News About The Turkish Hack

[Annihilatrix]

Thanks for all your work, Alex. What a PITA! You're amazing and we're lucky that you provide the space/time for this doomtique. Also, it's a heads up for other server admins out here, I think I will be reviewing some firewall settings.

So, do you really think a disgruntled visitor ratted on you? Or a large swathe automated scan? Or your toaster oven?

[NYLongbow]

Oh you're all most welcome.
I took the opportunity to lock down the other forums I have as well.

I upgraded this forum to the latest version (which messes with template mods of course) in a hope that the exploit is closed. But if they still manage to brute force an account it wont matter as the entire admin directory is now locked down above the data level so they shouldnt get anywhere.

Thanks for all your work, Alex. What a PITA! You're amazing and we're lucky that you provide the space/time for this doomtique. Also, it's a heads up for other server admins out here, I think I will be reviewing some firewall settings.

So, do you really think a disgruntled visitor ratted on you? Or a large swathe automated scan? Or your toaster oven?

Eh, I dont know. There are few online 'personalities' that chap my ass everytime they have a server issue and blame it on NSA, DOD, CIA and/or turkish hackers. :-P
UntilI I had absolute proof that someone fed the url to a database, I wouldnt suggest it to be fact.

I do find it odd though. Odd indeed.