HACKED - Toyota Yaris Forums

*YarisBueller* · 10-20-2008, 07:00 AM

Just catching up on the nights posts and well said everyone! Its great to see the vast majority of ppl ready to rebuild. Theres no sense in trying to beat each other up over this as the only people that loose is our community and the people who win are the people who like to see harm to the community. We are where we are and have to live with it. Again to the people who want me to fry over this, I have a tremendous amount of pain and guilt over this and a few black and blue marks on my fists from pounding the walls. But at this point, being angry isnt what helps the site get back online and running, being focused on the task at hand is.

On the vendors issue, I can say for sure its during times of trouble like this that the people with integrity stand up and offer help (some with big monetary donations) and others just act selfish and whine. Only 1 vendor has asked for his money back and got it back; the rest have all said they want to stay and its notable that some really stood up for the community!

The issue of what was compromised. I don't think the hacker took a copy of the forum database for himself since it was nearly 3GB in size and to transfer something that large would require SSH and or FTP. And neither SSH or FTP was used to get in. So it would seem nothing was taken in terms of email addresses or PMs. What was probably done was a MySQL attack where he was able to wipe out the databases using the server against itself basicly.

What we have planned/done. So far all the software has been upgraded and/or downgraded to more secure versions and i'm lining up an entirely new server for us to use which adds not only computing power but also a higher grade of service provider who can give us additional secuity features. This move to a new computer will take some time since I want to let the dust settle on this issue before attempting a move of the entire forum to a new computer. We also have outsourced daily backups to offsite locations so our data is secure from this point forward.

Thanks again to everyone who has stood up, been vocal, united and have begun to recreate alot of the lost information. This kind of effort is something i've only seen on YW and really will benefit everyone on this forum.

ToddR · 10-20-2008, 08:17 AM

Hurray backups! Boooo hackers!

Sucks now, but it'll get better.

*tk-421* · 10-20-2008, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by YarisBueller

Just catching up on the nights posts and well said everyone!

Thanks for the update, YB!
I for one congratulate you on taking the right steps to preventing this issue from ever happening again. I'm sure that the forums will be stronger in every aspect from now on.

Long live YW!

PreciousPups4U · 10-20-2008, 10:44 AM

Agreed. Relatively new here (May 08), but have really appreciated all the help and info with the Yaris. Everyone has been great to deal with and very patient with what to some I am sure are stupid questions, but if you don't know then you don't know, right? Never done ANYTHING to a car before, so this whole modding thing is new to me. Without YW I would never have known NEEDED springs or a sway bar.

sanityassassinv2 · 10-20-2008, 11:19 AM

YW is a great site...it has helped me out quite a bit and it makes me feel good that I have helped others as well. Fortuantely, there aren't a lot of people like this asshole on YW (see: http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums...Number=1260316).

10-20-2008, 10:44 AM	#4
PreciousPups4U I really LOVE this car!!! View User's Garage Drives: 08 Bayou Blue LB AT Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lexington, SC USA Posts: 887	Agreed. Relatively new here (May 08), but have really appreciated all the help and info with the Yaris. Everyone has been great to deal with and very patient with what to some I am sure are stupid questions, but if you don't know then you don't know, right? Never done ANYTHING to a car before, so this whole modding thing is new to me. Without YW I would never have known NEEDED springs or a sway bar. __________________ Cindy “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” - Will Rogers

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10-20-2008, 07:00 AM	#1
YarisBueller Administrator View User's Garage Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 178	Just catching up on the nights posts and well said everyone! Its great to see the vast majority of ppl ready to rebuild. Theres no sense in trying to beat each other up over this as the only people that loose is our community and the people who win are the people who like to see harm to the community. We are where we are and have to live with it. Again to the people who want me to fry over this, I have a tremendous amount of pain and guilt over this and a few black and blue marks on my fists from pounding the walls. But at this point, being angry isnt what helps the site get back online and running, being focused on the task at hand is. On the vendors issue, I can say for sure its during times of trouble like this that the people with integrity stand up and offer help (some with big monetary donations) and others just act selfish and whine. Only 1 vendor has asked for his money back and got it back; the rest have all said they want to stay and its notable that some really stood up for the community! The issue of what was compromised. I don't think the hacker took a copy of the forum database for himself since it was nearly 3GB in size and to transfer something that large would require SSH and or FTP. And neither SSH or FTP was used to get in. So it would seem nothing was taken in terms of email addresses or PMs. What was probably done was a MySQL attack where he was able to wipe out the databases using the server against itself basicly. What we have planned/done. So far all the software has been upgraded and/or downgraded to more secure versions and i'm lining up an entirely new server for us to use which adds not only computing power but also a higher grade of service provider who can give us additional secuity features. This move to a new computer will take some time since I want to let the dust settle on this issue before attempting a move of the entire forum to a new computer. We also have outsourced daily backups to offsite locations so our data is secure from this point forward. Thanks again to everyone who has stood up, been vocal, united and have begun to recreate alot of the lost information. This kind of effort is something i've only seen on YW and really will benefit everyone on this forum.

10-20-2008, 08:17 AM	#2
ToddR Bacon! Drives: 2008 Red Yaris LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern IL Posts: 45	Hurray backups! Boooo hackers! Sucks now, but it'll get better.

10-20-2008, 11:19 AM	#5
sanityassassinv2 The poison in your poison Drives: 2008 Black Liftback MT Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 75	YW is a great site...it has helped me out quite a bit and it makes me feel good that I have helped others as well. Fortuantely, there aren't a lot of people like this asshole on YW (see: http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums...Number=1260316).