CPCpower is down, may need security help.

[MacDeath]

Hi guys.
CPCpowers website is down due do some hackers screwing us.


Are some of you well skilled in website security?


Please contact Kukulcan if you're a specialist in Website security.

[AMSDOS]

This is most annoying. 

[McKlain]

Don't you have any idea of how the intrussion happened?


An SQL injection maybe?

[Gryzor]

Indeed, more details would be interesting...

* Gryzor runs to take backup of site.

[AMSDOS]

I got an email from Kukulcan saying that they decided to destroy all and rebuilt another version of the website with less options and simple interface.


I'm not sure if this means there will be less material or less stuff on the rebuild, though it could be a disaster if this site is going to be dictated by hackers.    Would it be worthwhile having a CD/DVD of the site available for purchase?

[Gryzor]

Oh my this is worrying indeed... I wonder if the 'minimal' redesign is indeed related to the hack?

[McKlain]

[Gryzor]

[AMSDOS]

Oh my this is worrying indeed... I wonder if the 'minimal' redesign is indeed related to the hack?

Yes it appears to be due to the hack unfortunately.

[Gryzor]

God damn.

[MacDeath]

Don't know whether Kukulcan is good at english, but I'm sure some of you may be of good advices to him...
Also he need the support from all of us, even if only moral.


Reminds me when this strange guy demanded the whole database from CPCwiki for obscure reason... really strange...

[Gryzor]

Why would any asshole do that though? Still the db, ok, but why destroy the site? What a sociopath...

[MacDeath]

Internet is a real jungle, also i've heard some massive attack against Israel were performed recently...


They need Zobmies and places to proxi or whatever, so I guess any "fragile" server or website could be used as "anonymous" base to attack a company/megacorpo/country... or be targeted by rogue applications and malwares in the process.


Yeah, I played too much Cyberpunk2020 Roleplayings when younger.


I wish it is just a lonely asshole, babyhacker on steroid that could be tracked back and found...
If he's from the other side of the world or with a real agenda, few chances to get him.
If it's a real kid playing, I hope we can kick his ass IRL.




I suspect a speccy or C64 fanboy otherwise.

[Gryzor]

Yes, but it doesn't make any sense to bring the site down; it doesn't pay, since corrective steps will be taken. You need to be invisible to use the box as a bot...

[MacDeath]

Perhaps it would be great to talk about it at 4chan?
I mean despite not being a "personnal army", 4chaners may be willing to help...
They don't always like when "anonymous" is doing shit like this.


But to request such "help" would need to do a proper infographic with the facts and stuffs...Sorry i'm not the best to do it as I know shit in website and hacks.

[Gryzor]

Important as CPC-power might be for us, I doubt 4-chan will place much interest in any of the many little sites that are hacked every day...

[MacDeath]

Well, depends but you are right too.


Also I guess something like 3-4 topics (perhaps even more) on the matter when opened at different parts of this forum.
I guess it would be nice to get them all into one unique to rule them all...

[AMSDOS]

Why would any asshole do that though? Still the db, ok, but why destroy the site? What a sociopath...

I got the impression from his email that he sent to me, that it got to the point where he couldn't do anything with the site except delete it.


Why anyone would want to mess up the site in the first place beats me.

[Gryzor]

Yes, that's what I understood too, but it doesn't mean there's not an offline backup or something, that's what I meant.

[AMSDOS]

I suspect a speccy or C64 fanboy otherwise.

Well that would be an all time low if it were them simply wanting to hack our websites. 

[Gryzor]

I'd guess someone from the CPC community before someone from the others, but that's far-fetched too.

[AMSDOS]

Yes, that's what I understood too, but it doesn't mean there's not an offline backup or something, that's what I meant.

I think the site was backed up, though I'm not totally sure, a site that large I'd just assumed was backed up. 
How often it was backed up (assuming it was  ), I don't know.

[AMSDOS]

I'd guess someone from the CPC community before someone from the others, but that's far-fetched too.

Seems monstrous that someone with an CPC would decide to undermine valued CPC resources. I'd probably stick that riddler Roger dude as a possible suspect.

[Gryzor]

Why, is that something that hasn't happened before, almost with disastrous effects?


Roger has nothing to do with it, how on earth did you figure that?

[TotO]

CPC-Power has some backups, so the content can't be lost like that.
(only the online is a problem actualy)