Forum was hacked
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 12:02 am
Happy Easter,
Perhaps you haven't noticed but the WATD forum was down due to a hack. Many other forums using the same software were hit as well. That had as positive side affect that a fix was quickly produced on the support forum.
This forum is up and running again thanks to that but I'll need to tweek it a bit here and there and upgrade parts of the site to prevent future exploits by script-kiddies. The system still has some items that need to be removed and fixed.
Anyhow, that means there can be periods that things aren't working properly or it is down for a short time. The software has been upgraded this evening which should prevent the same abuse and an addittional security step has been put in place but offers no guarantee of course.
Let me close by thanking everyone for the support!
Perhaps you haven't noticed but the WATD forum was down due to a hack. Many other forums using the same software were hit as well. That had as positive side affect that a fix was quickly produced on the support forum.
This forum is up and running again thanks to that but I'll need to tweek it a bit here and there and upgrade parts of the site to prevent future exploits by script-kiddies. The system still has some items that need to be removed and fixed.
Anyhow, that means there can be periods that things aren't working properly or it is down for a short time. The software has been upgraded this evening which should prevent the same abuse and an addittional security step has been put in place but offers no guarantee of course.
Let me close by thanking everyone for the support!