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news! Skyscraper city forums got hacked :(

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:15 pm
by Howie
Poor fellas.... they posted a message up saying they got hacked, and that they're currently under the control of a hacker. They'll be reinstalling the forums right about now....

gotta feel for them.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:01 pm
by Algernon
First Austadiums gets hacked, now ssc.

I'm bad luck!

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:35 pm
by Algernon
Austadiums was hacked 2 weeks ago.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:45 pm
by Howie
touch wood.. i think sensational-adelaide should be safe from any vbulletin exploits because we don't run it. but i worry about my other forums now.

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:46 pm
by Pikey
Anonymous wrote:hey chris do you know when austadiums got hacked? i hope there's not a new exploit going around as i'll have to patch several different sites if that's the case :(
Is there anyway we can protect this site?

Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:29 pm
by tayser
yeah, by not using PHPBB! :lol:

or at least not allow guests to post ;) make registration mandatory and require confirmation/authentication email.

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:31 am
by Howie
tayser wrote:yeah, by not using PHPBB! :lol:
Skyscraper forum uses VBB. But phpbb's been known for a few exploits, i'll update it asap.
or at least not allow guests to post ;) make registration mandatory and require confirmation/authentication email.
I thought about that, the reason i left it empty initially was because i wanted ppl to contribute without feeling that they have to sign up... but now that it's picking up, and for the benefit of other members in keeping this place a d-head free zone... i'll reenable mandatory registration (was about to write detention for some reason lOL).

Thanks for the feedback tayser.. much appreciated :)

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:23 pm
by petermaloney
sp-forum just got hacked