Tormod Posted July 23, 2006 Report Posted July 23, 2006 We have suffered a hacker attack and are working to recover from it. Some nice and friendly soul has compromised our server and messed up our web applications and database server. Peace be with his simple mind. His (or her) cleverness has, however, caused a lot of downtime since Saturday, and lots of work to isolate the issue. We have not solved it, but the forums are now open. If you find that you get blank pages or other strange behaviour, try to hit the back button in your browser and try something else. Some forums refuse to open, while others work fine. It is not clear why this happens. You might also get logged out all of a sudden. I am sorry for this situation but until we get this fixed things will be unstable.
Jay-qu Posted July 23, 2006 Report Posted July 23, 2006 good job T, I will keep you informed of anything I find.. and if I get my hands on the low life that did this! well it wouldnt be pretty!
ronthepon Posted July 23, 2006 Report Posted July 23, 2006 Hurray the forums are working again!! Peace be with his simple mind.Meanwhile, may he roast in hell. Good job Tormod... and others involved in the fixup.
Mercedes Benzene Posted July 23, 2006 Report Posted July 23, 2006 Stupid hackers! It's also ironic that it occurred on the weekend of the HOPE conference.
Tormod Posted July 23, 2006 Author Report Posted July 23, 2006 I wonder how ironic or accidental it really is. I hope this was not caused by one of our members (banned or otherwise). Anyway, I hope we can avoid similar problems in the future.
TheBigDog Posted July 23, 2006 Report Posted July 23, 2006 It appears that our server problem is happening again. Bill
Tormod Posted July 23, 2006 Author Report Posted July 23, 2006 It appears that our server problem is happening again. Bill It does still go on. I am going through a lot of files to find out which ones have been compromised. It's a loooong list.
Tormod Posted July 24, 2006 Author Report Posted July 24, 2006 Things are getting back to normal now.
ronthepon Posted July 24, 2006 Report Posted July 24, 2006 Things are getting back to normal now.Good! So... I guess this had messed up your vacation... hadn't it?
Mercedes Benzene Posted July 24, 2006 Report Posted July 24, 2006 Things are getting back to normal now. YAY! The hackers have failed! Good job Tormod!
Tormod Posted July 24, 2006 Author Report Posted July 24, 2006 Good! So... I guess this had messed up your vacation... hadn't it? Yes, it has taken a lot of work this weekend. :D Now I will try to stay away from the forums for the rest of this week. Okay, I'll give it a try, at least. :cup: But I've just been on the phone with our host, Viviotech - http://www.viviotech.net/ - and they're going to help us build a new server and monitor for future hacker attempts. They have been very helpful today and I am very happy we're hosting with them. We were a bunch of Hypography people chatting on Saturday night when the forums were down and it's great to see the community spirit...people get upset when the site is down. :) Back to vacationeering.
Jay-qu Posted July 25, 2006 Report Posted July 25, 2006 hopefully thats the last we see of him/her! great work T
Mercedes Benzene Posted July 25, 2006 Report Posted July 25, 2006 It's lucky that we did not suffer problems that were too destructive. Imagine if all of the threads just disappeared. ::gasp:::shrug:
Tormod Posted July 25, 2006 Author Report Posted July 25, 2006 It's lucky that we did not suffer problems that were too destructive. Imagine if all of the threads just disappeared. ::gasp:::cup: That's why we have backup, Merc...to save your golden writings for posterity. :)
Guest jamongo Posted July 25, 2006 Report Posted July 25, 2006 and if I get my hands on the low life that did this! well it wouldnt be pretty! Damn, what a d*** hopefully thats the last we see of him/her! Meanwhile, may he roast in hell. Stupid hackers! Are you all sure you don't want to sit down and negotiate with him or her, as the case may be?:)
Tormod Posted July 25, 2006 Author Report Posted July 25, 2006 Are you all sure you don't want to sit down and negotiate with him or her, as the case may be?:) Why? Do you know her?
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