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VATASIA forum got hacked?


Man Hang Wong 974212
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Man Hang Wong 974212
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just noticed that the forum names were changed to HACKED!!

 

what happened!?

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William Woo 810764
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Yes, we are being attacked.

 

I am now working with out site admin and the hosting support team to see what happen.

 

We will try restore it from the backup..

 

Regards,

William Woo

VATASIA1

William Woo

VATSIM - Asia Region Director

http://www.vatasia.net

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Paul O'Donnell 969350
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I noticed this last night, it definately looks like a juvenile attempt to hack, as they didn't really change anything from a broswers perspective. It's only the forum subject titles that have been changed and some sections missing, the threads in the changed subjects seem to still be there.

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Paul O'Donnell

SINvACC - INS/CTR+

www.sinvacc.net

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William Woo 810764
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It's probably more than that.

 

He/She hacked in with the webmaster account and deleted many boards.

 

According to the hosting company, something already happen in late March and we are still looking for a clean backup...

 

Regards,

William

William Woo

VATSIM - Asia Region Director

http://www.vatasia.net

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Kar-Lok Wong 839249
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YES, the forum is hacked again.

 

I'm working to get the website/forum back to the original state.

 

A few things are changed.

 

- Running (outdated) back-up of January 2007

- Switched to another forum software (Invisionboard to phpBB2), the forum is now integrated in the website.

- Forum now available in the traditional chinese language. (Change it in your profile)

- Deleted all users with 0 (zero) posts, check the memberlist, if your account is deleted you should register again.

 

Also some data could be outdated because I used a backup of January 2007.

 

Regards,

 

Karlok

VATSIM ASIA Region > http://www.vatasia.net

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