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Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121567] Sun, 21 November 2004 20:51 Go to next message
Blazer is currently offline  Blazer
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Administrator/General

The forums were hacked tonight by someone using a newly released phpBB exploit. The exploit has been fixed and our most recent backup (a month old) has been restored. We have the IP address of the attacker and will be taking whatever legal steps we can.

As a result of this incident, we will be greatly increasing the interval of the forum backups, and will be spending more time keeping up to date on the latest exploits, and doing whatever performance and security improvements we can.

Please don't unnecessarily bump or reply to old topics. There are bound to be some people who don't even read this and suddenly think that some of the old threads are new ones, so please don't flame them and we will just have to point them to this post so they know what happened.

Note: this of course also means that any new accounts created within the past month are now gone, and those new users will have to re-register.


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Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121570] Sun, 21 November 2004 21:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
csskiller is currently offline  csskiller
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I'm glad to see the forums back up again. Smile And I hope you guys get that stupid shit who attacked the forums real soon.
Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121571] Sun, 21 November 2004 21:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
icedog90 is currently offline  icedog90
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I can't believe anyone would want to hack these forums. I wish I knew what goes on inside the heads of those hackers.
Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121572] Sun, 21 November 2004 21:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
bigejoe14 is currently offline  bigejoe14
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A whole month, huh? Talk about sliding backwards.
Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121573] Sun, 21 November 2004 21:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
spreegem is currently offline  spreegem
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OMG, This sucks. So have you got phpBB 2.0.11 yet? Because at the bottom it says 2.0.4

Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121574] Sun, 21 November 2004 22:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Sad
Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121576] Sun, 21 November 2004 22:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cheesesoda is currently offline  cheesesoda
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Damn, this sucks. I'm back in 10th place now in total posts. CURSE YOU FUCKING HACKERS!!

On another note, people need lives. Hacking forums is quite petty. Glad to see them back up.


Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121578] Sun, 21 November 2004 22:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Hydra is currently offline  Hydra
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Colonel
Shit, I lost about 80 posts right there. Sad
Death to hackers!


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Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121581] Sun, 21 November 2004 23:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cheesesoda is currently offline  cheesesoda
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I lost like 200-300 or somewhere around there.

Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121585] Sun, 21 November 2004 23:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Hydra is currently offline  Hydra
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Spammer. Razz

Walter Keith Koester: September 22, 1962 - March 15, 2005
God be with you, Uncle Wally.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/venompawz/cross.gif(<---Archived Prayer Group Forums)
Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121586] Sun, 21 November 2004 23:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
icedog90 is currently offline  icedog90
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I was so close to Colonel.
Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121590] Mon, 22 November 2004 02:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
WNxCABAL is currently offline  WNxCABAL
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Damn that sux!
FUX U H4X0RS!!!!


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Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121591] Mon, 22 November 2004 03:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
laeubi is currently offline  laeubi
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I can only say: MAKE DAILY BACKUPS!!!!
I mean, Crimson knwo how to make PHP skripts, and beside this there are hundres of free skripts that make a Database Backup every day... Sad Sad Sad


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Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121593] Mon, 22 November 2004 04:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cowmisfit is currently offline  cowmisfit
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wholy crap. Sad all those post gone ALL GONE!

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Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121603] Mon, 22 November 2004 06:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Kill them D E A D !

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Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121605] Mon, 22 November 2004 07:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ripintou is currently offline  Ripintou
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Yea, I was browsing the forums here when the site went down. I thought you were doing maintenance. Screw the lawsuit, just tell us where the fucker lives!! Evil or Very Mad

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Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121613] Mon, 22 November 2004 08:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Crimson is currently offline  Crimson
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I have a script that does automatic nightly backups but due to an unforseen bug it stopped working about a month ago.

I'm the bawss.
Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121618] Mon, 22 November 2004 09:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sir Phoenixx is currently offline  Sir Phoenixx
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j_ball430

Damn, this sucks. I'm back in 10th place now in total posts. CURSE YOU FUCKING HACKERS!!


lol And I'm still in 3rd... Razz

(I lost about 25 posts...)


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Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121619] Mon, 22 November 2004 09:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Nightma12 is currently offline  Nightma12
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is it me, or are the Server Owner forums gone since this attack Confused
Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121620] Mon, 22 November 2004 09:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cheesesoda is currently offline  cheesesoda
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Sir Phoenixx

j_ball430

Damn, this sucks. I'm back in 10th place now in total posts. CURSE YOU FUCKING HACKERS!!


lol And I'm still in 3rd... Razz

(I lost about 25 posts...)

I was fifth. I had passed Blazer by a few posts, and I was catching up to Majiin.
(I lost about 200-300 maybe)


Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121633] Mon, 22 November 2004 13:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Crimson is currently offline  Crimson
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If you were added to the server owner forums since the attack then you'll need to be re-added.

I'm the bawss.
Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121636] Mon, 22 November 2004 13:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Crimson is currently offline  Crimson
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Crap. Sad

The only backup I have of the private forums is a few months old... Sad


I'm the bawss.
Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121645] Mon, 22 November 2004 14:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Creed3020 is currently offline  Creed3020
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Nightma12

is it me, or are the Server Owner forums gone since this attack Confused


Ya it's completely gone and all the posts that were in it. There were hundreds of posts more then a month old there. There was a lot of good stuff in there.

Well this also explains why I had dead links in my siggy. Sorry to hear this happen. I heard about this exploit about a week ago and we protected our boards against right away.
Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121659] Mon, 22 November 2004 15:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
YSLMuffins is currently offline  YSLMuffins
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Despicable hackers. :-\

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Forums Hacked, Lost a month of posts [message #121698] Mon, 22 November 2004 18:03 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Chronojam is currently offline  Chronojam
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I know.. damn. I lost about 2 posts >_<
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