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Yes, I saw that. Looks like someone from Brazil. My recommendation, is to pretend that the hackers got access to the username and password information for all parties, and if you use your CSC user and password combo anywhere else, start going through a process of changing that password.
If you use that password in a pattern that might be worth changing elsewhere too. Painful, but the alternative is more painful.
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(01-17-2023, 05:02 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:Yes, I saw that. Looks like someone from Brazil. My recommendation, is to pretend that the hackers got access to the username and password information for all parties, and if you use your CSC user and password combo anywhere else, start going through a process of changing that password.
If you use that password in a pattern that might be worth changing elsewhere too. Painful, but the alternative is more painful.
This was not a DB hack. This was script kiddies uploading a PHP file somehow to the the root directory. This has happened because no one is maintaining the site. I have uploaded the most recent patches to the site and applied the correct permissions to the folders\files after the updates.
Unless someone does take over looking after the site, this will happen again in the future. We have backups as a fallback, but I don't have the time.
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(01-17-2023, 05:07 AM)Spanner link Wrote:This was not a DB hack. This was script kiddies uploading a PHP file somehow to the the root directory. This has happened because no one is maintaining the site. I have uploaded the most recent patches to the site and applied the correct permissions to the folders\files after the updates.
Unless someone does take over looking after the site, this will happen again in the future. We have backups as a fallback, but I don't have the time.
Spanner I mean no disrespect when I stated what I did.
I am cautious by nature when it comes to any hack, and that is to go straight into protection mode.
I also don't blame you for this occurring, and thanks for any help you do provide because like you state someone isnt maintaining the site, and you don't have time.
Its just sign of the times we live in, where these things happen.
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As an aside I tried to contact Lods and kruddler via mobi but possibly they’ve changed numbers since the old days ?
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(01-17-2023, 06:28 AM)northernblue link Wrote:As an aside I tried to contact Lods and kruddler via mobi but possibly they’ve changed numbers since the old days ? I responded to you....an hour or so after i got it. Did you not get a response?
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[/quote (01-17-2023, 06:28 AM)northernblue link Wrote:As an aside I tried to contact Lods and kruddler via mobi but possibly they’ve changed numbers since the old days ? No. I got it too and sent you a message back also.
Spanner highlights a problem that really needs to be addressed if we want this site to continue. We need someone with the ability to do the maintenance or we need to perhaps look at alternatives in terms of the way the site is hosted and maintained. Spanner just doesn't have the time.
Another thing that may be useful would be an alternative emergency site for such times to keep folks in the loop. We're relying on old contacts that may have elapsed and the mods/admin have changed or aren't as active.
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I think tech support is one issue, the other is audience participation. Let's face it - this site has been in slow decline for a number of years. We've had hardly any new members in ages, many of the semi regulars from seasons past no longer contribute, and we are left with the same dozen or so old timers squabbling about whatever. Of course things are quieter in the off season, but even during the season, the sense of decline is clearly palpable IMO.
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(01-17-2023, 08:12 AM)PaulP link Wrote:I think tech support is one issue, the other is audience participation. Let's face it - this site has been in slow decline for a number of years. We've had hardly any new members in ages, many of the semi regulars from seasons past no longer contribute, and we are left with the same dozen or so old timers squabbling about whatever. Of course things are quieter in the off season, but even during the season, the sense of decline is clearly palpable IMO. I wish I could say that you were wrong, but I can't. It is an easily seen trend when looking at the number of people voting in the Jim Park Award. The numbers have trended lower ever since I've taken up duty on it.
I wish I had the tech skills and the space on a server to deal with the technical side of CSC, but I don't.
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(01-17-2023, 07:02 AM)kruddler link Wrote:I responded to you....an hour or so after i got it. Did you not get a response?
No.
No to both you and Lods ??♂️
God no, I’ve entered the twilight zone !! ?
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I guess the youngsters don’t really do forum discussion, they just see a topic, jump into it and blurt out whatever is on their mind and then on to the next, they don’t really care about what others thoughts and opinions are or if their thought has already been enunciated.
Which is how I’ve always felt about TC, (which I tried unsuccessfully to log into today seeking information about what had happened to us)
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