Has HubPages been hacked?

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   Website Examinerposted 13 years ago

   I have seen mulitple reports of corrupted RSS feeds, hubs in favorite topics belong to somebody else, etc. It looks to me as if the site may have been hacked. Or is it a database problem of some kind?

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   KCC Big Countryposted 13 years ago

   I have emailed the HP team, but it's the weekend folks.  Give them time to respond.

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   rebekahELLEposted 13 years ago

   something is strange. I have someone elses hubs listed under my favorite topics.

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   Tenerife Islanderposted 13 years ago

   Me too - I have someone else's hubs spammed as my favourite topics!

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      Website Examinerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      That is what it looks like to me, spam. Which is why I started this thread.

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      jill of alltradesposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Me too! I was so shocked when I saw my profile page. I avatar staring at me was not mine! My favorite topics are all wrong too! I posted the same question in the ask a question portion of hubbers hangout.

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   sunforgedposted 13 years ago

   It looks like a very simple rss confusion that is really only effecting profile links and feeds.
   
   I doubt this is a hack and spam is misused here.
   
   The hubber that is showing up in my rss feed is certainly not a spammer or a hacker
   
   But i hope a lot of emails are being sent to Hp rather than forum threads being started

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      Website Examinerposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      That is very helpful information. Not everyone has your technical skills, though, and I think it is legitimate to express concerns when using a site.

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         sunforgedposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Oh i agree!
         
         I emailed the moment I saw the problem pointed out in the forum.
         
         That is all i can do.
         
         But Spam/Hack etc. leads to confusion and hysteria. No reason to worry anyone. Its just one small aspect of the site. Most outside visitors will never go to your profile page and although unfortunate that a few feeds that some may intentionally inert in their hubs are not displaying correctly...these things happen.
         
         Its like 3 in the afternoon on a Sunday for the HP staff - i hope most are outside enjoying family and things of that sort - give em some time to check their mail and all that

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   Arthur Fontesposted 13 years ago

   My hub topics are all rice cooker hubs.  All of a sudden I want stir fry.

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   TMMasonposted 13 years ago

   Appearently it has. Everyone but me seems to be having issues.... strange?...

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   selrachposted 13 years ago

   I am the hijacker and unless you horrible hubbers start reading my hubs things will never be tha same again.

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      preyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      nice 
      
      wtf?
      
      some are cool hubs though
      
      most of mine are from hubbers 3 years plus but no activity found ?????????????????

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   wesleycoxposted 13 years ago

   At least all the mix up is internal and there are not links to outside of HP.  I'd rather send traffic to hubpages users as opposed to sending them away from hubpages.  Chew on them apples.

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    trish1048posted 13 years ago

    I am being stalked by AshleytheHottet.  She keeps leaving comments on my one hub.  I've deleted her twice and she keeps coming back.  Worse than a fungus!
    
    GRRRRRRRR!

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       KCC Big Countryposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       If the comments are harassing or inappropriate, report her to team@hubpages.com.   If they are just annoying, then continue to ignore her comments.  I see she's very very very new.

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          trish1048posted 13 years agoin reply to this

          I have reported her to the HP team, which I forgot to mention.

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       IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I just looked her up - she a CHILD!!
       She shouldn't even be on Hubpages - she's too young.
       Check her profle - then her hubtivity, and see what she posted on another hub.
       Oh shortcut - here's the hub link
       http://hubpages.com/hub/Internet-Safety … ent3016649

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          KCC Big Countryposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          If she's a minor she definitely needs to be reported to the HP staff.  That's a violation of TOS.

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             IzzyMposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             I've done that KCC. Its a shame because she seemed sweet to me - especially when she commented on a hub about how to get and keep a man! LOL But she is far too young to be here.
             Looks like the staff are going to be incredibly busy sorting out whatever has gone wrong with the site!

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                KCC Big Countryposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                I sent an email about it too, since I wasn't sure if you or Trish would.  You're right, HP is going to have a full inbox.

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    IzzyMposted 13 years ago

    And I think you'll find from the title of your hub, she thinks thats the chat room!

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    Ladybird33posted 13 years ago

    I did too...then I saw this forum...

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    blondepoetposted 13 years ago

    Omg my favorite topics have changed to finance. Honestly I cannot survive without a calculator and accountant. Maths is my weakness including money. A far cry from my normal little black dress hubs.

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       blake4dposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Mine got changed into evening wear, and then the best uses for phonebooks under a table. Then one about how to raise hamsters in the wild. BP it isnt right. We must abandon the hub....

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    AEvansposted 13 years ago

    e-mail team@hubpages.com with the concerns I am certain it will be fixed just like I said on three other threads, relax and breathe.

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    sunforgedposted 13 years ago

    It is a little disappointing that no official announcement stating they are aware of the problem has been made.
    
    It has been 4 hours or so now

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       AEvansposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I just came on to the forums a little bit ago notification has been sent.

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          rebekahELLEposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          well, I think what he meant is many of us sent notifications 4 hours ago and it would be nice to have something acknowledged. my alien hubs are gone, but I have no favorite topics category.

