Administrative: A Disconcerting Discovery

Lee · 3rd October 2005, 05:49 PM

I received a 'heads-up' from a forum member that the old WWWBoard forum archives had been hacked with a redirect to a porn site. I was able to reproduce this finding. I have renamed the offending files, replaced them from the archive and notified ValueWeb's abuse department.

Please advise me if any of you discover any other parts of the site which have been so defaced.

Ed · 15th October 2005, 03:59 AM

Lee,

This is most shocking. You wouldn't happen to have the link would you? Just so I can actively avoid it.

Lee · 4th January 2006, 12:34 AM

I have had to lock down the early archive directories as pornographic redirects have again been inserted. I will reopen them once the web hosting company's security people can take a look at what was done and see if they can track it back to the offender.

3rd October 2005, 05:49 PM	#1
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 932	Administrative: A Disconcerting Discovery I received a 'heads-up' from a forum member that the old WWWBoard forum archives had been hacked with a redirect to a porn site. I was able to reproduce this finding. I have renamed the offending files, replaced them from the archive and notified ValueWeb's abuse department. Please advise me if any of you discover any other parts of the site which have been so defaced.

4th January 2006, 12:34 AM	#3
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 932	And it has happened again I have had to lock down the early archive directories as pornographic redirects have again been inserted. I will reopen them once the web hosting company's security people can take a look at what was done and see if they can track it back to the offender.

15th October 2005, 03:59 AM	#2
Ed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 256	Lee, This is most shocking. You wouldn't happen to have the link would you? Just so I can actively avoid it.