Hacking
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:33 pm
There is still some nonsense on the Boot and what has happened to all the old forum names?
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Hackings
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:37 pm
Hopefully all sorted?
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:10 pm
The Turkish stuff has gone, there is still something wrong with the forum names and Road Rage is missing. It also looks like guests can post without registering which might cause an issue at some stage.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:48 pm
Hmmmm "hotel 52 odcinek 40 kiedy" is a case in point."A-Ro" wrote:The Turkish stuff has gone, there is still something wrong with the forum names and Road Rage is missing. It also looks like guests can post without registering which might cause an issue at some stage.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:01 pm
Permissions have been reset so only registered users can post.
Road Rage went several weeks ago because it was so little used and Slappy had turned it into his own personal news forum! It was changed to a general forum on request of some users.
The forum names may be slightly different to what they used to be, mainly because I couldn't remember the old names after our Turkish hack-attack.
Road Rage went several weeks ago because it was so little used and Slappy had turned it into his own personal news forum! It was changed to a general forum on request of some users.
The forum names may be slightly different to what they used to be, mainly because I couldn't remember the old names after our Turkish hack-attack.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:15 pm
Does this hacking add yet more to the argument that we should be contributing to have Rage Online put on more secure and stable servers?
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:27 pm
Well done and thanks for sorting it out so promptly. I don't post much on here but was very angered with the hacking and subsequent gloating.
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:23 pm
It didn’t seem to be a machine doing it as I was on the site when it was going on, and winding up the hacker. He was then changing my postings and replying back to me. Someone was obviously going to a lot of time and trouble to infect what is a relatively small forum.
Admin, any idea of how he/she got in?
Admin, any idea of how he/she got in?
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:39 pm
Nope. I've reset the admin password in case the hacker used a bot to work out the site password, but if that's the case then it's possibly only a matter of time before they crack that, if they wish to go to the botheration. No idea why they've targeted this forum, other than they were able to."Snake" wrote: Admin, any idea of how he/she got in?
GY - I don't know if a different host would have more sophisticated anti-hacking measures, although it's definitely something to look into.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:07 am
Is this the latest version of phpBB? The latest is 3.0.10 released in January.
My old forum kept getting hacked if I didn't update fairly soon after each release.
My old forum kept getting hacked if I didn't update fairly soon after each release.
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:54 pm
I see the hacker deleted some of GY's posts, so it can't be all bad 
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:00 pm
How does a bot work out your password? Sorry to seem a bit stupid if it’s obvious, but having researched this kind of thing it seemed much more of a personalised attack on our forum. I’ve also had three emails recently from close mates “desperately needing money"admin" wrote:Nope. I've reset the admin password in case the hacker used a bot to work out the site password, but if that's the case then it's possibly only a matter of time before they crack that, if they wish to go to the botheration. No idea why they've targeted this forum, other than they were able to."Snake" wrote:Admin, any idea of how he/she got in?
GY - I don't know if a different host would have more sophisticated anti-hacking measures, although it's definitely something to look into.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:17 pm
The hacker was probably Pottersrightboot in disguise!"slappy" wrote:I see the hacker deleted some of GY's posts, so it can't be all bad
Either that or the hackers realised my contributions would be valuable one day and took them to keep for future resale....
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:43 am
"Snake" wrote:How does a bot work out your password? Sorry to seem a bit stupid if it’s obvious, but having researched this kind of thing it seemed much more of a personalised attack on our forum. I’ve also had three emails recently from close mates “desperately needing money"admin" wrote:Nope. I've reset the admin password in case the hacker used a bot to work out the site password, but if that's the case then it's possibly only a matter of time before they crack that, if they wish to go to the botheration. No idea why they've targeted this forum, other than they were able to."Snake" wrote:Admin, any idea of how he/she got in?
GY - I don't know if a different host would have more sophisticated anti-hacking measures, although it's definitely something to look into.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:23 am
"Snake" wrote:How does a bot work out your password? Sorry to seem a bit stupid if it’s obvious, but having researched this kind of thing it seemed much more of a personalised attack on our forum. I’ve also had three emails recently from close mates “desperately needing money"admin" wrote:Nope. I've reset the admin password in case the hacker used a bot to work out the site password, but if that's the case then it's possibly only a matter of time before they crack that, if they wish to go to the botheration. No idea why they've targeted this forum, other than they were able to."Snake" wrote:Admin, any idea of how he/she got in?
GY - I don't know if a different host would have more sophisticated anti-hacking measures, although it's definitely something to look into.