Hacked Sites, How Many Recently?

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What a mess, but we believe both sites are now clean. We also had every mod and admin change passwords. We are watching as closely as we can, but what a giant pain.

Am I wrong, or did vbulletin only put a notice up warning everyone about the problem found in early September, like the 4th or so? They did not send out emails to those using their software with current licenses? Unless I completely missed something, that is what I see. If that is the case, is that why so many sites are currently under siege? The hackers read the notices but we certainly don't go to .com or .org anywhere close to every day.

The hack in ours was inserted almost two full weeks before activation. That way our backups were also corrupted for use.