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It was a known weakness in vBulletin that was not closed.

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On 25 July 2013 02:43, Vikram Dhillon <dhillonv10 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Conno,
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Conno B. <conno.boel at solcon.nl> wrote:
>
>> **
>> Hi Tom (and list)
>>
>> Thanks for the quick answer!
>>
>> Yeah, I'll wait with asking the really hard questions until they're
>> finished with repairing too, I guess.
>> maybe /if any of them reads this/ would it be an idea to have the forums
>> run in a kind of "safe mode" first, when they're up?
>>
>>
> In network security, generally once you find out what caused the problem
> (vulnerable code, some zero day, outdate software which btw is _very
> unlikely_ So once the admins figure out how the attackers got in, patch it
> up, the forums will be up. There isn't really a need for a safe mode
> because once they're up, they've already been tested and everything by that
> point.
>
>
>> Hm, I don't have any active accounts, besides my Ubuntu-one. I think
>> maintaining a lot of accounts is a hassle >.<
>> From what I know, neither of these two are at direct risk, am I right?
>>
>>
> Yes, ubuntu forums are the only thing impacted, ubuntu-one is totally
> fine.
>
>>  yeah, my senior always told me:
>> "in case of trouble, get a pot 'o' coffee, sit down, and wait until
>> there's no-one pressuring you"
>> So, no, I wasn't actually planning on storming the actual maintainers
>> with questions now >.<
>>
>>
> Good advice here.
>
>> And I know that there's more sources out there (Thank open-source :D)
>> But I actually also found a halfway-around, you can use google cache to
>> (up to a certain level) gain acess to posts,
>> so for now, that way is good enough for me :D
>>
>>
> The cache generally maintains old posts so yea, you can get a lot from
> there, youtube is another source for somethings that you might need.
>
>>  greetings,
>> Cornelis
>>
>> //Extra info - spoiler alert//
>> The reason I'll persist in asking said questions, is that I have a
>> low-latency freelance job as writer for a dutch PC-mag.
>> so, since my redaction said they'd be interested if I could fish out
>> details, I'd thought to go ahead and ask stuff >.<
>>
>
> If there's something that you really can't find out or need clarification
> for, feel free to email me, and please don't include the list in cc since
> they probably don't want more noise on questions that might not be related
> directly to the documentation.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Vikram Dhillon
>
> ~~~
> To perceive is to suffer.
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