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Well that sure was fun. What the heck happened? -DJ Sith - Jul 24 05:14am |
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That sure was a fun couple of weeks, wasn't it? Here's the lowdown on what happened. At about 9:41 Central US time on July 12 someone logged into the site admin's account, edited a few users, mainly staff members, hall of fame members, and our newest five students. In addition he changed the names of a few classes, defaced a few articles, and deleted our public forums, making our private staff forums public for roughly 12 hours.
Normally I'd shrug this off and fall back on our nightly backups that have been humming along for about five years. Imagine my surprise when I found that these backups weren't running for about a year and my notification systems didn't tell me. I take pride in myself on being a competent IT admin. I work for a datacenter company that prides itself on excellence. My failure in this is inexcusable, and for all of this you have my most sincerest apologies. Thanks for your patience while we fixed things. We've gone through and painstakingly restored as much data as we could and were able to restore our missing news posts, articles, much of our forum content, and users. Here's the bad part:
It's been a real kick in the teeth, but we'll bounce back from this. I want to thank Setementor and Solitude whose hard work and diligence have been key to getting our data restored. Thanks also to everyone who's expressed their concern and support. It's greatly appreciated. I'm ready to answer any and all questions you have about this, but I'll start out with the big one: Who did this? The short answer is "we're figuring that out". The site defacement came from a compromised proxy server at a managed facility, and it's clear that the one who did this has used compromised dedicated servers in the past while snooping around. We have a giant pile of logs to sift through and a few leads on who the guy is. I'll let y'all know |
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Cloud Senatu - Student 
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Very nicely done, DJ! I'm glad that you were able to fix the site. I remember I came to check my profile one day, and everything was screwed up. I was like "WTF?!" And I tried to let someone know, but for some reason I couldn't...then I found out the site was taken down for repairs. I am very glad that it is back, though.
You did a great job with what you had to deal with. I know that I for one am slightly upset I lost my wonderful post count, but that's just numbers heh. Nothing important. The important thing is, the site is back. So again, great work, DJ! Also great work Solitude and Setementor for all your hard work. I'm pretty sure everyone here greatly appreciates it! |
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Ravz O'wari - Student 
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nice one fellas  |
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Menaxia - Student 
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*claps*
Well done guys for all your hard work! _______________ This is not the place to look for me |
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DJ Sith - Jedi Council 
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Quote: Called the police?
It's probably not worth it. My experience with these things is small time defacements get lost amongst all the child porn, terrorism, and various other internet nasties they have to deal with. _______________ My car is made of Nerf. |
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Sauce - =^.^= 
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u r a h4x0r but not a 1337 h4x0r? |
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Kaldør - Student 
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Everyone makes a mistake now and then. Just be thankful this time it was with a gaming community and not something with your work
Thanks a bunch for working to bring all this back up. |
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JavaGuy - Student 
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Called the police?
_______________ My signature is only one line. You're welcome. |
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planK - Jedi Council 
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Awww damn it, I thought my constant screaming at the computer when the JA site is on the screen was what killed it.  |
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Augusta_Mintaka - Student 
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Pat on the back for all the admins, shame what happened. _______________ "Deos fortioribus adesse." |
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Ulic Belouve - Student 
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Thanks for keeping the site going! I may be an oldbie, but I still check this site often enough. _______________ Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. |
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Xorb - Student 
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n1...thanks DJ! _______________ Cleaning out scum and villainy . . . one wretched hive at a time. |
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R2D2 - Staff 
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Thanks for getting the site back up DJ_Sith, and to Solitude and Setementor for the assistance. _______________ "Do or do not, there is no try" Jedi Master Yoda Dual Saberist |
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Dark D'Kana - Student 
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awesome, thanks for sorting the site out _______________ Padawan of Jaina D'Kana Owner of Kain Sol's 400th and Zantus's 500th comment Skin found here: http://skins.thejediacademy.net/official_ja_skinpack_v1.1.zip |
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Lirael - Jedi Council 
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Quote:
Quote: Sweet, it's up!  _______________ I can write my name with my sparkler. My sparkler > your lightsabre |
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Degor - Padawan 
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Thanks a lot DJ! You're the best! _______________ May the force be with you. And may the academy stand forever! |
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Maher - Jedi Knight 
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Quote: Sweet, it's up!
<3 - Ma _______________ Still here | My Lightsaber |
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Laziana - Jedi Instructor 
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Quote: Sweet, it's up! _______________ Proud owner of Buster Senatu's 200th & 300th, Muro's 370th, Maher's 2100th, Henkes' 1639th, Johauna's 400th, 666th and 900th, Sho Koon's 2000th and Kain Sol's 600th comment Download Laziana's lightsaber here! Glory to Arstozka! |
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Siren_Mintaka - Student 
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Quote: Sweet, it's up!
Hahaha. Setementor, you rock! Way to make JediSith proud. - Rin _______________ Former padawan of RoseRed, and cofounder of the Wii! Triumvirate! Quote: In the words of Old Ben, "Not as retarded or as stupid as a public, but an elegant community for a more civilized age." - Jedi_Pimp
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Setementor - Jedi Master 
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Sweet, it's up! |
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