Hacked website

Predseda · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:22 am Post subject: Hacked website

Kim, I think you would explain us what happened, if you know it exactly.
Website hasn´t work for two days. Fortunatelly everything looks undamaged, I hope I am true. Confused

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Kim Lemon · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:59 am Post subject:

All the forums/posts were deleted by someone who was aware of security exploits in phpBB. However, since we do regular backups we only lost about 5 posts. The forum software has been updated to the latest version.
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Predseda · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:08 am Post subject:

Kim Lemon · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:14 am Post subject:

Ugh, well atleast that's less painful than if all the 10000+ posts were forever gone, which I feared for about 14 hours until I got a reply from my host. Confused

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Predseda · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:17 am Post subject:

Anyway, I am happy that it has been rescued. Cool

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The Dark Prince · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:03 pm Post subject:

Yeah, the skill of some people, scouring the internet for details on common problems with forum engines. Man, I just wish I was as cool as them. They're so very cool, really they are.
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ST Graveyard · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:18 pm Post subject:

Yes, I agree ... They are real Cherlock Holmes' to find those backdoors ...

No seriously, some people have way to much free time ...

Anyway, Kim, Welcome to the exciting world of PHPBB forums. Our own precious Atari-Forum has been hacked 3 times last year. And we had to update it 3 weeks ago, cause it was put offline for some unknown reason.

I think this is something you have to learn to live with Sad

cheers,
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Fiery Phoenix · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:03 pm Post subject:

Good job you have it backed up on a regular basis. If you remember the Zzap board got hacked several months ago and they lost about 6 months worth of posts.

Job well done mate with the back-up's!
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starvingwriter82 · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:36 am Post subject:

Again, I'd just like to say thanks for the upkeep on the site.