[brailleblaster] Re: Coming back to life.
- From: "qubit" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:35:21 -0600
John -- I wonder why they focused on your site. I know they have been going
after financial companies big time since the wikileaks craziness in the
news -- mainly those companies that aren't supporting their cause. You are
just a small nonprofit. Perhaps a stray virus found its way onto your site.
I know some people who are cancelling their paypal accounts not because of
their support of wikileaks, but because of the retaliation to paypal
suspending donations to wikileaks. Some people are nervous paypal will be
compromised.
Anyway, I always use long hard-to-guess passwords. Sometimes I forget some
of them which can be a pain, but mostly I play it safe.
Take care.
--le
----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 9:11 AM
Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Coming back to life.
Laura,
We have to restore all the data and then reinstall all the applications.
My consultant thinks a cracker guessed my short password. He found
plenty of evidence in the logs. A warning to all of us to be more
security-minded. Crackers prown about like roaring lions seeking someone
to take over.
I think git would be a distraction, since we are using Mercurial.
John
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 08:18:11AM -0600, qubit wrote:
> Hey John -- good you are back in business.
> I tried logging onto your server last night, but it was still down.
> Hopefully you won't have to restore too much.
> Where do I get git?
> --le
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John J. Boyer" <johnjboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 5:11 AM
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Coming back to life.
>
>
> I've been quiet because my server at 1and1.com was down. they were
> apparently unable to fix it. My consultant just reimaged it. We now have
> to restore all data and reinstall the applications. He said that it
> looked like a cracker was trying to take it over. I'm surprised the
> webhosting company couldn't tell me that.
>
> I hope to be able to push the code I have to the brailleblaster
> Mercurial repository soon.
>
> John
>
> --
> My websites:
> GodTouches Digital Ministry, Inc. http://www.godtouches.org
> Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Location: Madison, WI, USA
>
>
>
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My websites:
GodTouches Digital Ministry, Inc. http://www.godtouches.org
Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Location: Madison, WI, USA
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