Yeah, we know there are some things broken on the site right now. Such as the login. If you didn't notice, the site has been changed. Well, the surface looks similar, but trust me there have been many changes. If you notice anything that is broken, please feel free to report it via the Baka-Updates IRC channel.
Oh and Happy New Year.
This change was made as the new year came along purposely.

Happy Holidays and best wishes from everyone at Baka-Updates.
Stay indoors and watch lots of anime, therefore guaranteeing yourself safety.
Nah, i'm just joking. Have a good holiday season.

If you havn't heard yet, TV Tokyo has announced they will begin streaming the Naruto anime series subtitled in English starting on January 8th, 2009 on Crunchyroll for a small fee. Starting on January 15th, 2009, Viz will stream Naruto for free on Naruto.com.

Also, Dattebayo has stated they will permanently stop fansubbing Naruto effectively January 15th, 2009. (when the streams start)

Other series Crunchyroll will stream include but are not limited to: Shugo Chara!, Skip Beat!, and Gintama.

Do you believe this is the right direction for anime to be heading?

PS: I know this news is about a week old, I put it off because of the hacking incident when this was announced.

It seems some people are worrying a little too much about the stolen passwords thing. It is just a precaution to change your password. The forum passwords were hashed, making them very difficult and not worth it to crack.

The most danger you are in is getting spam email or perhaps a virus sent through email.

I have some bad news to tell everyone. Today the Baka-Updates site was hacked by some guy who calls himself YaQJoo. He was able to get the full list of names along with passwords and email addresses. For your safety, please change your passwords on the website and your email account IF YOU USE THE SAME PASSWORD.

In the meantime, we are working on securing the site to make sure this does not happen again. Several pages and site functions will be unavailable for the time being

Also: If you got an email from the hacker, it is safe to open, as far as we have found. It only contains a message of gloats...Basically, he hijacked the forum and made himself an admin, enabling him to use the BU admin mass email system.