Please stay away from Ratskep...for a while.

[Durro]

Hi Ratz,

I mean this in the nicest possible way, but it would be best if you didn't try to visit Ratskep in the short term. It appears that we've been hacked, and members who visit may be subject to attack by malicious software. My own computer had an intrusion attempt which was thwarted by my anti-viral software. The forum is glitchy and shows multiple software errors.

LIFE, the forum admin is asleep at the moment, as he's a night owl and late riser in Germany, so it probably won't be resolved for a few more hours yet.

The attack appears to have originated in The Netherlands and we have an IP address to track down.

I'll come back and post when it's safe to visit Ratskep once again.



Durro


Copied from Durro's later posts:

http://www.rationalia.com/forum/viewtop ... 5#p1277846

OK, the site is back up. If you're a member there, please read :-

http://www.rationalskepticism.org/annou ... 34759.html

I'd also strongly advise changing your password.
...

Durro

http://www.rationalia.com/forum/viewtop ... 5#p1277849

Oh, and p.s., if you have visited Ratskep during the problem time, please do a thorough scan of your computer with your anti-viral software, as there's a chance that a trojan or virus may have infected your computer. My anti-viral software prevented a couple of attacks/intrusions, but from speaking to several other members, some weren't so fortunate.

Cheers.

[Thinking Aloud]

Thanks for the heads-up!

[Thinking Aloud]

Sticky?

[HomerJay]

thanks Durro, been getting JavaScript errors this morning, so I've was checking to see if anyone else had the same issues.

If you think the problem may have originated in Holland (although presumably that may well be spoofed) it's probably Transgender Jihadists from A+.

[JimC]

Thanks for the info, Durro! Hope it's sorted soon!

(although as far as Ratskep goes, I am celibate...)

[rachelbean]

Yikes, that really sucks. Thanks for the heads up Durro. Also, I'm glad that's why you're asking us to stay away

[colubridae]

Where? Never heard of it!

(sorry really. Hacking sucks.)

[Ayaan]

Sorry to hear about that, Durro. Hope it gets fixed soon.

[JimC]

We want Ratskep fixed soon!

Taking the piss out of A+ is just too fucking easy!

[Robert_S]

Thanks for the heads up Durro!

Sorry to hear about that. RatSkeps are going to be crashing on the sofa tonight?

[JimC]

Thanks for the heads up Durro!

Sorry to hear about that. RatSkeps are going to be crashing on the sofa tonight?

They could join up to A+ en masse...

[Audley Strange]

Have been, will continue. Thanks.

[Pappa]

We had this happen here a couple of years ago, twice in a few weeks. I was never 100% sure but after spending a long time looking into it, my best educated guess was that it originated in an FTP client virus, specifically FileZilla. Particularly because it affected two sites I ran on different hosts, plus a site my work colleague ran. We both used FileZilla and were both on the same company network. Unfortunately, I never found the virus, but then anti-virus vendors don't tend to concentrate on viruses like that because few users are likely to encounter them.

[HomerJay]

It's been back up for an hour, apparently.

Good work Life.

[Tyrannical]

Yikes, that really sucks. Thanks for the heads up Durro. Also, I'm glad that's why you're asking us to stay away

Well, that's the reason for some of you