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12-11-2009, 10:27 AM
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I just got this email from them:
Dear Harmony Central member,
Thank you for your participation in the Harmony Central community. We are writing to inform you of an incident that took place on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, and to suggest some steps you may consider in response.
What Happened.
Someone without authorization temporarily gained access to the Harmony Central site. That person or persons also gained access to our stored member information, which includes e-mail addresses. If you have provided us with other information, like your date of birth, we have also stored that information. Our stored information also includes member passwords, which are protected by multiple levels of encryption.
Our Response.
Our team stopped this intrusion. We are working hard to further improve the security of the Harmony Central site. We regret that this incident has caused the site to go offline temporarily. We also regret any concern that this incident may cause you.
What You Can Do.
As noted above, our stored passwords are protected by multiple levels of encryption. However, out of an abundance of caution, we recommend that you reset your password as soon as Harmony Central is available.
Also, as always, please remain cautious when responding to e-mail communications. Please remember – no one from Harmony Central will ever ask you for your password or log-in information. No one from Harmony Central will ask you for a credit card number, or Social Security number, or anything of the sort. If you ever receive any message supposedly from Harmony Central asking for that or any personal information, note the sender, delete the email immediately, restart your computer, and alert us to the situation. Never click on any links or attachments contained in an email of this type.
We appreciate your patience, and expect to have the site back up soon.
Sincerely,
Your Harmony Central Team 
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12-11-2009, 10:31 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | yeah, i saw that. yikes.
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12-11-2009, 10:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: VA Beach | | | I got it too. Seriously not cool |
12-11-2009, 10:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Grand Rapids MI | | | Got it too. While I don't like it I appreciate that they didn't try to hide it. No one is mistake free.
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12-11-2009, 10:53 AM
| | | | It's just the username and password right? I don't remember giving them anything other info. |
12-11-2009, 10:55 AM
|  | Will work for groove | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown, OH | | | I got it too. Hopefully they get the issue resolved quickly. I don't remember what I had over there since I've not been on that site in quite a while. So sad that these kinds of things are even a problem nowdays.
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12-11-2009, 10:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Horsham, Pa | | | It's scary how vulnerable we are these days. Everything is done online, shopping, banking, etc; yet, networks are completely exposed.
I know some people who hack just for the fun. They don't do any damage. They just do it to see if they can get in places. It's remarkable how easy it is for them most times.
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12-11-2009, 02:27 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Cave Passive Pedals | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Sydney, Oz | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tycobb73 I appreciate that they didn't try to hide it. | They've actually hidden it for 3 days. Their Twitter feed since the site went down has described the outage as "maintenance" with no mention of a hacking. Quote:
# HC site down 4 emergency maintenance. We're on it & will update as soon as we're back online. 10:00 AM Dec 9th from txt
# We're still performing urgent maintenance measures on HC. Please bear with us while we sort this out. Thanks for your patience. -The HC Team 6:47 PM Dec 9th from web
# We're in Day 2 of our thorough maintenance effort. The IT team is working non-stop to get us back. Thanks for your continued patience. -HC 4:36 AM Dec 10th from web
# It's Day 3 of our maintenance effort. Yeah, it's serious to be offline for 3 days, and that fact is not lost on us. We're working on it! Thx about 9 hours ago from web
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12-11-2009, 05:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: WA State | | | I just checked, and got it too
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12-12-2009, 10:21 AM
|  | Now 10% Less Offensive! | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska | | Yeah, I got it too.
AAAAGH!!!
So incredibly PO'd right now! 
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12-12-2009, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by jmac It's scary how vulnerable we are these days. Everything is done online, shopping, banking, etc; yet, networks are completely exposed.
I know some people who hack just for the fun. They don't do any damage. They just do it to see if they can get in places. It's remarkable how easy it is for them most times. | What's also scary is how easy it is to find information online about people, especially contact information 
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12-13-2009, 04:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Columbus, OH | | | I'm amazed that the site is STILL down. How else can I check for user reviews of gear? ARGH! |
12-13-2009, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by eboe I'm amazed that the site is STILL down. How else can I check for user reviews of gear? ARGH! | if only there was some sort of website where musicians could talk about bass, equipment, and other music related riff raff 
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12-13-2009, 04:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Columbus, OH | | | you know what I mean, a nice organized database of reviews. that thing is easy to take for granted until it's not there for 5 days. |
12-13-2009, 04:56 PM
| | Will work for groove | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown, OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by eboe you know what I mean, a nice organized database of reviews. that thing is easy to take for granted until it's not there for 5 days. | You do realize we have one of our own, right?
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12-13-2009, 10:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: MD | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EagleMoon You do realize we have one of our own, right? | Yeah, but it's too nice here. I miss the carnage (HCAF).
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12-13-2009, 10:14 PM
| | Will work for groove | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown, OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CertifiedLurker Yeah, but it's too nice here. I miss the carnage (HCAF). | Well, with this latest fiasco it looks like there's more than one kind of carnage going on now. 
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12-14-2009, 12:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Rio de Janeiro | | | Such a pity... I really like HC...
The strangest thing, though, is that "scheduled maintenance" sign.
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12-17-2009, 12:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Columbus, OH | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EagleMoon You do realize we have one of our own, right? | Umm, I seem to have missed that... perhaps I should click on that "reviews" link up top, lol!  |
12-17-2009, 12:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Palm Harbor, Florida | | | even though Harmony Central is back, you could have accessed the reviews from google search by hitting the "cached" button on the search results. That's what I was using while they were down, worked fine.
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