I have been hacked!

Craton · September 10, 2005 10:47AM

The forum part of my website has been hacked and is totally destroyed

http://error-coins.com/forum/
Seems there is a group of folks who get off on this because they are actually advertising on my space!
Nope, I do not have a back up!

DickyBetz · September 10, 2005 10:49AM

That sucks.

They should be hunted down and put in jail!

Russ · September 10, 2005 10:49AM

Why the hell would these punk script kiddies target a coin site?

Russ, NCNE

Craton · September 10, 2005 10:53AM

<< Why the hell would these punk script kiddies target a coin site?

Russ, NCNE >>

Don't ask me.

ROBERTB · September 10, 2005 10:57AM

Sadly, these people are rarely found, and even more rarely incarcerated.

kryptonitecomics · September 10, 2005 11:02AM

That's a real shame......they aren't creative enough to put their talents to good use....they would rather destroy what others have worked hard to create

Hobbyist · September 10, 2005 11:18AM

That sucks, Jason. I can certainly feel your pain.

Hobbyist · September 10, 2005 11:21AM

Looking at it, it looks like your data is all still there which is the most important thing. You may be able to just fix your phpbb templates or upgrade to the latest phpbb version and get your forums back.

You might want to post at the PHPBB site and someone there might be able to lead you through it.

Purple73 · September 10, 2005 11:21AM

Hmmmm Not the Smoked Crew........this must be a new group of dudes.

PURPLE!

Barndog · September 10, 2005 11:29AM

Same thing happened to the bust coin forum recently. Lots of historical information gone instantly. Anyone who runs a forum should make an effort to record or otherwise back up the historical information. I have no clue how one does that, but without 100% security, it is a necessity.

numonebuyer · September 10, 2005 11:33AM

Not that you should need a backup, but why don't you have a backup? It just makes good sense these days, as you have found out.

I hope it won't take too long for you to get back what you lost.

Russ · September 10, 2005 11:35AM

<< ......they are creative enough to put their talents to good use.... >>

There is no creativity in this. They're just punks running automatic scripts against web sites looking for security holes. Real hackers don't waste their time with piddly stuff like this.

Russ, NCNE

Gonfunko · September 10, 2005 11:37AM

You're in luck: Google's cache might have saved you.
http://64.233.161.104/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=cache:http://error-coins.com/forum/&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
In case the above link doesn't work, just enter cache:http://www.yoururl.com/site.html in Google, using the proper URLs of course.

That's your site-pre hack. Download it soon before they cache the new one. Be sure to install the latest phpbb security update too...I know there have been some recently.

ziggy29 · September 10, 2005 11:37AM

<< There is no creativity in this. They're just punks running automatic scripts against web sites looking for security holes. Real hackers don't waste their time with piddly stuff like this. >>

I agree. I administer a phpBB board, and I noticed this one was running 2.0.5 of the software, which is an old one that has a lot of known security holes.

Craton · September 10, 2005 11:57AM

<< That sucks, Jason. I can certainly feel your pain.

>>

You went through the same thing right? Did you have back ups? I'm sure you did ........

Craton · September 10, 2005 12:40PM

Rather then let this guy have his way with my forum, I deleted it from my FTP server

He uploaded some of the original forum and posted his own artwork on the site and banned me as a member so I could not post. Of course he took away my admin abilities.
What a load of ****!

Hobbyist · September 10, 2005 2:20PM

<< 

<< That sucks, Jason. I can certainly feel your pain.

>>

You went through the same thing right? Did you have back ups? I'm sure you did ........ >>

I had backups when just the forum got hit a couple of times. It was still a pain to get everything back up and the back ups were always a few days old.

But, when the server got trashed, the backups didn't do me any good as I couldn't even get access to the server any more in any way. That is when I gave up on running a coin forum and gave it all up to someone else. Since then, the other sites I run are so below the radar that no one cares about hacking them.

kryptonitecomics · September 10, 2005 3:48PM

<< 

<< ......they are creative enough to put their talents to good use.... >>

There is no creativity in this. They're just punks running automatic scripts against web sites looking for security holes. Real hackers don't waste their time with piddly stuff like this.

Russ, NCNE >>

It was supposed to read that they aren't creative enough...............so I agree with you Russ

uncleb · September 10, 2005 5:50PM

Sorry to hear it, Jason. I went through the same thing a while back and decided it was best to just start fresh. Luckilly, much of the old information was still available via Google-cached pages.

My installation was very old and I hadn't backed up in some time. Since that original install, my hosting company has added support for phpBB and has an auto-update feature. And, I try to back it up more often.

Craton · September 10, 2005 5:53PM

<< Sorry to hear it, Jason. I went through the same thing a while back and decided it was best to just start fresh. Luckilly, much of the old information was still available via Google-cached pages.

My installation was very old and I hadn't backed up in some time. Since that original install, my hosting company has added support for phpBB and has an auto-update feature. And, I try to back it up more often. >>

Thanks. I'm trying one more thing and if it doesn't work, it's a wash. I can think of ONE person who is enjoying this ..... if he even knows. I don't care though because it makes all of this worth it knowing what I know

....... You hear that James?

I have been hacked!

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