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  • Gregg
    Technical Support
    • Feb 2005
    • 728
    #1

    ReunionTalk back on-line

    ReunionTalk has been off-line for two weeks. Everyone in the ReunionTalk community has been very patient and understanding as we worked to bring ReunionTalk back to life.

    Here is a brief explanation...

    On July 27, 2026 ReunionTalk was taken off-line by hackers. This hack was made possible by a vulnerability in the vBulletin software that is used to run the ReunionTalk forum. The hack consisted of overwriting some files in the root folder for reuniontalk.com rendering ReunionTalk useless. Attempts to restore the forum resulted in the site being taken down again. As far as I can tell, no user data was compromised.

    This vulnerability was made public at the end of June 2026 and affected all releases of vBulletin 5 and vBulletin 6.

    vBulletin released a fix for this vulnerability on July 1, 2026 but only for vBulletin 6 users. ReunionTalk was running on vBulletin 5 and no fix was made available.

    The obvious solution was to upgrade to vBulletin version 6.2.2 which fixes the vulnerability. Getting the ReunionTalk forum on this latest version of vBulletin to look like the previous version of ReunionTalk has been quite time consuming and challenging.

    Please post questions and comments here.
    Gregg Witmer
    Leister Productions, Inc.
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    • Miss Myrtle
      Member
      • May 2015
      • 149
      #2
      It's much appreciated! I thought the forum looked just slightly different. So glad it's back online.

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        • Bob White
          Member
          • Mar 2005
          • 1707
          #3
          Thank you, Gregg, for your perseverance in getting this situation resolved. Looking forward to continued participation by many users.
          Bob White, Mac Nut Since 1985, Reunion Nut Since 1991
          Computer Guy Since 1966 - Happy Octogenerian
          iMac/MacBookAir M4 - iPhone/iPadPro - Reunion14 & RT

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            • KirkS
              Member
              • Nov 2020
              • 258
              #4
              Thanks Gregg & Team. I visit this forum every morning and I've been missing you all

              It might be worth noting that when I came back, my browser defaulted to "vB5 Style" in the footer and vBulletin as my page title (rather than Reunion Talk).

              The drop-down in the footer allowed me to select ReunionTalk Style and brought me back to the familiar color scheme.

              Cheers,
              Kirk

              P.S. the FAV ICO needs updating
              Researching Western NC and Northeast GA and any family connected to Caney Fork in Jackson County, NC

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                • Kathy C
                  Member
                  • Nov 2009
                  • 86
                  #5
                  Thank you to Gregg and everyone else who got this forum back up and running! Your efforts are very much appreciated!

                  Kathy
                  Kathy
                  Reunion 14
                  MacBook Air, Mac OS 26.0.1

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