VATASIA forum got hacked?

[Man Hang Wong 974212]

just noticed that the forum names were changed to HACKED!!

 

what happened!?

[William Woo 810764]

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

[Paul O'Donnell 969350]

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.

[William Woo 810764]

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

[Kar-Lok Wong 839249]

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- Running (outdated) back-up of January 2007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Also some data could be outdated because I used a backup of January 2007.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