Did someone hack into fivethiryeight.com??

[Shine]

:shrug:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/
I'm only getting a Google page when I check it. Is this happening to anybody else??

It's weird cuz the guy from this site was on KO tonite, basing his current projection of a BIG Obama win, with something like 5:1 odds.

and now I can't get the site to come up.

Coincidence, or not? Hmmm.... What's going on???

[Frustratedlady]

1. I was on it half an hour ago, but it gives me a Google page now.

Maybe they are doing something to it? I don't know.

[Indiana_Dem]

2. I got on the website but there NO COMMENTS from 12:30am's posting.

I thought that was weird. And there was no more posts since yesterday morning at that time.

[BlooInBloo]

3. Works fine for me....

But by all means leap to the most extreme possible explanation when given the world's smallest amount of reason.

EDIT: Did it occur to you, for example, that maybe the site is getting a lot of hits because he was just on the teevee?

[NYC_SKP]

7. I've never seen that happen to any site...

I'd get a "server busy" message, but not be sent to Google.

Odd, too, that it works for some of you, but not for me or the poster.

I don't know why it is...

[BlooInBloo]

14. (shrug) Could be the person's default search page is set thus-and-so...

Or a variety of other reasons. None but the least likely having anything to do with hacking. Despite how sensational it sounds.

[Shine]

18. LET"S GET KO ON THIS IMMEDIATELY!!!

commence official FREAK OUT MODE!!! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!! :rofl:

:sarcasm:

[NYC_SKP]

23. I don't think it's hacking, but the isp could be redirecting.

I've got fivethirtyeight pages in my history that now take me to Google.

I've tried it in Firefox and Safari, and still get the Google.

:wtf:

[Shine]

26. I know, it's fuckin' weird, isn't it??

:crazy: keeps happening to me, too.

[NYC_SKP]

28. And the URL displayed is "www.fivethirtyeight.com", not "www.google.com"

So it's not a redirect of the sort I'm used to.

What's weirder still is that some members aren't having the problem.

[Shine]

33. Yeah, the URL display threw me off, too.

it said "fivethirtyeight.com" but was on a google page.

I agree it's weird that some members aren't having this problem.

This technical problem is above my pay grade.

[Shine]

I'm sure you're right and they're getting a lot of hits, but why a Google page?

that seems a bit odd.

Strangely, when I entered "fivethirtyeight" on the google page that came up, it ACTUALLY came up....once.

and then it went back to Google page. Weird. :crazy:

[Clio the Leo]

16. The DNS servers could have been redirected to Google....

.... but if someone were going to hack it, why to Google? That's too harmless ....... why not McCain's website or Freerepublic?

[Shine]

22. Once you start talking about servers you're waaay over my head.

LOL. but I get the gist of what you're sayin'.

I agree. It's weird. Probable not intentional.

[Clio the Leo]

30. sorry.......

For example, you can set up any website so that if someone types in www.barackobama.com it will actually take you to www.ournextpresident.com .... this is fairly common and is set up by sites that have multiple domain names but they want them to all forward to one main site.

So if someone gained access to fivehthirtyeight.com's account and changed the instruction (so to speak) then when we type in the URL, it will automatically go to Google.

But that begs my question .... if you're gonna hack into something, why send folks to somewhere harmless?

[BlooInBloo]

21. It could be a few things, none of them interesting except one.

[NYC_SKP]

4. WOW! Very odd indeed.... nt

[chknltl]

5. Link works fine for me...cool link, Thanks nt

[Az]

6. Link is good.

May have been a flood due to the appearance on KO.

[NYC_SKP]

11. It does not work for me, it is a mystery... I go to 538 every day. Went tonight...

...now it sends me to google.

[vanderBeth]

8. I'm getting the Google page too.

[billyoc]

9. I got the google english home page too.

[backscatter712]

10. Just worked for me.

Probably mundane technical difficulties - nothing to worry about.

[DemFromMem]

12. Same

After Nate's appearance on KO tonight, I wonder if someone decided to take revenge.

[NYC_SKP]

19. It works for some, not for others. That is a mystery, I wonder...

If it has to do with which isp we use.

I have sbcglobal/yahoo, part of ATT.

And it goes to Google.

[SeattleGirl]

13. Works for me. n/t

[AmericanUnity]

15. May have just gotten too much traffic because of the KO appearance

[PBS Poll-435]

17. Works for me. Woohoo on VA, FL, NC and IN, though

[TahitiNut]

20. Works fine. (Couldbe your ISP's DNS is hacked or rooted.)

:shrug:

[PBS Poll-435]

25. Hey TN!

It has been a very long time.

:D

[woolldog]

24. It's not working for me either?

[PufPuf23]

27. I just tried and get Google nt

[PBS Poll-435]

32. That is very weird. Do a ....

tracert to www.cnn.com

or any other widely accessed web page.

Your ISP or even your computer might be infected with a "redirect" pirate.

[BlooInBloo]

29. It might give a clue if everybody getting Google would also say what part of the country ur in.

[NYC_SKP]

31. Using ATT dsl, in Northern California nt

[Shine]

34. I'm on the central coast of CA.

:hi:

[NYC_SKP]

37. Howdy neighbor!

I just did a little roadtrip up the coast this summer beginning in Jenner and then right up into Oregon.

