twifkak Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 from the copy-and-paste-news dept. According to an article from SFGate.com (San Francisco Chronicle), a challenge has been posted, inviting web-site defacers to alter the content of as many web sites as possible on July 6th, with an apparent limit of 6,000 websites per contestant. Looks like this would be a good time to make sure all those web-server security patches are applied! Links to related articles at /., sfgate.com, and news.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattsius Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 It's when these kind of things happen that you are more than happy that you don't have a website (not yet anyway ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 okay, maybe this is a dumb question, but... i have a personal website hosted on earthlink (my ISP) and an old site i don't update on yahoo/geocities. there's nothing crucial on these sites, but i'd hate to lose them (esp. the earthlink site which i do update on a semi regular basis). since i work on the site from home and from work, and sometimes from my boyfriend's, none of the files are stored together. is this article talking about people hacking personal sites? i know it's up to earthlink to deal with security issues, but should i worry about losing my data? (in other words, should i waste some time tonight backing up all those files?) -emily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twifkak Posted July 3, 2003 Author Share Posted July 3, 2003 Originally posted by fov okay, maybe this is a dumb question, but... No, it's not, and I don't even have a definite answer. My guess is you'll be fine (though you should always keep backups -- I lost a homepage of mine once when my ISP decided to no longer provide webhosting services without notice). One of the articles (news.com?) suggested that, by the nature of the contest, crackers would likely go after servers that host several webpages at once -- for example, small businesses often go with cheap hosting that cuts down on cost by sharing CPU time with hundreds of other webpages. geocities and earthlink are big enough to warrant at least one computer, needless to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 (though you should always keep backups -- I lost a homepage of mine once when my ISP decided to no longer provide webhosting services without notice) i know, i know... i'm just so lazy! can't hurt to burn a CD, i guess. maybe while i'm sitting around waiting for everything to squeeze through my tiny dial-up pipe, i'll actually do some long-needed updates... emily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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