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    IzzyMposted 13 years ago

    It's been 9 hours since the first post went up about this problem.

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    Pearldiverposted 13 years ago

    Mega1.......... I love your hub on Nagging
    
    I don't mind it being one of my favorite subjects
    
    You're in good hands... I won't keep your hubs long.
    
    So who has got my hubs on their site?

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       prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       I did and I am very happy, my hub and profile looks ok, and nobody like to get mine HUHUHU

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          Pearldiverposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Cool.... I knew a good looker would get them
          
          Thanks Maita

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    Freya Cesareposted 13 years ago

    I get the same problems. There's many other people hubs listed in my profile!

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    Ohmaposted 13 years ago

    I do not even have a favorite hubs section my hubtivity is under my most recent hubs and my fans\followers is in the sidebare. It has been this way for several days. I just thought HP was making some changes?

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    Pearldiverposted 13 years ago

    Yeah Right!!!!!
    
    Hahaha..... Those aren't my hubs Maita!
    
    I take no responsibility for writing a hub called "HairStyles for Bald Women"
    
    Nice one mate  

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       prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       PD, why not transfer your hubs to mine

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    prettydarkhorseposted 13 years ago

    But I have lots of people emailed me and told me I defanned them
    I don't defan or defollow hehe anybody except when they are TOOO BAD>>>

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       rebekahELLEposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       how middle school. people email you saying you defanned them?
       
       hi maita.

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          prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Hi Ms Rebekahelle! look at my profile page hehehe

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             Rochelle Frankposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             Looks ok to me-- Oh sorry, got RebekahELLE's name mixed up with mine.

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                prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                No Mam, the topic are all repeated in different categories,

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                   Freya Cesareposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                   mine too! weird!

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                   Rochelle Frankposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                   OK I see that, now-- Mine has favorite topics-- but NO listings under them. At least you have SOMEthing.

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                      prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                      I see it also now,

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                   vrajputposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                   You are right, it is being repeated

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             rebekahELLEposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             giggle, that is funny!
             
             the ones I had on mine were about love, and finding the right partner!!  but now they are gone, but no favorites for me.

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    prettydarkhorseposted 13 years ago

    Oh No my profile page is screwed up, hairstyle for bald women are under architecture LOL< and they appear many times, hehe

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    Rochelle Frankposted 13 years ago

    Soooo My 100 score is probably a glitch? ??? Quick, someone, How do I make a screenshot?

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    FrankiesGirl6Yrposted 13 years ago

    When something like this happens is it like a virus?? My mom's facebook page started acting weird and someone got her email, started asking people in adress book for money, then it almost completely crashed her computer?

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       rebekahELLEposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       that's terrible. did that happen recently?

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          FrankiesGirl6Yrposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Ya, like a month ago. The hacker was telling people in her address book she was stranded and needed money to get back. Then when she went to e-mail them to say it was BS her computer went crazy...............It was like $200+ to get it fixed...

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             Freya Cesareposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             What? and it is her?

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             rebekahELLEposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             sad, facebook definitely has its own issues.
             
             I don't know what this is at HP, but it seems to have affected many accounts.  I hope our favorite topics come back!

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                Rochelle Frankposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                If I click on my topics (title) , my hubs in that category show up.

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                FrankiesGirl6Yrposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                I just really really hope it's not something like that..........

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    saddlerider1posted 13 years ago

    Mine were all screwed up as well, but they are back to normal, I think HPages must be correcting the problem, all my hubs were someone else, too funny.

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    larryfreemanposted 13 years ago

    Hi Everyone,
    
    I will investigate to see what's up and report back to this forum when I have an update.
    
    -Larry

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       sunforgedposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       should be stickied

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    Denseposted 13 years ago

    It's all the religious cyberwar posts in the forums. They are destabizing our hub system. -_-

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    larryfreemanposted 13 years ago

    Hi Everyone,
    
    The problem should now be fixed.
    
    -Larry

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       jill of alltradesposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Not yet! Not my profile page anyway.

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          Norah Caseyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks Jill, we will get to it as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience everyone!

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             sunforgedposted 13 years agoin reply to this

             Although, the appearance of my profile page has been fixed for many, many hours.
             
             The feed for sunforged/latest  has hubs by sandra rinck being syndicated also
             
             http://hubpages.com/author/sunforged/latest/?rss

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    sunforgedposted 13 years ago

    Also the forum search features shows a duplicate of the same hub for every search return

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    sunforgedposted 13 years ago

    see:
    
    http://hubpages.com/search/include:forums+larryfreeman

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    sunforgedposted 13 years ago

    actually the search errors are not unique to a forum search
    
    - now the error is a forum based search - is giving returns on hubs.
    
    Still says - Forum posts matching "------------"
    
    but displays all hubs as results

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    sunforgedposted 13 years ago

    another buggy:
    
    http://hubpages.com/forum/your
    
    Is NOT showing latest poster

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