Probably waved at ya!

:hi:

[Shine]

38. We're in the Santa Cruz mountains

in the beautiful Monterey Bay....
:hi:

I'm sure you had a nice road trip. Gorgeous country...

[NYC_SKP]

35. The site is LOCKED. See this comment from GD.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4140239&mesg_id=4140247

Now that's weird.

[Shine]

39. Things are getting stranger and stranger....

here, have some tin foil. :evilgrin:

[Clio the Leo]

42. yeah, is THIS the time for us to all go down to our bunkers....

.... I am craving Spam anyway.

[NYC_SKP]

45. I hope you have plenty of batteries and duct tape.

I think this is the "big one"!

[Clio the Leo]

48. no, I had the big one last night. NT

[Clio the Leo]

40. yep and if you try to access any other page on the site...

.... a listing of which is here........

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+site:fivethirtyeight.com+fivethirtyeight.com&sa=X&oi=smap&resnum=1&ct=more-results

they are "not found on this server."

My theory is the host server got overloaded from too much traffic. So this Google redirection is a ..... ya know ....... circuit breaker thingy.

[BlooInBloo]

44. All other links on the page work fine for me.

[Clio the Leo]

47. the pages are prob. cached.....

If you use Explorer, go to "tools" then "internet options" then under "browsing history" click "settings" if unless you have "every time I visit a webpage" checked, then your pages are cached and you're not getting the most up to date stuff.

[BlooInBloo]

49. No they're fucking not. I know how to fucking use fucking browsers. Sheesh.

Why is it so goddamn impossible for you people to believe that NOT EVERYONE IS EXPERIENCING THIS?

Sheesh.

[BlooInBloo]

43. No it's not "locked"... It appears to be a google-owned site, however...

Judging from the fact that its comments are via Blogger.

[blogslut]

65. That's the domain that's locked

Entirely diffent thing. That means that a domain can't be transferred without the owner's permission.

The problem is with Blogger.com hosting. Blogger.com is owned by Google. Blogger.com has got a bug or some shit going on.

[TxBlue]

36. N of Dallas, ATT aircard getting google page

[PBS Poll-435]

41. ATT, North Texas

I am on Uverse.

Do you think that makes a difference?

[tpi10d]

46. google here

Maybe some ISPs are caching the site.

Wonder if they (538) exceeded bandwidth they paid for?

[PBS Poll-435]

52. I am on ATT "Uverse"

Do you think that makes a difference?

[NYC_SKP]

60. I think it's a bandwidth issue that had regional differences in reactions....

...and Google handles the account so that any locking defaults to the Google page.

Either that or its a Rovian Trap!

[Clio the Leo]

50. great, how will we ever know who won the election? NT

[woolldog]

51. I have ATT and am getting the google page.

Darn. 538 is one of my favorite sites :(

[PBS Poll-435]

54. Try "I69.com"

:rofl:

[Stardust]

53. Los Angeles area here ... sent to Google. Damn.

x(

[tpi10d]

57. they probably exceeded bandwidth limit

and after Nate picks up the tab all will be OK.

[MgtPA]

55. Verizon FIOS in Philly displays Google page

[AkFemDem]

56. GCI in Alaska, I have the correct 538 page showing.

[BlooInBloo]

58. The site is NOW down for me (Seattle) IT'S AN ENTIRE BLOGGER ISSUE.

It wasn't before - doh - hope they get it back up soon.

It happens to blogger frequently, unfortunately.

Try http://www.eschatonblog.com/, for example.

[NYC_SKP]

59. You broke it. You broke the Internet.

I'm telling.

[cottonseed]

61. I wonder if both these sites sit on the same server.

A traceroute basically walks the same path, they both return on ip 64.233.179.121.

[WHAT]

62. I can't get mudflats tonight...

http://www.themudflats.net/

this is what comes-up...

Apologies, due to excessive traffic in the realms of Denial of Service, this web site is temporally unavailable.

the mudflat site links to 538

I don't understand this stuff, but I thought it might help someone who does understand more. I think denial of service is too many hits at once...the mudflats had an article on troopergate

??

on edit...it's working again

[No Elephants]

63. I've had it saved to Favorites since the primaries ended. It is not working at 2:59 a.m.

Eastern Time, a time when the site is not very likely to be experiencing peak traffic. I feel so bereft. I checked that site at least once a day.

This is what I get when I click on my Favorites

Google
Error


Not Found
The requested URL /search/label/today%27s%20polls was not found on this server.

[FreeState]

64. Its a problem with Google Blogs (fivethirtyeight.com is one) - AmericaBlog is down too nt

[Thegonagle]

66. Hmmn, musta been haqed.

I was reading there a few minutes ago, but returned to DU, and now this is going on. I'm sure it will be fixed by mid-morning at the latest, and that assumes the site's main administrators have gone to bed now and normally sleep nights. (If they don't sleep nights, it will be fixed sooner.)

[MadrasT]

67. 4:00 a.m. EDT and I got in.

Hmmm.

[GrizzlyMan]

68. I had the same problem

[Codeine]

69. Fixed now. nt

[angryvoter]

70. I was able to get to it. Awesome!!!!!!!!!

:party: this is awesome keep kicking it

[MgtPA]

71. Fixed in Philly (Verizon FIOS)