Report, edit, etc...Posted by Valug on 2006-08-06 at 11:11:18
[sub]Last night someone deleted the whole database of maps on broodwarmaps.net. panschk hasent made a backup in months, luckily, his web hoster does it daily, so all is fine there now.
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BWMN got hacked - but we were lucky 06 of August 2006 09:00 AM
Posted by:panschk[FP]
Good sunday morning everyone :]
Someone (I really don't know who would be evil enough to do something like that) deleted all entries to our beloved map database last night.
I really thought all the work we put into this in the last months dissapear from the face of the earth in a few secounds, as I did not do a backup in half a year. I got lucky though, as the great people from my webhoster make backups regulary and were able to put the backup back up (
). The backup is from friday afternoon, so not too much is lost.
I do not know (yet) what technique the person who did that used, I did not see how it is possible to abuse the scripts on the page to mass delete, so it is possible the hacker somehow got the password to the mysql-Admin area. This password is changed, plus all user-passwords are stored encrypted now in the DB, at least it should not be possible for a hacker to get your personal passwords. You might get "wrong password" messages here and there because of this, please tell me so that I can fix.
Actually I might just do a few updates today and tomorrow, make sure you'll let me know, tuesday I'll be back to my lazy self ;D
Thanks to everyone who supported me.
Thanks again to my great web hoster, I can really recommend them, at least if you speak german
Posted by:panschk[FP]
Good sunday morning everyone :]
Someone (I really don't know who would be evil enough to do something like that) deleted all entries to our beloved map database last night.
I really thought all the work we put into this in the last months dissapear from the face of the earth in a few secounds, as I did not do a backup in half a year. I got lucky though, as the great people from my webhoster make backups regulary and were able to put the backup back up (
). The backup is from friday afternoon, so not too much is lost.I do not know (yet) what technique the person who did that used, I did not see how it is possible to abuse the scripts on the page to mass delete, so it is possible the hacker somehow got the password to the mysql-Admin area. This password is changed, plus all user-passwords are stored encrypted now in the DB, at least it should not be possible for a hacker to get your personal passwords. You might get "wrong password" messages here and there because of this, please tell me so that I can fix.
Actually I might just do a few updates today and tomorrow, make sure you'll let me know, tuesday I'll be back to my lazy self ;D
Thanks to everyone who supported me.
Thanks again to my great web hoster, I can really recommend them, at least if you speak german
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Report, edit, etc...Posted by Sie_Sayoka on 2006-08-06 at 16:29:48
damn... what kind of illegitimate child is doing this
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Urmom(U) on 2006-08-06 at 20:24:49
Could legal action be done against somebody terrorizing websites? I wonder if the IP Addresses compare.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by JoJo. on 2006-08-06 at 20:29:36
QUOTE(urmom @ Aug 6 2006, 05:24 PM)
Could legal action be done against somebody terrorizing websites? I wonder if the IP Addresses compare.
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Hacking is illegal..could we ask for the IP adress to compare?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Urmom(U) on 2006-08-06 at 20:41:37
I'm sure that they would be willing to help. I remember Moose saying that he captured the person's IP address and they werent using a proxy.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chronophobia on 2006-08-07 at 18:47:49
Is it something that you could get charged for if you're in another country? I mean, everyone isn't American.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Cloud on 2006-08-07 at 21:04:20
Would it be possible for this guy to actually go to prision if he/she was caught? I think that would be hilarious, I'd go visit 'em and laugh at 'em just for having no life and ending up in jail for it 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Sie_Sayoka on 2006-08-07 at 21:52:01
they would probolly have thier computers monitored and have to pay a fine.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Cloud on 2006-08-07 at 22:04:19
QUOTE(Sie_Sayoka @ Aug 8 2006, 01:51 AM)
they would probolly have thier computers monitored and have to pay a fine.
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Ya but its still a funny thought, usually if they went to jail it would be for hacking into something like NASA..