Hopefully people haven't noticed, but several sites around the Revora network, and even beyond have had pages defaced by a group by the name of FACU. If you are a member of this group or are responsible for the hacking, I would like to note that unauthorized use or access of a computer system is a federal crime, and if this is not discontinued legal action may be pursued. I am willing to forgo any attempts to find out who is doing this if they will simply explain to me the hole that is being exploited so that I can better secure the server. Doing things like this helps no one, and hacking such a small insignificant corner of the internet (despite our size, we aren't really large in the grand scale) is not something that gains you 1337 haxx0r status. You are only hurting people who put in time and effort for little to no reward to maintain a system like this. I put it out to whoever is doing this, if you just explain how to protect against attacks like this I will not pursue any manner of retribution.
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Started by Mastermind, Dec 08 2005 01:11 AM
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Posted 08 December 2005 - 01:11 AM
Too cute! | Server Status: If you can read this, it's up |Well, when it comes to writing an expository essay about counter-insurgent tactics, I'm of the old school. First you tell them how you're going to kill them. Then you kill them. Then you tell them how you just killed them.
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Posted 08 December 2005 - 02:43 AM
Is this the same group that hit freedom studios? It was defaced earlier too. Hmm...
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Posted 08 December 2005 - 12:46 PM
ive noticed, downtime and slowness on the forums recently but hacking ?? fook.
hmmm.... always puzzles me why....
hmmm.... always puzzles me why....
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Posted 08 December 2005 - 03:25 PM
Bunch of tossers, if you ask me. You owe them nothing, MM.
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Posted 08 December 2005 - 08:27 PM
Any idea how they got in? Its preaty damn hard to crack a .nix box with PHP are they the same group that said we should not use Windows server?
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Posted 08 December 2005 - 08:35 PM
someone could have had a php script with a security hole they exploited
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Posted 08 December 2005 - 08:49 PM
By the nature of the attack, the target was straight to apache side.
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Posted 09 December 2005 - 01:26 AM
Screw them. Pursue legal action if it persists, and even if it doesn't. You owe them nothing, and their criminal actions should not go unpunished no matter what the circumstances.
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Posted 10 December 2005 - 04:36 PM
I know another hacker.. if you want to test on security hles I could ask him to testhack us..
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Posted 10 December 2005 - 06:07 PM
That's a good idea, Daeda. But if we use this kind of service, we need to talk the details on MSN.
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Posted 10 December 2005 - 06:20 PM
Yeah, ill ask him when I see him (which will most probably be tonight) he's a close friend of mine so we can trust him..
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Posted 10 December 2005 - 08:50 PM
Good idea, would be putting his skills to a good use.
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Posted 10 December 2005 - 09:02 PM
I won't be on MSN till december 22nd due to university free and spontaneous pressure...
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Posted 11 December 2005 - 12:00 AM
That's a good idea, Daeda. But if we use this kind of service, we need to talk the details on MSN.
no open forum posting of accounts? darn
Hopefullly it's an easy fix
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Posted 11 December 2005 - 09:37 PM
It's probably better to wait until after we have new versions of the various pages as part of the revolution. That way we can test them each before they go live.
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Posted 12 December 2005 - 12:56 PM
Oh I know some great hackers also.... Might want to contact me later.
and Mastermind you dont owe them anything. I would suggest pressing charges now. You probably could make it in court with a break into the MITNet... :S
and Mastermind you dont owe them anything. I would suggest pressing charges now. You probably could make it in court with a break into the MITNet... :S
Edited by TankBuster, 12 December 2005 - 12:57 PM.
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