scorpio_fish 5 Posted October 1, 2007 Saturday someone logged into my website with the password and erased everything, including the database. Everything. The IP was from Russia, which doesn't mean much. Why do people do that crap? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
james 0 Posted October 1, 2007 I'm really sorry to hear about that George - that sucks. As for the why I have heard them say "because I can." James Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
herbko 0 Posted October 1, 2007 Sorry to hear that. I hope you have it backed up. Any ideas how the vandals got your password? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpio_fish 5 Posted October 1, 2007 Sorry to hear that. I hope you have it backed up. Any ideas how the vandals got your password? No, that's the problem. Now I've gone into full paranoia mode. I've spent the morning changing every password to everything I've got a password for, well, maybe not Wetpixel. The only backup still around is very old, we are still searching for a copy. A backup was done automatically AFTER it was wiped clean, ergo it overwrote the last good backup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex_Mustard 0 Posted October 1, 2007 That is such a nightmare. I hope that you find a backup somewhere. I'm going to do a backup right now. Alex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arnon_Ayal 1 Posted October 1, 2007 Bastards! Try the www.archive.org, maybe they store some version of the site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScubaSpen 0 Posted October 2, 2007 I will never understand why people do this. I suggest contacting your hosting company because if they are worth their money they will be keeping regular backup of their servers. They might have a complete backup for you and be able to restore it from their backup media Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CamDiver 5 Posted October 3, 2007 WOW, if some Nugget in Russia can do this, imagine what government agencies can do with all of our informnation all over the place.......scary! Hope you get back up and running soon. George ´CamDiver´Orwell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ce4jesus 1 Posted October 3, 2007 Not that I'm into conspiracy theories but what would the multi-billion dollar anti-hacker/virus companies do without malicious people out there with too much time on their hands. As I lost several years of photos once due to a faulty backup strategy and drive, I feel your pain. sorry for your loss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjpsfla 0 Posted October 4, 2007 I'm really sorry to hear about that George - that sucks. As for the why I have heard them say "because I can." James This is the truth. Sorry to hear about your loss. You must feel violated. My deepest sympathies. Michael Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
