phpBB.com HACKED!!

[KTBleeding]

Originally Posted by giorgioarmani

Wow this is harsh... Am I glad I am using vBulletin and not PHPBB anymore

: sigh :

[Tophon]

Originally Posted by giorgioarmani

Wow this is harsh... Am I glad I am using vBulletin and not PHPBB anymore

Why is it some people just love to cause drama?

Did you miss the many posts and info all accross the net or are you just having trouble taking in the information or maybe just ignoring it to suit you?

Maybe the post above this one may get the message accross as it's clearly marked for you to read. Save it to your pictures folder and have a look every morning for the next week just to keep it clear in your mind!

They were hacked because there was an exploit in the phpList script they were running on their server. There was not anything they could have done as the fix came out after they were hacked THROUGH phpList! The hacker then got in and had admin use of the whole site.

phpBB3 is safe and there are no known vulnerabilities in phpBB 3.0.4.

Whether you are running Vbulletin or using word files by emails with your friends, show a little respect and try gaining some facts before you put them down.

( That feels better!)

Originally Posted by PremierFootball

The vbulletin team will be happy now, lol.

Hilarious? I bet your right arm they have more respect. Anyone could be hacked eh?

Originally Posted by RedTyger

Anyway, if there's any justice phplist will lose a bunch of users over it. It was some pretty atrocious code that got exploited

Stefan Esser agrees:

http://www.suspekt.org/2009/02/06/so...phpbbcom-hack/

Interestingly, I see no discussion of this at all on forums.phplist.com.

[Dream]

Originally Posted by klaush

If you don't want to upgrade now, you can fix the vulnerability quickly by adding the following line to the top of the index file in the admin directory:

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if (isset($_REQUEST['_SERVER'])) { exit; }

http://www.phplist.com/?lid=274

holy moly, I wont be using this phplist thing ever. (if I got it right)

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by queenzeal

Stefan Esser agrees:

http://www.suspekt.org/2009/02/06/so...phpbbcom-hack/

Interestingly, I see no discussion of this at all on forums.phplist.com.

Thanks for the link

[Lautaro]

dam.. i feel so bad for phpbb . u.u .. I got hacked long time ago and i was very angry about it, I cant iage how they're right now.. too bad news for phpbb .. i h8 hackers...

[jimbles]

Php is a great free software, hope they fix it.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by PremierFootball

The vbulletin team will be happy now, lol.

We are never happy when any site is hacked. Nor do we wish something like this happens to a competitor.

[Magnumutz]

Originally Posted by jimbles

Php is a great free software, hope they fix it.

PHP didn't get hacked, PHP didn't cause the site to get hacked.
PHPList did!
Get your facts right!