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category national | sci-tech | news report author Thursday March 06, 2008 16:16author by ANM Report this post to the editors

Politics.ie, the popular internet discussion chat board, has been taken offline in what is said to be a serious hacking incident. Users of the site complained that personal information and private messages had been hacked into earlier this week, and some also complained that their avatars (the colourful flag or party emblem they use to indentify each other) had been changed without their permission.

Yesterday at lunchtime the site stopped loading onto users' computers, with all requests timing out. People have speculated that productivity in certain government departments has since shot up.
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It's even being claimed that partners of the predominantly male users of the site are receiving more attention than usual, although talk of a "politics.ie blackout baby boom" might somewhat premature.

The owner of the site, Mr. David Cochrane, runs it in a whimsical fashion, banning users and moderating according to his own views.

He is employed by the right-wing anti-Lisbon Treaty group Libertas, and has used the site as a platform to publicise anti-Treaty arguments. Cochrane was recently featured in an article in Phoenix Magazine.

The site is enormously popular, and has many devoted users. A recent real-world meet up in a bar in County Dublin attracted more than a hundred people. Some users, however, have been less than happy with the site, with many arguments raging about treatment of discussions on immigration issues, gay rights, the Mahon tribunal, etc. A longtime technical manager of politics.ie left recently, and there have been fierce rows about bullying and underhand tactics in moderation.

Many political parties (notably the Greens) use the site to leak information, and others use the anonymity of the bulletin board forum to plant rumours and smear opponents. A genuine hacking attempt may be a cause for concern among users who may not want their private details, such as personal email addresses etc, to be made public.

Other internet bulletin boards have seen "refugees" from Politics.ie joining and attempting to replicate the distinctive atmosphere of the board in new locations, with varying success.

