We had a bit of a problem last night. Someone gained access to the server and defaced the website (basically, replaced all the index.html and index.php files with a hacker message). Apparently the hacker gained access via an insecure php file on another account. I had to shut down the website for a bit as a result of this.
Thankfully the database was still intact. The hosts also restored all the defaced pages from a backup. The result is that everything works again now.
Hacked
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Straylight - Posts: 2346
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Good work all of you.
Thanks to doukeshi03 from otakuboards for the banner!
First, Ban all the Trolls. . .
Hey, whatever happened to "thou shalt not steal" anyway?
Guess which bishounen is my avatar.
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MillyFan - Posts: 974
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I'm glad its working again. I'm sorry you guys had to go thru that. 
I freaked out as it was, and it wasn't even my website. o.o
I freaked out as it was, and it wasn't even my website. o.o-
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Mr. Rogers - Posts: 1512
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i was a little confused... you said the site wouldn't be up until 4/01/04 and i was like, geez, four months? thats a long time.
Lord, I don't know where this is going,
Or how this all works out
Lead me to peace that is past understanding
A peace beyond all doubt
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Or how this all works out
Lead me to peace that is past understanding
A peace beyond all doubt
-Newsboys "Lord (I don't know)"
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majanthehun - Posts: 181
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LOL, that's a British thing, they transpose the day and month. It confused me for a sec too.
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inkhana - Posts: 3670
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I was thinking 4 months was a really long time then I realized that the day and month were switched in the UK lol
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Megami Tsunami - Posts: 53
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you scared untill i remember you are in the UK. lol *sigh* somep people (hackers) needs lives... or a wife... something....
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Shao Feng-Li - Posts: 5187
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Great job fixing the problem, DJ. *thumbs way up*^_^
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beyond the fog I hide behind.
You cast your light upon the shadows
that stretch like cobwebs in my mind.
You ease the pain when I am hurting,
and morbid visions from my past
pierce into the realm of Reason
as though I danced on blades of glass.
You grant me strength when I have fallen
and, once again, I've lost my way.
You take my hand in Yours and lead me
into the promise of a brand new day.
You bring order to all my chaos,
yet set my well-laid plans awry.
You place me on a firm foundation ---
then give me wings so I can fly.
You sand away my roughened edges
and polish all the dullest parts
until I stand before Your presence...
a newly-sculpted work of art.
You see into the heart within me,
right through my motives and selfish will.
And yet, in spite of all You see
You say You love me even still.
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Locke - Posts: 3691
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yep, the hacking security thing is mentioned even in the PHP manual; you can't protect yourself from same php scripts on the same server. security is only as strong as the weakest link... go read it if you can, it's helpful. and i think that's what happened this time... if it was an insecure php file on the same server.
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LorentzForce - Posts: 1263
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Whenever I get online I usually go to Anime Angels first before coming here, so I knew nothing about it all day yesterday until I went into AA last night and found we had about 16 new users since that morning. That never happens; the most we usually get is about 1 or 2 a week! Then I read about what happened in someone's intro thread. I think it's awful that it happened, but I'm glad you guys got it figured out. ^_^ (At the same time, though, it was nice to have a little more activity at AA.)
By the way, if anything like this ever happens again, the administrators here do have user accounts at Anime Angels--if I'm not mistaken. (My guess, though, is that they'd prefer e-mail... right, Ashley?
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By the way, if anything like this ever happens again, the administrators here do have user accounts at Anime Angels--if I'm not mistaken. (My guess, though, is that they'd prefer e-mail... right, Ashley?
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Yes, most of us have accounts at AA--I know for sure myself, Noz, Gypsy and Shatterheart do. But I rarely get a chance to bebop over there anymore, so yes, email is best. By the way, a few of you did email us and we really appriciate all the support and prayers from this mini-ordeal! Thank you so much everyone. Makes it worth putting this community back on it's feet as fast as possible.
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