Forum hacked???

HI guys,

Yes, I have just seen it and am working on it as we speak... thanks for the heads-up
 
What sort of loser would you have to be to take to try to mess up a simple forum like this ?

Spotty, pale outsiders in dark rooms.
 
Well, what a farken mess.... I have hardened security best I can for now, but expect some more small outages over the coming days while I mop up this idiots "work"
 
sp3ctre said:
Well, what a farken mess.... I have hardened security best I can for now, but expect some more small outages over the coming days while I mop up this idiots "work"

Good job well done sp3ectre, as all looks OK - I am routing through Bahrain on a VPN so may not be affecting me..... . Not sure I can do anything to help but if I can just ask :thumbsup:
 
Thanks AlanJ, I think I am on top of it... spent most of the evening so far clearing out old files and changing passwords.... always hard to tell if you are dealing with a proper hacker or a script kiddie... tending to think the latter at the moment, but you can never be too sure.
 
It's a script kiddie sp3ctre.

There's a group of them calling themselves the muslim protest team.
They're from Turkey and they're just using known exploits in phpbb.

no real hacker would bother hacking a site like this and then advertise the fact they've done it....
and they certainly wouldn't advertise themselves with an email to "get better security".


trust me ;)
 
sk93 said:
It's a script kiddie sp3ctre.

There's a group of them calling themselves the muslim protest team.
They're from Turkey and they're just using known exploits in phpbb.

no real hacker would bother hacking a site like this and then advertise the fact they've done it....
and they certainly wouldn't advertise themselves with an email to "get better security".


trust me ;)

Yeah, it was, although the exploit wasn't a phpBB one... You know what they say, what doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger!
 
Back
Top Bottom