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celispeed.com
Starting Member
Canada
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 Posted - 10 May 2002 : 15:34:48
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you can see it here:
www.celispeed.com/forum
plus they deleted my account once they gained access.. I am assuming this is because of that security fix that was released on april 23rd that i have not done to my board yet.
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Heather B.
Starting Member
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Posted - 10 May 2002 : 16:06:18
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The board I belong to has been hacked today as well. It is www.webwomb.com/forum
Seems like it has been done by someone using a different name, but probably the same people. I am not the forum administrator, just a participant. Any clues on how to get our info back??
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
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_barbara
Junior Member
Germany
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Posted - 10 May 2002 : 16:52:57
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Heather: Sorry for the lost data. Unless your forum's admin or the webhost has a recent backup of the database you have no chance to get them back.
In view of the number of forums that have been hacked in the last days I think it would be useful to have a faq for this problem. Something like: What to do if my forum has been hacked, with a step by step explanation. Installing the security patches is one thing (the most important one of course), but there are other things to do, like changing passwords, informing users and advising them to change their password too, etc. Cf. Bozden's list, http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=27770
(but this is for snitz 4beta forum admins).
I think such a "first aid" faq might help people who are concerned and do not regularly visit the snitz forum.
Well, just an idea...
Barbara
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_barbara
Junior Member
Germany
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Posted - 10 May 2002 : 20:27:31
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Good job Bozden 
Why not copy/move your list to the Announcements section (with references to the v.3.3 security patches)? It is of general interest and will more likely to be found there I think.
There are a few things I am still missing in your list...
- what to do when people have problems to restore their forum even after uploading a backup copy of the forum db. (See e.g. http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=27792)
- a general advice to backup the db and forum files regularly 
Barbara
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Heather B.
Starting Member
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Posted - 10 May 2002 : 20:52:26
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Thanks to all who replied! I've tried contacting our administrator, Catherine O'Dell via the contact link on www.webwomb.com, however, I think that the hacker might have messed that page up, as well. Ugh. Frustration. Why someone thinks it is funny to hack a page where women go for support in conception, miscarriage, pregnancy, etc. is beyond me. I'm sorry to hear others have had problems as well. Hopefully Catherine will find this forum that's been set up and will be able to get us up and running!
Thanks again to you all! And good luck to the others who have had this done to them!
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