Downtime - Security Issue

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  1. arn

    arn Administrator
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    Hi guys,

    Our downtime today was due to a security issue. One of the moderators accounts was compromised and there was an attempt to gain further access.

    We shut it down pretty quickly. No data was lost. I'll fill in more when I get a chance.

    arn
     
  2. Coldar

    Coldar Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the info Arn. I'm sure most of us were curious as to know why it went down.
     
  3. Gov

    Gov Well-Known Member

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    At least it is sorted now. Couldn't access the forums before!
     
  4. Drummerboycroy

    Drummerboycroy Well-Known Member

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    Hey Arn,

    No big deal, but just thought you'd want/potentially need all the info you could get...

    Last night whenever I attempted to refresh a page, I got some kind of "admin password" pop-up. This was occurring in the hours leading up to the site being inaccessible.

    This morning, I was initially logged out, so I attempted to log back in using my "autofilled" information, and was warned that my password and user name weren't correct. Despite receiving the "failed" notice, all of my pages loaded as normal.

    I threw up a quick post to test, and sure enough, here I am, signed on. Not sure what that was about, but figured more information couldn't hurt. ;):)

    Edit: Now that I think about it, I'm going to go ahead and PM you this info...

    DBC
     
  5. slammajamma28

    slammajamma28 Well-Known Member

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    Sounds like someone is targeting vBulletin admins or something.

    Xbox360achievements.org had a similar issue recently.
     
  6. arn

    arn Administrator
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    there a link to that issue?

    arn
     
  7. slammajamma28

    slammajamma28 Well-Known Member

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