But we'll see what we can do.

the question you posted, while DU was down. I think what many people had to say was really important and very impressive.

You can use something like TOR, and or a VPN. DU admins can trace an IP address and might just find out that it was out of Hong Kong (just as an example). This doesn't mean that the user is in Hong Kong, he could be anywhere. You have to go to the last server he used (likely a VPN server)

You could ask the VPN to hand over the IP address, but this has problems

The VPN operator won't give it to you.
The VPN operator CANT give it to you (its encrypted, and they can't open it)
The log never existed at all, or at least doesn't exist in a usable form (yeah, here is the list of the 6,000 active users on our service when you were hacked)

Even if the IP log was sitting on the CEO's desk, his business is to keep things like that private. He isn't giving it up. And the Hong Kong courts don't care (they wouldn't give up Edwin Snowden, they are not going to comply with a court order from the US. And remember, what you are tying to get very very likely doesn't exist.

[img][/img] Welcome back DU!

it is apparent to me that the cheeto campaign actually had a good idea of how it was going to go down. you didnt need polling to tell you this would be close.
so what do thugs do when the going gets tough? why, they cheat.

i cant help thinking that du's history of digging into stinky election results was the reason for the hack. i think that recent history has told us that when numbers are cock-eyed, there is a cheat in there somewhere. hillary winning the popular vote but loosing the election could be legit, but that is quite a needle to thread.
i noticed on msnbc today that they were talking about how the voting went, where the surges were, where they got those extra votes. they mentioned that "there was a big surge late in the day". now, that happens ferrealz. but it also happens when the cheater figure out how many votes they need to stuff. they always do that late in the day.

i'm not sayin, i'm just sayin.
this really deserves serious scrutiny.

but holy hell am i glad you guys are back. thanks so much for sticking it out. i certainly would have been conflicted about going to all that work for such a crazy bunch.
du forever.

I was going to email it to you, then I realized how busy you must be at the time.

Adieu, Progressive Internet?

P.S. I had to delete the "http://" again in the code before linking.

I vote for a raise for Elad. Plus EarlG got me back on tonight, problem with my email.

Thanks to you all.

EarlG got me back on, problem with my email. Thanks to all of you for your hard work. Felt like I was without a lifeline.

Kudos, gents ...

it's been a rough week for us liberals...somewhere in my head I hear the strains of Willie Nelson singing "...but life goes on..."

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We definitely APPRECIATE all you've done!

God, I missed this place the past week. It's my only support at times like this. I will happily contribute to a reward fund for info leading to the arrest, conviction and hanging of the pond-scum that hacked us! I know you guys had a lot of headaches and long hours fixing this shit-stain's attack. I would personally like to beat the holy fuck out of him. I really think you guys should pull in the FBI on this--though I doubt that effin' SOB Comey would be very helpful.

The security company who worked on DNC file theft isn't very expensive & they directly work with FBI internet crime division. There is of course no charge to file the crime with FBI and Justice Dept.

Apparently there's a group called "Legions Of Pepe" was taking credit for the attack. It was being bragged about on the Ron Paul Forums. It looks like the page was taken down but that's pretty alarming that I found that.

And fuck Ron Paul!

Pepe the front is a symbol of the alt-right, particularly those who hang out on 4Chan and Reddit. They have generically also been calling themselves (and been referred to) as the Pepe Legion.

Mac Tonight has also been turned into a symbol of anti-Semitism along with Pepe. So sad that since Trump stole the Presidency hate graffiti is spreading around my neighborhood in Los Angeles.

Social media has been unbearable since it happened. Gonna be a long four years.

Thanks for getting us back up and thanks for returning DU to a sensible identity.

Question: Why wasn't the hack covered more in the news. Were you intentionally trying to keep a low profile? I would have though I would have seen it discussed somewhere but missed it.

Thanks again.

It went down at the same time.

As far as I'm concerned, you should leave it down. While it showed some promise at first, it had turned into a cesspool of sock puppets, alt-right trolls and assholes. The few decent people who were there I assume can still post here, like myself.

At least my dog thinks so.

I saw the GOD Emperor message and voted to hide it. Then the DU site started to crumble shortly after that with the content of trump in the passenger seat of a limousine pointing a gun.

It was a bad sign for a horrible night.

Have our computers been compromised? (in terms of viruses and malware)

Plus isn't it dangerous if all the members' IP addresses have been obtained?

(This is my first day back since the election and I'm concerned. Thank you for any input.)

But we need to deal with DU first.