Berlingo.org Hacked

[3rensho]

The German Berlingo forum, http://www.berlingo.org, was the victim of a hacking attack that badly damaged the forum. It is being transferred to a new server with new forum software and is expected to be off the air for a few days. The hacker had obtained complete read and write access to that forum. I hope this one is equipped with all the latest bells and whistles.

Tom

[Andre]

Thank you for letting me know Tom, if you know if the owners of that site need any assistance they are always welcome to contact me.

[3rensho]

I trust this site just wanted to mention their problem. Password salting is pretty common, at least in my (Unix) world. Seems strange to me that someone would attack a site as innocuous as a Berlingo site.

[Ol'Jeffers]

Seems strange to me that someone would attack a site as innocuous as a Berlingo site.

Because they can....
The last three forums that I have been involved with as a moderator have all been hacked and vandalised.
The MT-01 forum owner, a RN computer expert has barred all Russian, Chinese and Turkish access. Seems to have worked.

[Northman]

Seems strange to me that someone would attack a site as innocuous as a Berlingo site.

Kangooist extremists?

:twisted:

[3rensho]

Kangooist extremists?

Had the same thought

[andy-womble]

Kangooist extremists?

Had the same thought

Doblo double-dealers maybe???:whistle::whistle::whistle:

[Coco]

Touran terrorists??

[steve valentine]

I wonder if they had a (peugeot) partner in crime?

[Coco]

Careful.....that's getting a bit uncomfortable now