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  1. 12-24-2014, 04:06 PM #1
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    Everyone, I'm very sorry for the outage today.

    Our server was hijacked and put into a botnet. Several of the critical system services were replaced with malicious versions leaving me little choice but to reinstall the entire server. But this is why we have backups right? The attacker did not access our database. It seems they just wanted to use our bandwidth.

    If they did access our database, all of our passwords are hashed and salted, though, if you use particularly simple passwords it would be a good idea to change them.


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  2. 12-24-2014, 04:14 PM #2
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    Well, this is why
    1) we have backups
    2) we have a smart and quick-witted webmaster.
    Good Job on fixing it so fast!
    How recipient of a backup was it? (EG How much data was lost?)
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  3. 12-24-2014, 04:17 PM #3
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    Arch, thanks for your work getting the site back up and running.....on Christmas Eve.
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  4. 12-24-2014, 04:27 PM #4
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    The database backup was taken just before I redid the server. We shouldn't have lost any data.


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  5. 12-24-2014, 04:36 PM #5
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    Thanks Archangel for all that you do!
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  6. 12-24-2014, 05:09 PM #6
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    Thanks so much you are an awesome guy putting so much time and effort into this website.
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  7. 12-25-2014, 10:40 AM #7
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    Arch, what kind of attack did they use to exploit the server if you mind my asking (I'd respond via PM). I want to help patch any holes for us considering I've got an internet security background.
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  8. 12-25-2014, 02:55 PM #8
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    thanks arch!
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  9. 12-25-2014, 09:18 PM #9
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    Coming from a security engineer... great work!

    Sent using tapatalk... blame it for any horrendous insults made
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  10. 12-25-2014, 11:16 PM #10
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    Well done!!!
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  11. 12-26-2014, 07:54 PM #11
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    Excellent work!
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  12. 12-27-2014, 03:28 AM #12
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    Thank you once again Arch!
    I'm also in the information security field of study, the fact that this still happens, means I should have a job for a while yet
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  13. 12-27-2014, 07:48 PM #13
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    Thank you, you're awesome! Merry (belated) Christmas!
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