Forum Hacked 2/6, Restored 2/7
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:22 pm
Greetings,
You probably already know this by now, but the forum was hacked on Sunday at around 6:30 PM Eastern. I'd like to apologize for the two juvenile e-mails that appeared to be sent by me. They weren't, and if you check the headers you can confirm that.
They also tinkered with the word censor settings to replace everyday English words with profanity, vulgarly renamed some members, deleted some too. They also made the forum for troublesome/duplicate posts/posters become the only visible one.
This act was committed by someone on the networks of Fairleigh Dickinson University. They've since been reported to the proper authorities. Ultimately, it achieved little. On account of the database restore, we've lost something like 2 * days of posts. Many of those have been saved by Awallaceunc and will be reposted in some form.
Anyone who registered after Saturday morning will need to resign up again. Feel free to discuss this matter, or pose any questions here. Obviously, this was a bit of an inconvenience, and I apologize for that. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
You probably already know this by now, but the forum was hacked on Sunday at around 6:30 PM Eastern. I'd like to apologize for the two juvenile e-mails that appeared to be sent by me. They weren't, and if you check the headers you can confirm that.
They also tinkered with the word censor settings to replace everyday English words with profanity, vulgarly renamed some members, deleted some too. They also made the forum for troublesome/duplicate posts/posters become the only visible one.
This act was committed by someone on the networks of Fairleigh Dickinson University. They've since been reported to the proper authorities. Ultimately, it achieved little. On account of the database restore, we've lost something like 2 * days of posts. Many of those have been saved by Awallaceunc and will be reposted in some form.
Anyone who registered after Saturday morning will need to resign up again. Feel free to discuss this matter, or pose any questions here. Obviously, this was a bit of an inconvenience, and I apologize for that. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
