Hi Andy, I don't want to say too much about how it was done, but I will just say the cracker managed to gain illegal access to the Linux root account, and then proceeded to rm -rf * everything in site including the backups. We have reinstalled most of the basic services, and I have spoken to Shane and he has made sure the security whole was fixed. At least we are sure the cracker won't gain entry through that whole again. As for the USA Games web site we are using a double backup polacy from now on. Shane will do daily backups of the server images, and I will be doing weekly backups of the USA Games home directory. That way just in case anything this horrible happens again there will be account backups in two places.
Andy Smith wrote: > Well, looks like hackers don't care. How did the idiot get in in the first > place? > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