Related Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Politics.ie
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 #   Title   Author   Date 
 1   politics.live     Slartibuckfast    Thu Mar 06, 2008 19:23 
 2   .     Slartibuckfast    Thu Mar 06, 2008 19:26 
 3   hacked by the looks of things     maintenance    Thu Mar 06, 2008 19:33 
 4   And you to     cropbeye    Thu Mar 06, 2008 19:37 
 5   .     Slartibuckfast    Thu Mar 06, 2008 19:49 
 6   boreds.ie??     daily reader    Thu Mar 06, 2008 19:49 
 7   Hacking?     Pidge    Fri Mar 07, 2008 01:09 
 8   serious     Arnie    Fri Mar 07, 2008 01:17 
 9   Seriousness     Pidge    Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:32 
 10   Manners?     Wal    Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:45 
 11   Politics.ie down     FutureTaoiseach    Sat Mar 08, 2008 16:19 
 12   probably the glue.     theology student    Sat Mar 08, 2008 16:25 
 13   refugee issues     Slartibuckfast    Sat Mar 08, 2008 18:42 
 14   Phoenix goes out     Starkadder    Sun Mar 09, 2008 17:00 
 15   Politics.ie down     Rocky    Mon Mar 10, 2008 01:24 
 16   still offline     bad to worser    Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:01 
 17   sic     dr. grammaticus    Mon Mar 10, 2008 14:33 
 18   bored     Les    Mon Mar 10, 2008 16:14 
 19   P.ie     Starkadder    Mon Mar 10, 2008 18:12 
 20   Eminence Grise     Ard-Taoiseach    Mon Mar 10, 2008 19:17 
 21   fool me once     beal na blaith    Mon Mar 10, 2008 20:50 
 22   Boards.ie     bogwarrior    Mon Mar 10, 2008 20:55 
 23   Access To PM's     Frank    Mon Mar 10, 2008 21:07 
 24   If...     Starkadder    Mon Mar 10, 2008 21:08 
 25   moderators     john    Mon Mar 10, 2008 21:11 
 26   hacked off     jim hacker    Tue Mar 11, 2008 14:23 
 27   To john     Frank    Tue Mar 11, 2008 17:00 
 28   To John and Frank     Conor    Tue Mar 11, 2008 20:48 
 29   conor     on the one road    Tue Mar 11, 2008 21:19 
 30   Politics.ie     Rocky    Wed Mar 12, 2008 01:07 
 31   Politics.ie     steve    Wed Mar 12, 2008 09:19 
 32   IPs mean nothing really     saoirse    Wed Mar 12, 2008 09:29 
 33   IP addresses     os    Wed Mar 12, 2008 13:05 
 34   Smiffy     Steve    Wed Mar 12, 2008 13:34 
 35   hacking and security     I-spy    Wed Mar 12, 2008 16:24 
 36   Sheesh     Chekov    Wed Mar 12, 2008 16:43 
 37   i spy     on the one road    Wed Mar 12, 2008 16:46 
 38   smiffy     Conor    Wed Mar 12, 2008 16:47 
 39   ip address's     on the one road    Wed Mar 12, 2008 16:54 
 40   on the one road     I-spy    Wed Mar 12, 2008 17:14 
 41   FAO Conor     Frank    Wed Mar 12, 2008 18:04 
 42   Last warning     Chekov    Wed Mar 12, 2008 18:09 
 43   Smiffy     Frank    Wed Mar 12, 2008 18:26 
 44   zionist posters     kevin murphy    Wed Mar 12, 2008 18:47 
 45   beal na blaith     Don    Wed Mar 12, 2008 19:31 
 46   Frank, apparently     Conor    Wed Mar 12, 2008 21:02 
 47   re i spy     ON THE ONE ROAD    Wed Mar 12, 2008 21:09 
 48   refugee camps     croppyboy    Thu Mar 13, 2008 13:19 
 49   Conor, apparently     Frank    Thu Mar 13, 2008 14:20 
 50   No P.ie     cactus flower    Thu Mar 13, 2008 17:36 
 51   .     Slartibuckfast    Thu Mar 13, 2008 20:19 
 52   Alternative Easter Proc     Slartibuckfast    Fri Mar 14, 2008 08:51 
 53   .     Slartibuckfast    Fri Mar 14, 2008 08:55 
 54   P.ie withdrawals     Code Twinkle    Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:44 
 55   Lisbon     Will    Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:54 
 56   When the going gets tough...     Marlboro Man    Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:05 
 57   What timeline is this ?     Egbert    Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:45 
 58   A Proclamation For Modern Ireland     Frank    Fri Mar 14, 2008 13:19 
 59   The wandering tribes of Politics.ie     Refugee    Fri Mar 14, 2008 17:00 
 60   Sinn Féin     Cael    Fri Mar 14, 2008 19:08 
 61   .     Slartibuckfast    Sat Mar 15, 2008 09:11 
 62   Must do better.     bogwarrior    Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:08 
 63   .     Slartibuckfast    Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:14 
 64   Slartibuckfast is wrong     factual    Sat Mar 15, 2008 15:56 
 65   .     Slartibuckfast    Sun Mar 16, 2008 09:58 
 66   Slartibuckfast is wrong     factual    Sun Mar 16, 2008 15:50 
 67   Thread has slid off-topic     Rahood    Sun Mar 16, 2008 17:24 
 68   PSF Window Dressing     Cael    Sun Mar 16, 2008 17:27 
 69   .     Slartibuckfast    Sun Mar 16, 2008 19:32 
 70   cheeky monkey not humourous in the slightest     Joe Beazley    Sun Mar 16, 2008 20:32 
 71   .     Slartibuckfast    Sun Mar 16, 2008 21:23 
 72   embarassed for you now     Joe Beazly    Sun Mar 16, 2008 21:39 
 73   .     Slartibuckfast    Sun Mar 16, 2008 21:44 
 74   .     Slartibuckfast    Sun Mar 16, 2008 22:18 
 75   Any word from DC?     alonso    Mon Mar 17, 2008 16:11 
 76   slartibuckfast is wrong     factual    Mon Mar 17, 2008 18:43 
 77   Kidnapped     Georgina    Mon Mar 17, 2008 22:18 
 78   Argh!     Ard-Taoiseach    Mon Mar 17, 2008 23:58 
 79   .     Slartibuckfast    Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:01 
 80   Back with this message     pie eyed    Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:09 
 81   So,     Politcs, that is    Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:57 
 82   Dr. Grammaticus     Sean    Tue Mar 18, 2008 17:19 
 83   restriction on discussing Bertie     careful now    Sun Mar 30, 2008 01:38 
 84   defamation law     eagle    Sun Mar 30, 2008 08:56 
 85   why now?     snowman    Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:30 
 86   not bad, not bad, that site was not too bad...Yeah     mouseatron    Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:36 
 87   Gagged!     Bart    Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:52 
 88   Rubbish rubbish rubbish     mouseatron    Sun Mar 30, 2008 13:46 
 89   P.ie down again?     Starkadder    Sun Mar 30, 2008 17:41 
 90   Who is hacking it now?     Minne Mouse    Fri May 09, 2008 09:22 
 91   politics.ie down     azt    Tue Sep 30, 2008 19:19 


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