The Violence Policy Center site has been Hacked!

The VPC is not the only web site to be hacked. Not so long ago my own modest web site was hacked, a vbs script was used to introduce an AOL password stealing trojan. It didn't take long to fix as I always keep a back up. There are prats on both sides.

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"Quemadmoeum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."
("A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands.") -
Lucius Annaeus Seneca "the Younger" (ca. 4 BC-65 AD).
 
Gunslinger,

I still get the hacked information when I go to vpc.org. Are you sure it's fixed? not even a hard "refresh" get me new information.

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John/az
"When freedom is at stake, your silence is not golden, it's yellow..." RKBA!
www.cphv.com
 
John what exactly are you referring too?? It appears that the VPC is back up. Are you finding bits and pieces still hacked? I placed the two articles above on my site as they mention both johns and my site. That is probably my 15 minutes of fame but I received ovr 7000 hits to my site since Friday at 4PM when I was at 20,017 and there were people from all walks of life on my site. I have received posts on my guest book (click on Join us and then go to the bottom of the page and click view) and I have received a ton of e-mail, mostly in support of the site, some calling me names an making the odd comment about parentage and my sister. One guy called me a Nazi.....Me of all people. Gotta love it, whoever this guy is I am glad that he found my site informative..................


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...“ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them; nor does it follow from this, that all promiscuously must go into actual service on every occasion. The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle; and when we see many men disposed to practice upon it, whenever they can prevail, no wonder true republicans are for carefully guarding against it.
---Richard Henry Lee, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788

Take care and God Bless, El Jefe

The ANTI-HCI Site!
 
VPC WEBSITE BACK ONLINE

Monday morning the VPC learned that its Online Resource Center web site, www.vpc.org, was co-opted by a pro-gun hacker who replaced the
site with one featuring a bomb, skull and crossbones, obscenities, and links to pro-gun web sites, including the National Rifle Association. The
fake web site stated, "VPC just got shot in the head." In addition, the VPC's domain name was stolen and all e-mails sent to us during that
time—from Sunday, June 18 through early Wednesday morning June 21—were re-routed to the hacker. If you have sent us an e-mail during that
time period, please re-send it because it was not received.

In cooperation with various Internet entities, the VPC web site is now back online and will continue to serve as a resource for policymakers,
activists, the media, and the general public.

The VPC has reported this violation of federal law to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is working with law enforcement to identify the
person responsible.

The hijacking of the VPC's Online Resource Center web site is the latest example of the extremism of the pro-gun fringe. The web site serves as
the leading source in the nation for information on the gun lobby, gun industry, and gun death and injury in America. This theft of the VPC's
online identity is a gauge of the fear and desperation of pro-gunners and a measure of the lengths to which they will go. Only fact-based
information can counter the lies of the gun lobby. The gun lobby promises us that their supporters are "law-abiding citizens." This act of Internet
terrorism proves that such claims are hollow.
http://www.vpc.org/fact_sht/backup.htm
 
See?
This is why you shouldn't piss the guys is IT/IS off.

Computer geeks don't look dangerous.

I wonder if I could request a encore.... I just went to that site for the first time...Made my stomach turn... Yuck...

TR

edited for spelling and an admendum

[This message has been edited by The Rock (edited June 23, 2000).]
 
I thought it was very helpful of them to say on their site:

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
If the hijacked site still appears in place of the official VPC site, disk and memory caches must be cleared from the web browser.[/quote]

Huh? Isn't this like the old joke, "I'll meet you down by the old barn. If I get there first I'll write an X on the barn. If you get there first, erase the X." I guess they've never been accused of being overly intelligent.
 
The depth of stupidity and ignorance displayed by VPC and HCI never ceases to amaze me. It's so unfathomable I get that sickening feeling in my gut. These people actually believe this garbage. I can almost forgive the average anti...it takes initiative to learn the truth about this issue. If you sit back and let them feed you, you learn anti. It's more than I can understand.

- gabe
 
Hey anybody have an e-mail for H&K?? I don't think that VPC should be allowed to use their weapon as it's poster child. (sounds oddly representative of how we motivated Beretta) Hmm, maybe a quick barrage of faxes and e-mails would motivate H&K to get their lawyers onto VPC.............Hey it could work a second time :)

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...“ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them; nor does it follow from this, that all promiscuously must go into actual service on every occasion. The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle; and when we see many men disposed to practice upon it, whenever they can prevail, no wonder true republicans are for carefully guarding against it.
---Richard Henry Lee, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788

Take care and God Bless, El Jefe

The ANTI-HCI Site!
 
Hey El Jefe,
H&K don't accept any email, but one can write to them via snail mail.

I've started a topic "AntiGun site showing HK MK23/SOCOM pistol!!" all over the various HK's forum board such as

<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI>www.hkpro.com/cgi-bin/ultimate.cgi
<LI>www.hk-forum.com
<LI>www.weaponforums.com under the General Discussion and HK Handgun
<LI>www.parkcitiestactical.com under the Mark 23 forum
</UL>

about getting HK to do something regarding that picture of their pistol on www.vpc.org website. I know Beretta-USA made HCI removed the unauthorized use of the 92F pic. Did HCI got sued by Beretta for that infringement?
 
No But Beretta's ball cutters (Jeff Reh and CO.) had them in the corner, HCI had to place a disclaimer on their site to keep from getting trashed further.

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...“ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them; nor does it follow from this, that all promiscuously must go into actual service on every occasion. The mind that aims at a select militia, must be influenced by a truly anti-republican principle; and when we see many men disposed to practice upon it, whenever they can prevail, no wonder true republicans are for carefully guarding against it.
---Richard Henry Lee, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788

Take care and God Bless, El Jefe

The ANTI-HCI Site!
 
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