[Fsf-friends] Since we were talking about hacking/cracking

[admin at antispam]

Hi,

Just upgrade the forum if phpbb to the latest version, or search the
database for that forum, to find any entries by the hack, do take rsync of
your database further if you have shell access ...  let me know if you
need any help..  :)

Thanks,
-- 
Shibu C Varughese
http://itmission.org
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--- malovika roy <malovika at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I would like to bring to your notice one site thats
> just been hacked,
> http://knowgenesis.org/forums/
> One of my close friends (who writes on Open source
> related topics) is a
> moderator for this forum which is an online
> knowledge community. Pls see the
> mail below and if anyone of you can do something
> about this then please do.
>  the responsibility is claimed by some Turkish
> hackers.
>
> Malovika.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Janani Gopalakrishnan <gjanani at gmail.com>
> Date: Apr 27, 2006 11:11 AM
> Subject: Since we were talking about cracking...
>
>
>  Hi,
>
>  Imagine my surprise when I visited it this morning.
> The site was wiped out
> clean, and there was just a banner by 2 Turkish
> hackers claiming
> responsibility for the deed.
>
> Check out http://knowgenesis.org/forums/ (do please
> check it out today
> because I think the admins will start recovery by
> afternoon -- or so I
> hope!)
>
> It's really outrageous. The impact sinks in only
> when we face the brunt. It
> was not even a commercial site -- just an online
> community (based on OS
> philosophies -- even their Journal is licensed under
> CC) for knowledge
> sharing! I wonder what thrill they gain out of this!
>
> I have lost around 2 months worth of posts by
> members because of this! And
> we were having such wonderful interactions.
>
> Janani
>
>
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