (WARNING: HATE CONTENT).
I’m starting to really feel the oppression. Is DKOS next?
Please visit the link to Democratic Underground above to read the story.