Apr 13, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Join Date: Jun 15, 2004
Location: Georgia
Posts: 367
Age: 43
Earlier this morning Mirai Gamer Forums was hacked and the index page was reset to show the hacker's signature. Someone who called himself "Red Devil".
Not sure if it was just someone who wanted to see if they could hack the forum, or if it was someone who intends to do it again. In any case, things are at least for the moment back to normal again, but it is advised at least for the time being to backup anything you may consider current, recently posted or important in case this sort of event happens again.
MG Forums operates on a vBulletin forum which are supposed to be one of the securest forums on the web, but even vBs can be hacked apparently if someone wants badly enough to do it.
Fortunately the database appears to be unaffected, so after a fresh reinstall of the newest version of the vB software, here we are again.
-Thomas
Not sure if it was just someone who wanted to see if they could hack the forum, or if it was someone who intends to do it again. In any case, things are at least for the moment back to normal again, but it is advised at least for the time being to backup anything you may consider current, recently posted or important in case this sort of event happens again.
MG Forums operates on a vBulletin forum which are supposed to be one of the securest forums on the web, but even vBs can be hacked apparently if someone wants badly enough to do it.
Fortunately the database appears to be unaffected, so after a fresh reinstall of the newest version of the vB software, here we are again.
-Thomas