Correct terminology

[Josiah]

The unfortunate attack on this website earlier today was referred to as a "spam attack". Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the website was "hacked" and hacker(s) then perpetrated various forms of mischief?

 

[AZ Jim]

The unfortunate attack on this website earlier today was referred to as a "spam attack". Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the website was "hacked" and hacker(s) then perpetrated various forms of mischief?

No Josh. This attack was from a member who joined, spammed and then was banned. A hack would mean attacking without joining by means of exploiting the forum platform.

 

[Josiah]

The two member user names I saw were periwinkleblue and juan tang, were they the perpetrators?

 

[Ameriscot]

Yes. But very likely they/he/she were here with another user name before being banned.

 

[AZ Jim]

The less we make of it on the board the better.