B&H site is messed up; be careful
David_S85
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EEEEK! Just a warning. Today, B&H's site went down, and is at this moment messed up, and the site security is possibly compromised. See this thread over at DPReview:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=15175986
I just tested the shopping cart function (I don't have a BH cookie - erased the last one a month ago), and pulled up their most recent order...
No names or personal data, but who knows what else is visible to someone that has hacking on their resume.
Now, I guess it goes without saying, that this sort of thing should not happen. So, if you are about to order through them (very reputable company), I would suggest that you should call in your order for the next couple of days until they can sort all this out.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=15175986
I just tested the shopping cart function (I don't have a BH cookie - erased the last one a month ago), and pulled up their most recent order...
No names or personal data, but who knows what else is visible to someone that has hacking on their resume.
Now, I guess it goes without saying, that this sort of thing should not happen. So, if you are about to order through them (very reputable company), I would suggest that you should call in your order for the next couple of days until they can sort all this out.
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Very odd about the spanish....they usually revert to latin.
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How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
also: on the left side of the cart page, it says "hacker safe" so hopefully this is just a server glitch. but yowser, it's bad.
i emailed henryp.
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UPDATE #1. I emailed Henry also. I was able to hit a few more buttons and what I viewed was too scary to post a screenshot of. They most definately have a red alert security concern on their hands with this mess. :uhoh
UPDATE #2: Monday morning. Got a reply back from Henry Posner at B&H about the matter. They became aware of it over the weekend. Site was pulled down a second time, repaired, and is now back up. I could not duplicate the security problem from Sunday. I have pulled the above screenshot, as I promised Henry I would. All seems fine now.
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it's a good time to remind folks that b&h will be closed for the upcoming jewish holidays.
linky on their websitey
rosh hashanna, tues oct 4th and wed oct 5th
yom kippur, oct 12 (noon) 13th, 14th (noon)
succos, monday oct 17th (1pm) thru wed october 26th (yes, 9 days)
every year, people get caught off-guard with these holidays. so, plan ahead, but don't worry: if b&h is closed, dgrin flea market is open!
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Let me see my wishlists. They are gone! :cry
Let me go back to my cart and see what language I have. Ah it is English but now I have a Canon 100-400, A Konica-Minolta flash control and Konica-Minolta hand strap in there! Weird! Let me delete those.
Haha now I have that roll of film back in there again. Delete! Now I have a Pelican foam refill. Hey I can use that. But I better wait, they are indeed very hacked up.
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cheers and david, thanks for the heads up.
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And, as a B&H customer myself, I am happy to report that I could not duplicate the problem that they had yesterday. All seems fine now.
As I promised Henry, I will pull down the linked screenshots above, as well as others that I would never dare post in a public forum.
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thanks henry. now, about the b&h champagne room idea??? where do we stand on that
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When I got back from work yesterday, I found a long note (written by Mrs. David_S85) that one of the web team staff had called me at home to explain the situation as it occured on Sunday and to reassure me that everything was now fixed. They were sorry for the problems, admitted they really were as people were reporting them on the forums (didn't gloss over it at all). There is a new security layer in place, and an automatic shutdown of the site if anything gets strange again in the future.
I should say that I didn't ask anyone to call. They just did this on their own.
Man, that's service!
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