[Coco] [Color Computer] country blocked

[RJLCyberPunk]

OK then who would be paying a Russian Hacker to try to shut a website like 
CoCo3.com? What on Earth for?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Diffendaffer" <jdiffendaffer at yahoo.com>
To: <ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 5:51 AM
Subject: [Coco] [Color Computer] country blocked


>I don't think there are any CoCo-nuts in Russia.  Clones of the Sinclair 
>Spectrum were popular there.  I know that had clones of the  8080 and Z80 
>but don't think they had 6809.
>
> What there are in Russia is a lot of hackers, many of which do it for 
> money.  They probably didn't guess anyone's password, they probably used a 
> dictionary attack on admin accounts.  Everyone should make sure they use a 
> password that combines at least letters (upper and lower case) and 
> numbers.  Avoid passwords that have ever been compromised on other sites 
> as well since those get traded around once they get stolen.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> Why would the Russians be interested in trying to shut down a website 
> about
> an obsolete 8 bit system like the CoCo?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fedor Steeman" <petrander at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 6:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] country blocked
>
>
>
>>I doubt there are any CoCo-nuts in Russia. There are only a few of us in
>
>> Western Europe even, so I think you can block Russia without much 
>> worries.
>
>>
>
>> Cheers,
>
>> Fedor
>
>>
>
>> 2009/7/13 Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com>
>
>>
>
>>> If someone among us lives in Russia, could they please try to access
>
>>> coco3.com to see if it blocks you? I've been blasted by Russian attacks
>
>>> all day long and while I work on a better human-signup process, I've had
>
>>> to
>
>>> block the entire country of Russia. No offense to any one person or the
>
>>> country itself, but I see no other way right now to drastically reduce
>
>>> the
>
>>> chances of porn or spam being flooded into the forums while I'm asleep 
>>> or
>
>>> at
>
>>> work.
>
>>>
>
>>> --
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>>> Roger Taylor
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