Lost Experience: site down!

June 20, 2006 · 11 Comments

Whoa, so it looks like thehansofoundation.org website has been hacked. There site has gone down and is all red and there is only a message saying

The Hanso Foundation site has been hacked by malicious infiltrators seeking to blemish the good work of many dedicated researchers. Until a legal investigation is completed, the site will no longer be accessible to the public. Namaste.

Looking a the sourcecode though, what do we see? A hidden link to http://www.rachelblake.com/ which seems to be just a blog about someone going to Denmark (hold on isnt Alvar Hanso from Denmark?) Just has one post but nothing that interesting in it apart from the background image which seems to show Alvar's travels. There is also a box asking for "Extra Info" which is actually a flash file called "checkpass.swf" so its time to find a password! If anyone can spot more clues there let me know! I shall be having a proper look today

Tags: Lost

11 responses so far ↓

1 Katty // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:11 PM

so is anybody actually following the rachel blake thing? maybe we should continue on with that ?
2 Katty // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:11 PM

does anybody know the new password to 'Retreivers Of Truth'?
3 Diego Guidi // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

Try with password: evident agenda, or go directly to http://stophanso.rachelblake.com
Source: http://www.lostmania.com/?p=361 (in Italian, so sorry...)
4 jim collins // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

You and Raymond both have issues. When I see weaponized nerve gas and "multi-node cell phones" on Lost, I'll watch it. WE"RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!
5 Katty // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

http://persephone.thehansofoundation.org/
um thats just kinda scary
i have no idea whats going on but there is normally just numbers to tranlate as has been said before...
any ideas? im not sure i want to work that one out its kinda creepy <.<
6 BigFishyBob // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

Haha, it is a bit weird. If you listen long enough then you hear a womans voice...........but I can't make any sense of the words, think it might be backwards.

Also have you noticed on the main Hanso site, where it gives the notice about being hacked.............that if you don't move your mouse the sound gets louder and louder. But if you move your mouse the sound stops and restarts again...........hmmmmmmmmmm.........very straneg. I left the mouse alone for ages and the sound got to a certain level and just stayed there, but nothing else happened.
7 Katty // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

hmm yeah its strange eh... there is normally numbers on her page so maybe she is saying numbers?
if there is anyway to get to them, i dont really know anything about editing sounds :< lol
8 BigFishyBob // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

Okay I must have missed it before..... if you don't move the cursor when on the "Hanso is Hacked" main page then the sound gets louder and louder. Then eventually a link appears under the Hanso name, you gotta be quick as it dissappears after a second.

Link is titled "orientation testing issue 1980" and here is the link:
http://www.thehansofoundation.org/orientation_testing_issue_1980/

:)
9 Katty // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

very nice :) i didnt see that either
10 BigFishyBob // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

User space has been updated with a "Trash" directory..........take a look!

http://www.letyourcompassguideyou.com/usr/trash/
11 BP // Sep 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM

Please post some screen grabs of the hack. :-) I missed out...

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