Forums defaced

Tonight one of my forums were defaced - I guess due to my recent unawareness of a critical update (phpbb version 2.13) :-(

No real harm done, but some work to do (thank god I keep backups of both databases and content at all times, so I just really had to do the following things:

  • Restore customized template - check
  • Restore parts of the DB - check
  • Change PW of the DB itself - check
  • Change PW of the admin-user - check
  • Notify the users of breach and suggest PW change - check

In total: 25minutes of my life…argh…and all that just to have a forum for my football-team… :mrgreen: )

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