Can anybody else get to the TrekCore website? When I try to access it, my browser puts up a password box and says access is restricted! Is it just me, is my browser hosed or something?
Can You Get to the TrekCore Site?
- Thread starter ZapBrannigan
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Same issue - funny coincidence I saw this thread. I was actually trying to get some info on the Vegas convention and was going to their site through Google. Both the live link and the cached version of the page have the "enter a password or no go" pop-up.
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I hope this is just paranoia, but could the lock-out of TrekCore be connected to the coming re-merger of Viacom and CBS? Maybe the shake-up has caused a "guard all our IP rights to the extreme"-style executive to gain influence.
Edit: no, they have a facebook page and apparently the site simply crashed:
https://www.facebook.com/Trekcore/
Edit: no, they have a facebook page and apparently the site simply crashed:
https://www.facebook.com/Trekcore/
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Thanks for the update, @ZapBrannigan (esp. as I don't use FB). I've been trying for the last day or two but keep getting that "enter ID and password" pop-up. I just thought it could be due to too much site traffic following the SDCC announcements.
I don't use facebook either, but it came up in a Google search for anything to do with TrekCore. Which is still down at this writing. I haven't slept and my hands are starting to shake. Climbing the walls here. 
Still offline this morning.
Well, still weird, anyway. It wants a username & password, which it’s never demanded in the past, which almost makes me think they’ve been link-jacked, and some Russian bots are harvesting login credentials.
Well, still weird, anyway. It wants a username & password, which it’s never demanded in the past, which almost makes me think they’ve been link-jacked, and some Russian bots are harvesting login credentials.
Maybe ransomware has encrypted the site's files, with all those screencaps. I hope not.
Looks like TrekCore is at least partially restored.
People still go there en masse for news, even though the TNG blu-ray screencaps hasn't made any progress (stuck in mid season-6 for half a decade or more by now )? Glad to see it's still up but with other sites, there's no need to keep logging back there anymore. At least from some of us who were hopeful they'd keep finishing the HD screencaps.
Anyway, editorial aside, I went to the main URL, which loaded. Went into some topic pages. Weirdly incomplete menu layout but the site isn't down. One of the merchandise pages reveals a "site is down for maintenance" (or "level 1 diagnostic in progress" above it in a much larger font) message.
)? Glad to see it's still up but with other sites, there's no need to keep logging back there anymore. At least from some of us who were hopeful they'd keep finishing the HD screencaps.Anyway, editorial aside, I went to the main URL, which loaded. Went into some topic pages. Weirdly incomplete menu layout but the site isn't down. One of the merchandise pages reveals a "site is down for maintenance" (or "level 1 diagnostic in progress" above it in a much larger font) message.
When I try to get to TrekCore.com, I get a (probably phony) "lock out" page saying:
But when I check that concept on Google, by putting "does icann take down websites who are not registered" in the search box, it comes back with:
"A: No, ICANN does not police the Internet. ICANN does not control Internet content or stop spam. ICANN works to ensure the security, stability, and interoperability of the Internet through creating fair policies and through the operation of the domain name system."
So I'm wondering if TrekCore.com has been locked up by hackers again, this time posing as ICANN, and apparently demanding info that would be useful for identity theft purposes.
It's very disturbing, because TrekCore is a tremendous resource for screen caps.
But when I check that concept on Google, by putting "does icann take down websites who are not registered" in the search box, it comes back with:
"A: No, ICANN does not police the Internet. ICANN does not control Internet content or stop spam. ICANN works to ensure the security, stability, and interoperability of the Internet through creating fair policies and through the operation of the domain name system."
So I'm wondering if TrekCore.com has been locked up by hackers again, this time posing as ICANN, and apparently demanding info that would be useful for identity theft purposes.
It's very disturbing, because TrekCore is a tremendous resource for screen caps.
Oooh, their verbiage makes me feel 4 years old again. Can't they say 'technical difficulties' or 'another server overload and this time there's no convention as a reason', etc.
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