Is this function ever coming back or did the Albanians ruin it for everyone?
TWT Chat Is this function ever coming back or did the Albanians ruin it for everyone?
"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak."
Re: TWT Chat What was the deal with the Albanians? Were they trying to steal top secret fantasy wrestling strategies?
"I like to relax with a chainsaw." Tom Brands 12/4/09
Re: TWT Chat Word has it that we are the "Mensa"s of college wrestling knowledge...at least YOU guys are.
"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak."
Re: TWT Chat It should be back sometime by the end of the week.
Getting us back up yesterday wound up being quite a bit of work for Schlottke so he let it ride for at least yesterday.
Re: TWT Chat It will be back shortly. Like Jensen has said - I spent about 4 hours yesterday fixing the problem and I don't like those long hours :P
The hack was unassociated with any files, so everything will be restored. I just took some of the potential culprits offline yesterday to protect the site in case there was a more complex problem. It seemed, at first, like a well planned and coordinated attack but the more I looked into it the more amateur it became.
I'll throw back a couple beers and get to the recovery of the chat and "what's new" back up this afternoon.
We did upgrade the software as a fail safe, too, which means after I get the old stuff back up we have two new little addons to release, too.
Interestingly enough, the hacker isn't actually in Albania. He's an Albanian using Albanian proxies but he lives in the US so he can be charged.
Last edited by Schlottke; 11-08-2010 at 01:53 PM.
Re: TWT Chat why the hell us????
The Art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.
Re: TWT Chat Just random. They search google for strings on sites with exploitable software versions. For example, if this version we're on had a flaw they'd search for "Powered by vBulletin™ Version 4.0.8" and then deface any sites that have that exploit.Originally Posted by TLV
These things are usually caught pretty quickly - but just about every version of popular software has one or two.
Re: TWT Chat What's the point? Just to interrupt a site for a few hours? Sounds pretty dumb to me.
"I like to relax with a chainsaw." Tom Brands 12/4/09
Re: TWT Chat Sometimes they have a point - this one, not so much. Often times islamic nations will target US and European hosts to take them offline to fight the west, but this one appears totally random. No religious messages - just a "hacker" bragging about using someone else's exploit.
In these cases, its pretty much like Internet graffiti... I spent 4 hours yesterday doing community service removing the paint.... lol
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