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MSE hacked

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Has this forum been hacked ?

If so, is it still safe to use ?
The comments I post are personal opinion. Always refer to official information sources before relying on internet forums. If you have a problem with any organisation, enter into their official complaints process at the earliest opportunity, as sometimes complaints have to be started within a certain time frame.

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  • nidO
    nidO Posts: 847 Forumite
    No, and yes.
  • “We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.” - Alan Turing (1912-1954)
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,929 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Probably trying to block keywords but seems to have blocked most of the dictionary :)

    Spotted 4 or 5 accounts from the same person having a whinge about other members.
    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Where have you been all morning, that's been the top topic on numerous threads
    Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
    What it may grow to in time, I know not what.

    Daniel Defoe: 1725.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,349 Community Admin
    10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    If it hasn't been hacked it's a jolly good imitation.
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • warehouse
    warehouse Posts: 3,362 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    ˙ɔᴉuɐd ʇ,uop 'ǝuᴉɟ sᴉ ƃuᴉɥʇʎɹǝʌƎ
    Pants
  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,266 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    It's a concerted spam attack by a disgruntled kitchen salesman.

    Hacking is a totally different thing.

    Horse's mouth;-

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=66726483&postcount=7
    I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.
  • dacouch
    dacouch Posts: 21,636 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    huckster wrote: »
    Has this forum been hacked ?

    If so, is it still safe to use ?

    Could I interest you in a fitted $%£&~@+

    Good prices
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,929 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    dacouch wrote: »
    Could I interest you in a fitted $%£&~@+

    Good prices

    Only if you promise to sell me a load of firewood and give me an incomplere order. :)
    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • huckster
    huckster Posts: 5,294 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    dacouch wrote: »
    Could I interest you in a fitted $%£&~@+

    Good prices

    Colostomy bag ?

    Free installation and guaranteed not to leak.

    All of those fitted £$*@l~'l@}p{ posts on the forums started as an internet war between some dodgy companies that rip people off and have loads of complaints as a result and some of their annoyed clients.
    The comments I post are personal opinion. Always refer to official information sources before relying on internet forums. If you have a problem with any organisation, enter into their official complaints process at the earliest opportunity, as sometimes complaints have to be started within a certain time frame.
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