[plug] Website re-open
skribe
skribe at amber.com.au
Sun Oct 7 16:39:34 WST 2001
The website is now back online. A few features are missing (eventcal and
user themes) but will be restored shortly.
The story:
At around 7am on October 4th crackers accessed spark through a hole in
PHPNuke. They then preceded to deface the site and run a series of attacks
against spark (perhaps Matt will provide more details).
I had been aware of the bug for several days, but due to sickness had been
unable to fix the hole - which essentially required a major upgrade. In
fact, I had scheduled time to do it today. Unfortunately, the bastards beat
me. Essentially, it is my fault (me and the bugger that gave me the flu) and
I accept full responsibility. I offer my sincerest apologies.
As a result I've moved the site to Postnuke, which has a better record and
for security and a much better development model.
Due to the intrusion, I recommend that all users change their passwords.
Avatars will also have to be changed due to the move to postnuke.
skribe
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Public key information available at:
http://www.amber.com.au/~skribe/publickey.html
Key fingerprint = A855 9CA3 953B 5195 C518 12F2 0E05 DCCD 5A88 E8A4
Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
-- Neil Armstrong
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