Lucy wrote: > 2009/6/28 Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net>: > >> Hi John, >> >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 08:51:26PM +0100, John wrote: >> >>> It looks like my site is gone. The host has not backed up as promised, >>> and they are just saying its gone no backup. That's all I'm getting. >>> They wont tell me what happened, they wont tell me how the hacker got >>> in, tjhey wont tell me why there is no backup. Nothing. I am feeling >>> very sick right now. >>> >> I agree with others who have said that the web applications you are >> running are the most likely attack vector, and that you should make >> sure they are kept up to date. >> > > Like I said in an earlier post, many other sites on the same server > were also compromised. It's likely that he'll never find out which one > was responsible. I agree that keeping everything up to date is > essential though. > > [snip] > >> In any case, for the future, you aren't likely to get far disputing >> backup failures with any hosting company so it is best to assume >> responsibility yourself for this. That may mean just checking >> that backups your host does actually exist and are correct, or it >> may mean doing them yourself. 2.5GiB is not a large amount of data >> so there isn't really any excuse for not keeping a backup yourself. >> > > Seconded, and there are many backup options that don't require > downloading the whole 2.5GiB each time. > > Hi, what backup options are there that dont require you to download the full site each time. It is some of my fault for relying on the host, I should never have done that. I need to learn more.
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