Should we Make New Passwords Since COTH Was Hacked?

[Moderator_1]

@4LeafCloverFarm

Thanks @Moderator 1 . Appreciate the info.

But I agree with others that this issue deserved a banner on the forums or a Tweet or FB post or something to let forum users know what happened. Just my 2 cents.

Agreed – now that we have more information, we just posted an announcement on all the Forums.

[Where_sMyWhite]

@Moderator 1 thank you for the update and thank the team for their prompt actions taking the forum offline followed by the additional research. Being hacked is never a fun tun

[skydy]

@Moderator 1

OK, so after continued investigation, the development team has said that while the breach was serious, they have found no indication that any user data was compromised. The hackers, probably using an automated bot, found a recently identified security vulnerability in which they posted a picture as the means of inserting code and executing it.

The developers took immediate precautions and then have been looking into further hardening the server and upgrading our forum software.

I can’t imagine it’s ever a bad idea to change your passwords if an issue like this occurs, and clean out your cookies. Raidforum was the website to which we were redirected, so you can check for that.

The developers also wanted to stress that these types of issues are almost never specifically targeted personal attacks on the site – bots go out in search of vulnerabilities.

If you have other specific questions, I will do my best to get answers.

Our sincere apologies for the inconvenience and concern this has caused everyone.

Well, as long as the motive in hacking the website wasn’t a personal one…:lol:

[trubandloki]

@Moderator 1 Thank you for keeping us updated. And thank you for the banner at the top announcing this breech.