Did the site get hacked?

[Arrowhead]

I've been busy with work the last few months and haven't been online hardly at all.
I remember a time when this site had a lot of very knowledgeable fellas with many years under their belt... providing free information to people in need and most likely making this site a lot of money with user/sponsor traffic. Where did everybody go and why? Is the site under new management? I do realize it pretty much sucks now and concerns fall on deaf ears. It must have got hacked....

 

[bryanr2]

TL;DR....SH.com

site has changed alot. Still alot of good people hanging around though.

 

[cobey]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ what he said

 

[Arrowhead]

TL;DR....SH.com

site has changed alot. Still alot of good people hanging around though.

Thanks Bryan! I still see several great guys posting... you being one of them. I'm really hoping Darin didn't sell the site to the Chinese, but I'm thinking he must have.

 

[lfnh]

Thanks Bryan! I still see several great guys posting... you being one of them. I'm really hoping Darin didn't sell the site to the Chinese, but I'm thinking he must have.

nah, worse. sold it for the 'bucks

 

[KenJax Tree]

It was sold to China, it was just taken over by Bangladesh.

 

[Sagetown]

It was sold to China, it was just taken over by Bangladesh.

Are you serious? I haven't been keeping tabs on the situation.

 

[djones]

Is that why they keep asking me to pay in Rupees, and what's with all the annoying phone calls ??

 

[gmax]

Are you serious? I haven't been keeping tabs on the situation.

是的，先生

 

[o8f150]

you idiots,,, it was sold to iraq

 

[Mike from Maine]

I heard the Taliban took it by force?

 

[MasterBlaster]

All the forums are slow. Blame it on FB and other social media.

 

[sunfish]

AS is not the same, but still a good place... To answer your original question, yes it got hacked last Fall, was a mess for months!

 

[stihl sawing]

Thanks Bryan! I still see several great guys posting... you being one of them. I'm really hoping Darin didn't sell the site to the Chinese, but I'm thinking he must have.

Still owned by Darin and Jen. Some folks did leave cause of bad moderation and some left cause they didn't like the new format. There wasn't a choice on that, the hackers made sure that VB was not going to be used again. Those creeps have shut down some pretty big business websites. Forums go through periods of being slow, especially in warm weather. Most people are outside instead of inside on the computer.Anyway, good to see you Ed.

 

[angelo c]

I heard the Taliban took it by force?

Mike, there has been ZERO resistance to any "takings" by the Taliban...unless you consider "taking a back seat" ....taking.

 

[Mike from Maine]

Right, next you're going to tell me inflation is under control no matter how much money the fed prints.

 

[tlandrum]

the site was hacked? dang when did that happen

 

[Mastermind]

I'm still here........

 

[Mastermind]

Not that it really matters.

 

[farmer steve]

I'm still here........

free bananas over in off topic.