Has Craigslist been hacked?

Has Craigslist been hacked?(craiglist.org)

14 points by mikecarroll 11 years ago | 12 comments

Removed the link to Craigslist.org so that people wouldn't accidentally click through to a site (we've now verified) is hacked.

moepstar 11 years ago |

Repeat after me:

I won't link to sites i suspect being compromised. I won't link to sites i suspect being compromised. I won't link to sites i suspect being compromised. I won't link to sites i suspect being compromised. ...

marcinx27 11 years ago |

I saw this, too. If you can get a little deeper into cl, ex. boston.cragislist.org/i/apartments or boston.craigslist.org/search/aap, you get a Microsoft Frontpage site with the title "digital gangster for life".

mikecarroll 11 years ago | |

It's struggling to load though -- I don't think the hacker was anywhere near ready for Craigslist levels of traffic.

Hackman21 11 years ago |

Looks like it is redirecting to "digitalgangster(dot)com) -- Also, DNS shows registrant as "Registrant Name: Steven wynhoff @LulzClerk"

qhoc 11 years ago |

http://craigslist.com also doesn't work. Wow this is trouble for sure.

cmthornton 11 years ago |

Please change the link to this discussion rather than linking directly to a server that seems to be compromised.

mikecarroll 11 years ago |

Maybe somebody hijacked their DNS?

mikecarroll 11 years ago | |

I have a feeling the lesson at the end of this is going to involve setting longer TTLs.

Hackman21 11 years ago | | |

That's a tough one, because in the event of a hijacked domain like this, a lower TTL would also force the "good" settings back faster.

marcinx27 11 years ago | |

A whois on craigslist.org shows that it was updated today.

general_failure 11 years ago |

Yup, hacked.