Question:
Has your photobucket been hacked by the # NetDevilz # ? If so what browser do you use? Is Photobucket aware?
.:: Itami ::.
2008-06-17 16:58:56 UTC
Some photobucket users are experiencing a gray screen with a Turkish Hacking site's 'clever' trick. Do not flame on them because they are Turkish, there are hackers that are from the U.S. and other parts of the world as well. How many others are experiencing, and do you use IE, Firefox, or another browser? If so...please e-mail support@photobucket.com with your concerns, and if anyone has gotten a response, or when this will probally be fixed, and if it is possible to just wait it out.
38 answers:
slowclimber
2008-06-18 11:24:25 UTC
The problem is NOT fixed, and Photobucket WAS hacked. Please see http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1285



This is being reported around the world. As of right now (2:22pm EST Wednesday 18 July) the issue still exists. I have personally attempted resolving the site using a number of different public DNS servers in addition to our Enterprise solution. All fail. Photoshop.com resolves to the hackers ISP. forms.photoshop.com doesn't resolve whatsoever.



support@photobucket.com does not and has not responded to any emails that I'm aware of - including the one I sent.
postalhistory
2008-06-18 11:39:46 UTC
As of June 18 AM, Photobucket is still being redirected to Atspace.com. Image links do not work. Links from the Photobucket page at Wikipedia that are supposed to go to Photobucket do not work either.
Spooky
2008-06-18 19:21:01 UTC
Yes, this happened to me yesterday...after the redirect my computer and Internet had some minor issues, so I ran an anti-virus anti-spy-ware scan ... sure enough, after this took place I was infected with a backdoor Trojan called backdoor.bifrose. Its a very nasty Trojan. After hours of running stuff and manually deleting things I (think) I got rid of it. Wallah! photobucket works again. After all of this, I went on photobuckets forums to post a warning about this happening, but the admins there continually shut down, locked, and deleted my posts.

I told them that if they weren't going to release a formal statement about the potential risk to all the users affected by the redirect...the least they could do was to allow users to warn each other on the forums. Their reply was that I'd made my statement, and if anyone had anything else to say on the subject that it should be emailed to photobucket ...where I'm sure it will be read and deleted along with 4 thousand similar emails. Bottom line, photobucket doesn't care about the security of its users. Perhaps if they'd handled it differently they could be forgiven for their lack of secure servers...but the fact that they censor warnings about potential risks to peoples computers and sensitive information on them is ridiculous.



There are two sites discussing this issue... the first one I'll list gives steps on getting your photobucket to work again (if you weren't infected.) The other is a general discussion on it at ZDnet.... My suggestion to anyone affected by this, run a deep scan w/anti-virus and a deep scan w/more than one antispyware programs...just to be safe.



Photobucket hacked - and how not to handle your customers when you get hacked! http://www.thatdanny.com/2008/06/18/photobucket-hacked-and-how-not-to-handle-your-customers-when-you-get-hacked/



Photobucket’s DNS records hijacked by Turkish hacking group http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1285
Smiley
2008-06-17 18:13:26 UTC
I use both IE and Firefox. It seemed to effect both.

This just happened to me several times in the last hour while trying to log into my Photobucket account. I did a system restore to an earlier date, and I'm now running a scan. Since I've restored I haven't had the NetDevilz problem, and can log into my Photobucket account without any interference.



*Edit - I'm the person Darth Maul is referring to in his answer above.
Jessica
2008-06-19 11:47:22 UTC
I can get into my photobucket, but I can hardly any images posted from other photobuckets to external sites such as livejournal. Sometimes they're there, more often not.



I use a mac and Safari, but my friend using IE on windows is having the same problems.
huncaluvsdolls
2008-06-18 13:43:13 UTC
I'm with vzavenue.net, and as yet, we cannot access Photobucket from any of our five computers. I've cleared the dns cache on my laptop, and I've re-set our modem, but we still can't get there from here. My husband CAN access my account from his work computer, so what that means, and how long it will take to resolve, I have no idea. My pics are all still there, fine and intact; I just can't get to them via our ISP. Thank goodness, there's PictureTrail, for in the meantime.



What a headache! and no one ever seems to be able to help. Very frustrating.
Kathy in WV
2008-06-17 17:30:27 UTC
Yes, for the last half hour or so the images hosted on photobucket have been coming and going & some have been gone the entire time. I have tried with both IE & Firefox & get the same results. I'll email PB support as suggested, I guess.
Bitsy Bee
2008-06-17 18:54:47 UTC
They've got me too.

What I find weird is how selective it is.

A couple of my friends have had no problems with their photobucket.

IE, Firefox and Flock, none of those browsers show photobucket, for me at least.
That Danny
2008-06-18 05:29:26 UTC
See the full story in this article:



http://www.thatdanny.com/2008/06/18/photobucket-hacked-and-how-not-to-handle-your-customers-when-you-get-hacked/



Photobucket haven't said anything formally but it looks pretty clear that it was a dns hack.



