Hacked, but back

To those of you blissfully unaware, Jedimoose.org got hacked over the weekend. The damage wasn’t particularly vicious, but it was widespread. Essentially many of the PHP files across a couple of the subdomains had been altered at 2315 on Friday night so that they were sending information to a sever in Russia. This necessitated me taking down the site completely, and getting the hosts to perform a restore from backup, which has now (finally) been completed. Other than the sites not being available for the past 48 hours, there should have been no other noticable impact.

I have not yet confirmed the point of entry for the attack, but as a precaution I will be ensuring that every WordPress-based site on the domain has been updated to the latest version of WordPress. This may include a short bit of downtime for each domain.

Additionally, can I request that all subdomain owners reset their WordPress passwords immediately.

mrBen

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4 Responses to Hacked, but back

  1. davee says:

    Hmm, not good to have the site hacked; I’ve just upgraded *my* WordPress as well, since it might have been a couple of minor releases behind. Shame there’s no *real* automated way to do this…

  2. i say we mobilize the troops to open a serious can off whoop ass!

  3. stupid commies.
    (oops i’m i like 20 years behind the times?)

    but i’m all in for Guy’s idea. the U:U shall be there with ninja action in tow.

  4. Thank you Ben for saving the day and our beloved domain…you rock man! I too agree with Guy Icognito, let me know when you wanna rally the troops, my pointy stick and various throwing stars are ready and waiting for deployment!

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