Hackers Take Down I-Hub

Investor's Hub has been disabled by hackers who are amusing themselves by posting clever messages every 10 minutes or so. They have prevented me from posting there an account of the interview I just did with the Credit Suisse analyst who initiated coverage of PXD this morning.

The main news out of that post would have been that he believes PXD won't realize significant revenues from the GoG until 2011, even if they sink the first well in late 2006 or early 2007, and that their profit plan has yet to pass through the grinder of the PSCs.

The brightest PXD prospects, he says, are in Canadian and Tunisian properties, and all onshore.

Here's the stream of clever messages; I recognize the "natemichaud" guy from the ERHC board:

10/18/05

11:50 am EST - Slight tech issue. We'll be back up ASAP.

12:08 pm EST - Churak calls to say he's having iHub withdrawls.

12:10 pm EST - Matt just purchased a ticket to Kansas City, home of Bob, the "tech guy." Baseball bats still allowed onboard planes as carry-on items.

12:25 pm EST - Matt just smoked his first pack of cigarettes. Ever.

12:50 pm EST - dropdeadfred text messages and says hi. olico complains he can't spam. shakerz is going nuts. nevermind, he already was.

1:00 pm EST - Getting close to lunch time. Fish tacos.

1:10pm EST - Pink slip time for Bob.

1:19 pm EST - natemichaud asks if this is a joke. And you people listen to this guy's stock picks??

1:25 pm EST - let's all give a round of applause to EVO. his pick today was the first out of his last 25 to actually go up! congrats, Evo!

Since the 1:15 post, it appears that I-Hub may have regained control of its site. The only message there now is:

10/18/05

2:15 pm EST: Having some technical problems this afternoon. We're working on it.

Later on, it turns out that the hackers have control:

9:30 pm EST: Yep. This is a nasty one. Go downstairs and hang out with the family. It's gonna be an iHub-less night for you. FYI, The World Series of Poker, the Bernie Mac Show, and My Name is Earl is on tonight.

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