The Depot Hacked - Need Help!
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:03 am
This is from our main page, which is still up:
Some time during the early morning hours of Dec. 19th, a hacker called "Insomnia" broke into the database that contains all of the information for our forums. The damage is considerable, and will take time and care to repair. We may even lose part, or all, of the forum attachments and messages due to this.
We have reported this matter to the F.B.I. Cyber Crimes unit, and other local, state, Federal, and International law-enforcement agencies, and will cooperate fully with them in their investigations and efforts to track down this individual.
Currently we are attempting to restore as much data as possible from backups, and seal the security hole that allowed this intrusion. This is a long, difficult and expensive process, but we will do our utmost to restore the system as quickly, and completely, as possible. Our forums may be down anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, but we, the Board of Directors, promise you that we will be back online as soon as possible. The Depot will be back!
As I said though, this is not going to be an easy task, so I ask you all to bear with us as we work on it. It is also proving to be a somewhat expensive task, as we will be moving the site to a more secure server, and paying fees for things like data recovery and restoration, as well as a more robust backup configuration. I know that most of you are already "tapped out" from the holidays, and that this is the worst possible time of the year to ask for your financial help for the site, but every donation we can get right now is critical. Please, if you can spare anything at all, even just a dollar, the Depot needs your help and support right now, more than at any time in our history!
Needless to say, this is gonna put a crimp in our Desert Rats campaign, and other projects we had going for this great game.
That's the deal folks. We need money, and we need it bad. As Bernie said, even $1.00 helps. The Christmas/Holiday season is a tough time to scrape up money, but if you can, please go to our main page and hit the donate link. If you cannot help now, try and remember us at income tax return time!
Goblin[:(]
Some time during the early morning hours of Dec. 19th, a hacker called "Insomnia" broke into the database that contains all of the information for our forums. The damage is considerable, and will take time and care to repair. We may even lose part, or all, of the forum attachments and messages due to this.
We have reported this matter to the F.B.I. Cyber Crimes unit, and other local, state, Federal, and International law-enforcement agencies, and will cooperate fully with them in their investigations and efforts to track down this individual.
Currently we are attempting to restore as much data as possible from backups, and seal the security hole that allowed this intrusion. This is a long, difficult and expensive process, but we will do our utmost to restore the system as quickly, and completely, as possible. Our forums may be down anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, but we, the Board of Directors, promise you that we will be back online as soon as possible. The Depot will be back!
As I said though, this is not going to be an easy task, so I ask you all to bear with us as we work on it. It is also proving to be a somewhat expensive task, as we will be moving the site to a more secure server, and paying fees for things like data recovery and restoration, as well as a more robust backup configuration. I know that most of you are already "tapped out" from the holidays, and that this is the worst possible time of the year to ask for your financial help for the site, but every donation we can get right now is critical. Please, if you can spare anything at all, even just a dollar, the Depot needs your help and support right now, more than at any time in our history!
Needless to say, this is gonna put a crimp in our Desert Rats campaign, and other projects we had going for this great game.
That's the deal folks. We need money, and we need it bad. As Bernie said, even $1.00 helps. The Christmas/Holiday season is a tough time to scrape up money, but if you can, please go to our main page and hit the donate link. If you cannot help now, try and remember us at income tax return time!
Goblin[:(]