Musings and Snippets from a recently retired JP. I served for 31 years, mostly in west London. I was Chairman of my Bench for some years, and a member of the National Bench Chairmen's Forum All cases are based on real ones, but anonymised and composited. All opinions are those of one or more individuals. JPs swear to enforce the law of the land, whether or not they approve of it. Nothing on here constitutes legal advice.
Friday, July 26, 2013
Website Woes
The Magistrates' Association website has been offline for a few days, and it turns out that it was hacked earlier in the week. Now why would anyone bother?
But they wouldn't need to hack into their own web forum, BS! It's usually outsiders who hack in... Rumour has it that you were outed on the site by a member of your bench.
Posts are pre-moderated. Please bear with us if this takes a little time, but the number of bores and obsessives was getting out of hand, as were the fake comments advertising rubbish.
To find out your real identity, perhaps?
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Most of the senior management know anyway.
ReplyDeleteThere are those who hack just for the hell of it. The internet has so much anonymity it's hard to trace the culprits.
ReplyDeleteBut they wouldn't need to hack into their own web forum, BS! It's usually outsiders who hack in... Rumour has it that you were outed on the site by a member of your bench.
ReplyDeleteIt weren't me. I never said nuffin. Honest guv.
ReplyDeleteA 21st century alternative to scrawling poorly-spelt graffiti on lavatory walls?
ReplyDeleteDo I detect a tinge of jealousy? Hmei7 only targets high profile sites...
ReplyDeleteYou may find that this site has had rather more traffic than the MA site in recent years!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, the MA site is back online.
Repeatedly, by the same 12 people!
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