In this article you also get a technical explanation at the bottom of what a dns hack is.
tchafe1978
2008-06-18 08:34:10 UTC
I still can't get into Photobucket. At least now I got all my graphics back on my MySpace and other profile pages. Anyone know how long this is suppose to last??
Pauley P
2008-06-18 06:57:25 UTC
Photobucket itself was not "hacked". It's a DNS issue. They didn't get into accounts. B^P



They know all about it you can read it on their forums.
DC
2008-06-18 07:49:23 UTC
You can't read about it on the forums if you can't get into the PB site. Is there something we need to do or just sit back and wait for PB to take care of it?



Why is it only affecting some people and not everyone?
Lynn L
2008-06-18 09:22:19 UTC
Mine is still screwed up - the main photobucket page does not exist for me, and is now redirecting to atspace.com - originally it was to Turkish group - nor does my bucket, nor can I see anyone's pictures in their buckets... I am totally sick of this stuff.
2008-06-17 18:03:19 UTC
Apparently photobucket staff is now fixing the problem. You should all be able to use your account soon.
Riot
2008-06-17 18:26:34 UTC
i'm on a mac; another thread i read says this may be affecting mac users more heavily than PC, and i can access photobucket from my PC. it's a new mac; i don't have a place to restore to. what should i be scanning for? is this a problem on my end or theirs?
2016-03-15 03:53:28 UTC
GET UR FACTS STRAIGHT! The DNS was changed. Nobody got into PB the hackers are lame. They got nothing.They did not get into Pbucket. Nobody lost anything. All it was that happened is they got a few people redirected to a wrong site. You can read about it all over the place.
2008-06-17 18:08:17 UTC
What a bunch of Flaming *****!! I have a Friend that was just hacked by these F-ing Yahoos!!



Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
daisyissogorgeous
2008-06-18 07:28:08 UTC
Just go to this site it explains everything http://www.thatdanny.com/2008/06/18/photobucket-hacked-and-how-not-to-handle-your-customers-when-you-get-hacked/
beccawolf
2008-06-17 17:30:52 UTC
It appears photobucket as a domain has been hacked. I'm sure they are aware of it and will fix it asap.
Jacob S
2008-06-18 19:35:09 UTC
I'm still getting problems!! I get the same thing Caylee is getting, Any suggestions on a specific Anti-virus program to check and see if I got one or something?
Caylee
2008-06-18 19:00:08 UTC
ughhh.

they hacked mine. and now it isnt the gray screen anymore, but it keeps changing from a thing like "make your own website"

and another page that says stuff "from photobucket" (i dont believe it ha)

saying that they got hacked, and that they are trying to fix it.
emo kitty
2008-06-17 18:05:36 UTC
Well now when i type in photobucket, it sends me to atspace.com!! T^T im so sad
The Black Barn 11
2008-06-17 17:52:19 UTC
Same problem for the last half hour...I don't think emailing photobucket is going to help... ...my photo links are broken...I hope they also fix that soon!
Chris B
2008-06-17 17:42:26 UTC
Yeah I am having the same issues....I am in Texas....I have tried for the past 2 hours and the grey screen comes up...I hope I dont lose my pictures as well.
estrella21306
2008-06-20 13:33:26 UTC
It has finally been fixed for me. I think it was taking a little longer for Comcast users in CA. If you are still having problems either clear your DNS cache or call your ISP and they can usually clear it up for you, or tell you when it will reset.
Dsc
2008-06-17 17:46:42 UTC
Yes i am hacked on photoucket and I am gonna hunt down this ***** and beat the living crap out of them! Even if I have to fly all across the world to find them I will find them!!!! :@ :@ :@
2008-06-17 17:45:09 UTC
Same thing is happening I'm using IE
Skirt s
2008-06-17 17:42:12 UTC
It's going on and off.



I got in for a couple minutes, it goes off, I get on, it goes off.



They keep attacking it.
Mish
2008-06-18 12:37:50 UTC
the same here, i tried to log in yesterday and again today but the problem continues, I use IE, and i dont want to lose my uploads T^T
CC
2008-06-17 19:21:38 UTC
Something's not right... why does it work for some ppl and not others?
cngochan
2008-06-18 00:30:51 UTC
oh my god, i hv just posted the same question in Yahoo Vietnam. :( I search around Google, and i saw your question. I hv problem as same as you. :( I hate hacker. I dont want to lose all my picture :((
Laura D
2008-06-18 09:23:43 UTC
Do we have an estimated time for the problem being solved?
Kiko
2008-06-18 10:40:08 UTC
Mine's still messed up, only it keeps redirecting me to http://www.atspace.com/dedicated-web-server-hosting-domain-articles-news/seo.html
2008-06-17 17:29:24 UTC
im from Argentina and i have the same problem :S i dont want to lose my pics T_T buaaa :(

they are very important for me :( T_T

i hate hackers :( they destroy memories :(
2008-06-17 17:39:01 UTC
i sure hope they fix it soon. i can't lose those photos, my computer sucks enough as it is, and i've already lost all my photos twice :(
2008-06-18 13:04:32 UTC
It directs me to AtSpace.com?
roseann.davenport
2008-06-17 18:39:43 UTC
Yep, I got the same Turkish bullshit! Pissed as hell!
mizzsactown21
2008-06-18 18:00:32 UTC
mine is not fixed yet and its been 2 days..! it redirects me to atspace.com


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