Many thanks.

that curiously ominous post this morning from a new DUer? Since removed, it was entitled "Nice forum you got here".

This person registered yesterday, has/had 50 some posts since and appeared to be examining DU for vulnerabilities. They seemed to be knowledgeable, wrote intelligently and apparently was able to log another poster out after being challenged. Shades of election day 2016.

If legit, I don't know why they didn't take their concerns directly to the administrators rather than post publically in The Lounge. That was weird.

As it stands, this whole episode was somewhat unnerving and a hat tip to all of you who do the nuts and bolts stuff behind the scenes.

The good news is that the person was actually trying to be helpful, although the fact that they posted the issue publicly did cause a bit of a stir. But they drew our attention to something that needed fixing, and they have been in touch with Elad while he works on it.

And his curious thread.

I thought that was a rather strange way of doing things, as if he was posting on a board full of IT experts.

Anyway, glad you guys got the heads up.

I am glad to hear it because I interacted with that person and hoped, quite sincerely, that my doing so would not cause significant damage.

If said person helps us eliminate a vulnerability, I am glad.

-Laelth

I was seeing the URL minus the .jpg file extension. Now I'll post some pics!