We are back in business!

[NeoGen]

Finally, the site's fully back up! :D

I was starting to get worried about it. This must have been the longest downtime of the site since I joined the Team.

Well, back to work people. Nothing to see here. Move along.

[NeoGen]

Just a question...

How come the stats page was rolled back to a copy of December 14th?

[Jeff]

I had to do a rolling backup of the entire site.

[LisaD]

Do we have any info on who hacked the site?

Can they do it again?

[AMDave]

Jeff,

I can't help you get your weekend back, but I sincerely wish you all the best for the Holiday Season. May Santa bring you all that you wish for.

Thanks.

PS - the test site was rock solid throughout.
That bodes well for your future plans for the forum.

PPS - Oh and one other wish
May the hacker get investigated by the IRS :twisted:
(nothing against the IRS - They're just REALLY good at what they do)

[Jeff]

I believe there was an exploit in the SPChat module that allowed hackers to upload files to my server. They also used this server to spam thousands of people

I removed the spchat module and deleted the files they uploaded, or at least the ones they could find.

[Jeff]

Yes, I would like to start working on the test site again, just have been so busy

[AMDave]

Crickey mate.
Take a break & enjoy your hols.
Think about it next year.

[Jeff]

You know, the only reason the site took so long was because my upload speed is so slow.

The site is 1.5 gigs I think.....takes a lonnnnng time to upload.

[AMDave]

How big are the backups?
Time to jetison some old threads?