I think ar15.com had something to do with the hack, or they knew someone who did it

[MineralMan]

11. No, it's not off limits. However, there's little

to be gained by it. None of us has any access to admin-level information about DU. So, we can't see activity logs or anything else from the time the hack took place.

DU's admins can, and I'm sure have been investigating as far as they are able to. However, a skilled hacker will leave few trackable clues behind, so it's unlikely they'll be able to discover much.

Several people, including me, did some sleuthing on the internet after the fact and passed along what we found to the DU admins via email. There were a few clues out there, but they were ephemeral and inconclusive, really. But, the admins have that information already.

I stopped looking, frankly a couple of days later, because the signal to noise ratio quickly became too low to find any new information that had any validity.

So, we can talk about it on DU, but to what end? Anything that gets discussed here will just be speculation and guesswork. So, there's little point. Apparently, DU has closed up the access points that let the hacker get through and the site is up and working once again. DU got hacked. It's back. End of actual public story.

Anyhow, welcome to DU...