Webhost hack wipes out data for 100,000 sites

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  • u-Bob
    there's no $$$ in porn
    • Jul 2005
    • 33063

    #1

    Webhost hack wipes out data for 100,000 sites

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/08/webhost_attack/

    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....

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  • sandman!
    Icq: 14420613
    • Mar 2001
    • 15427

    #2
    welcome to last week.

    the creator of the hacked software also killed himself in the last week.
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    • u-Bob
      there's no $$$ in porn
      • Jul 2005
      • 33063

      #3
      Originally posted by sandman!
      welcome to last week.

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

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      • sandman!
        Icq: 14420613
        • Mar 2001
        • 15427

        #4
        no not the actor the software developer that made the software that got hacked offed himself.



        Originally posted by u-Bob
        David Carradine hacked that server????
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        • u-Bob
          there's no $$$ in porn
          • Jul 2005
          • 33063

          #5
          I c ...
          Last edited by u-Bob; 06-10-2009, 12:39 PM.

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          • marketsmart
            HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
            • Dec 2004
            • 20419

            #6
            Originally posted by sandman!
            no not the actor the software developer that made the software that got hacked offed himself.
            his name was david carradine too?

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            • czarina
              Webmaster Extraordinaire
              • Jul 2002
              • 10751

              #7
              is that for real? I mean, the guy killing himself?

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              • seeandsee
                Check SIG!
                • Mar 2006
                • 50945

                #8
                Originally posted by u-Bob
                http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/08/webhost_attack/




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                • st0ned
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 8437

                  #9
                  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...
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                  • Mr.Right - Banned For Life
                    I guarantee it
                    • May 2005
                    • 18314

                    #10
                    Originally posted by sandman!
                    no not the actor the software developer that made the software that got hacked offed himself.
                    what software was it?

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                    • sandman!
                      Icq: 14420613
                      • Mar 2001
                      • 15427

                      #11
                      no it was not.


                      Originally posted by marketsmart
                      his name was david carradine too?
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                      • sandman!
                        Icq: 14420613
                        • Mar 2001
                        • 15427

                        #12
                        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.


                        Originally posted by st0ned
                        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...
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                        • sandman!
                          Icq: 14420613
                          • Mar 2001
                          • 15427

                          #13
                          Hyper VM link to owners death http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06..._funder_death/


                          Originally posted by Mr.Right
                          what software was it?
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                          • webair
                            Confirmed User
                            • Feb 2002
                            • 8531

                            #14
                            Backup backup backup =)


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