flyertalk site redirected?
Nov 22, 2009 | 6:45 am
#1
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Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_0_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7A400 Safari/528.16)
I tried connecting to flyertalk and somehow got redirected to "dupedb.com" promoting rapidshare downloads.
I don't know if others have experienced this but I got this on three different systems so I'm posting this as a heads-up to the site administrators.
I tried connecting to flyertalk and somehow got redirected to "dupedb.com" promoting rapidshare downloads.
I don't know if others have experienced this but I got this on three different systems so I'm posting this as a heads-up to the site administrators.
Nov 22, 2009 | 7:53 am
#2
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Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (SymbianOS/9.2; U; Series60/3.1 NokiaE63-1/100.21.110; Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 ) AppleWebKit/413 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/413)
I've been getting the same here in the UK. No problem earlier this morning, now can only access via mobile site. Faith and trust in Flyertalk site falling further 
Originally Posted by KIXman
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_0_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7A400 Safari/528.16)
I tried connecting to flyertalk and somehow got redirected to "dupedb.com" promoting rapidshare downloads.
I don't know if others have experienced this but I got this on three different systems so I'm posting this as a heads-up to the site administrators.
I tried connecting to flyertalk and somehow got redirected to "dupedb.com" promoting rapidshare downloads.
I don't know if others have experienced this but I got this on three different systems so I'm posting this as a heads-up to the site administrators.
Nov 22, 2009 | 8:21 am
#3
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Nov 22, 2009 | 8:21 am
#4
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Same. Are the FT tech people capable of handling the recent problems? If not, and it appears they aren't, they need to find new people.
Nov 22, 2009 | 8:22 am
#5
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a quick google search of dupedb shows that their discussion board is also 'powered by' vbulletin. no idea if that means anything.
Nov 22, 2009 | 8:26 am
#7
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Same problem from Japan. Redirected to the same file-sharing site. Easy to block the redirect in Firefox, but still could not get to FT. Using IE I would just get an error message.
Nov 22, 2009 | 8:31 am
#9
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Location: GNV which is not where we would like to be :)
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Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8310/4.5.0.110 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/102)
Same here. Don't think it is the fault of the FT IT group as any dedicated attack will achieve the desired goal.
Same here. Don't think it is the fault of the FT IT group as any dedicated attack will achieve the desired goal.
Nov 22, 2009 | 8:33 am
#11
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It should be getting a bit embarrassing for the IT staff at this point...
Regards
Nov 22, 2009 | 8:42 am
#12
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Agreed......Just hope members personal details can't be accessed as easily as the site seems to be hacked.
Nov 22, 2009 | 9:13 am
#13
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How is FT (actually, IB) not responsible for the security of their systems? They are running a multi-million $ operation and need either to deal with things in-house or put some serious pressure on their vendors.
The single largest piece of the system (vBulletin) is actually owned by IB. It's their baby now and has been for a couple years.
Nov 22, 2009 | 9:32 am
#14
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I never thought I'd say this, but the guys in Colorado Springs were far better, at least on what is customer-facing.
Nov 22, 2009 | 9:44 am
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I got the same re-direct this morning- 9:30 a.m. EST. I checked
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
and it confirmed that FlyerTalk was down for others and not just me.
About 10:15 a.m. EST it came back a and the above URL reported it was up.
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
and it confirmed that FlyerTalk was down for others and not just me.
About 10:15 a.m. EST it came back a and the above URL reported it was up.