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SQ Man
15-09-2009, 10:48 AM
The EMMA Ireland website was hacked this morning by a "Turkish" hacker.

We are currently in the process of re-instating the website & hope to go live again ASAP, though it may take a few days to upload all of the information that was lost.
As part of the hack all the database info for the site was lost & our hosts are unable to supply a backup copy, so we have unfortunately lost all forum data & posts.
The forum will be re-installed & you are asked to re-register & start posting again.
MarkoC
15-09-2009, 12:05 PM
Well, theres should be always one of the admins who makes a backup copy himself once a week ...
Hop ethat makes sense in future, as you see in which world we live ...

Hope u get it back soon, but if the data is lost ... dam ...
SQ Man
15-09-2009, 12:45 PM
The person/group responsible for hacking the site has been attacking sites all over the web recently & have apparently hacked several thousand different sites.

The basic site is back live, & more content will be reinstated in due course.

Our hosts are meant to do a nightly backup, but were unable to provide us with a copy.
We have recovered what we can, but they have corrupted the database with the forum postings, so we appear to have lost those.
The forum will be re-installed in due course, but all members will probably have to register again.
<Shane>
15-09-2009, 12:45 PM
Why do people do this?
MarkoC
15-09-2009, 01:09 PM
Why do people do this?

just bunch on muppets who trying toimprove themselves to each other, like me and few others with the loudness in the car :D

Ok, slightly different, as i dont harm anyone with my hobby ...
<Shane>
15-09-2009, 01:43 PM
just bunch on muppets who trying toimprove themselves to each other, like me and few others with the loudness in the car :D

Ok, slightly different, as i dont harm anyone with my hobby ...

Oh right, so it's just to show their friends how much they can really f*ck up stuff. As in not for money or other gains as such?
MarkoC
15-09-2009, 02:38 PM
Oh right, so it's just to show their friends how much they can really f*ck up stuff. As in not for money or other gains as such?

No money involved, its just theyr weird world ...
Competing to each other, whos the best with the computers ... i know its sick ...
SQ Man
15-09-2009, 03:47 PM
Oh right, so it's just to show their friends how much they can really f*ck up stuff. As in not for money or other gains as such?They're just doing it to proove how big their e-p***s is to their pathetic friends.
-ANTO-
15-09-2009, 06:51 PM
sorry to hear nige
Ed.
22-09-2009, 12:34 PM
They're just doing it to proove how big their e-p***s is to their pathetic friends.

Or to show how easy it is to get in, a lot of online security consultants are former hackers.