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u-Bob 06-10-2009 01:28 PM
Webhost hack wipes out data for 100,000 sites
 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/08/webhost_attack/

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A large internet service provider said data for as many as 100,000 websites was destroyed by attackers who targeted a zero-day vulnerability in a widely-used virtualization application.

Technicians at UK-based Vaserv.com were still scrambling to recover data on Monday evening UK time, more than 24 hours after unknown hackers were able to gain root access to the company's system, Rus Foster, the company's director told The Register. He said the attackers were able to penetrate his servers by exploiting a critical vulnerability in HyperVM....

*cough* backups *cough* backups *cough*

sandman! 06-10-2009 01:30 PM
welcome to last week.

the creator of the hacked software also killed himself in the last week.

u-Bob 06-10-2009 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by sandman! (Post 15945150)
welcome to last week.

the creator of the hacked software also killed himself in the last week.
David Carradine hacked that server????

sandman! 06-10-2009 01:36 PM
no not the actor the software developer that made the software that got hacked offed himself.



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Originally Posted by u-Bob (Post 15945159)
David Carradine hacked that server????

u-Bob 06-10-2009 01:38 PM
I c ...

marketsmart 06-10-2009 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by sandman! (Post 15945182)
no not the actor the software developer that made the software that got hacked offed himself.
his name was david carradine too?

czarina 06-10-2009 01:45 PM
is that for real? I mean, the guy killing himself?

seeandsee 06-10-2009 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by u-Bob (Post 15945143)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/08/webhost_attack/




*cough* backups *cough* backups *cough*
right in spot

st0ned 06-10-2009 01:49 PM
Wow that sounds like a fucking disaster. Who in the fuck runs that kind of operation without backups? The guy seriously killed himself? Wow, just wow...

Mr.Right - Banned For Life 06-10-2009 01:54 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by sandman! (Post 15945182)
no not the actor the software developer that made the software that got hacked offed himself.
what software was it?

sandman! 06-10-2009 01:54 PM
no it was not.


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Originally Posted by marketsmart (Post 15945232)
his name was david carradine too?

sandman! 06-10-2009 01:56 PM
the software is low cost vps software used by 99% of the cheapest vps providers most cheap providers offer backups as an added service its not a standard feature and most people are stupid and dont make backups.


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Originally Posted by st0ned (Post 15945286)
Wow that sounds like a fucking disaster. Who in the fuck runs that kind of operation without backups? The guy seriously killed himself? Wow, just wow...

sandman! 06-10-2009 01:57 PM
Hyper VM link to owners death http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06..._funder_death/


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Originally Posted by Mr.Right (Post 15945301)
what software was it?

webair 06-10-2009 02:12 PM
Backup backup backup =)


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