Hey Karen!
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Printed Date: July 20 2025 at 3:54pm
Topic: Hey Karen!
Posted By: Ingrid16
Subject: Hey Karen!
Date Posted: December 25 2002 at 8:15am
Hi Karen-
GREAT job on cleaning the site up and getting things back together after that malicious and horribly offensive attack yesterday. :) :) :)
I was really upset when I got here and found everything trashed and all of those hideous things written here. All the best of luck tracking down those fiends and nailing them- hope they end up in jail or something!
Have a wonderful and magical holiday and thanx for keeping up the great work. We appreciate it! :)
Tons of love and blessings,
Ingrid16
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If I had wings then I could take you in
I'd stay on the ground and show you some things
The grass is strewn with blades of gold
all sights and sounds I have been told
all hopes, desires, seem to sing
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Posted By: Isla Q.
Date Posted: December 25 2002 at 10:11am
I second that!
Happy holidays everybody!
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Posted By: Karen Shelton
Date Posted: December 25 2002 at 10:52am
Hi Ingrid & Isla Q,
Thank you for your kind words & your support. The goal of the hackers was to completely take down and destroy the HB Messageboards and the message threads that so many people posted to. The hack not only was designed to hurt HB but the many hundreds of people who visit here everyday. If everyone understands that and ignores it as much as possible and keeps right on posting, the hackers have in essence done nothing to all of us who enjoy visiting and posting here.
Jeff and I have received tremendous support in this attack and I want to thank everyone for their patience, kindness and support. Although dealing with the hacking was a time consuming challenge, the good news is that we discovered just how many friends we have here at HB.com and it was very touching. The outpouring of emails and posts here and on other hair related boards was overwhelming.
We also had a trace going during the ongoing attacks and have identified detailed hacker and host ISP information. We have already talked to legal authorities and will be pursing these attacks to the fullest level since a lot of our data was intentially destroyed and the attacks happened in such a way that we know it was malicious and targeted specifically to the HB boards.
Best wishes & Merry Christmas to you both.
Karen
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That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger or drives you totally insane. :-)
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