Comments on: Joomla.org Hacked

By: Daniel Allan

Daniel Allan — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:09:32 +0000

Our site was hacked also, they hacked the IP this time as well, I have a suspicion on how they did it. if you are using light security in your username and password for joomla or if you use an hosting service suc as ipowerweb you need to change your username and password.

lots of times the hosting server will use your domain name as part of your login..
so what they do is hack into your joomla site, and from there they can get login information

there are a few of us out there working on a little surprise for these punks.. it will cost them dearly

By: Jono

Jono — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:55:23 +0000

This really sucks,

My site http://www.painathlon.com uses Joomla and is totally set up for a big charity event I run in Perth, Australia. Now no-one can donate online and I can’t put any results or pics up.
Get a message “redmin security get down” with my event logo in place of the original homepage

I can’t even get in the backend of the site anymore.
How do I go about trying to fix this?

By: fatih koc

fatih koc — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:36:03 +0000

i understand your rage, folks…im a turkish guy and i apologize for what those miserable bastards have done.They all are totally lamer as jack said, after using some brutal force and other softwares they call self as “hacker”. My own web site has been hacked 2 times, and finally i ve found traces of fckin lamer: he was miserable 15 years old kid with acnes on his face…I think they suppose what they did is a special ability…its shame

By: Jack Nickelson

Jack Nickelson — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:23:18 +0000

Actually, they are bastard turkish LAMERS!!!! They are all LAMERS… They are poor and miserable sick person. So don’t say hacker. Say LAMER instead of hacker.

By: Bart

Bart — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:55:38 +0000

We were hacked too, 2 days ago. Restored witin the hour. Now under investigation. Hacker made mistake hacking into a server this is very monitored so expect to have something for the police soon.

To the hacker who reads this: get a life!

By: MiCCAS

MiCCAS — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:33:26 +0000

That seriously sucks Ross, sorry to hear about this. Just a suggestion, keep backing up your website in case something like this happens.

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:30:25 +0000

My website has also been hacked this morning … the bastards erased my configuration.php file and replaced it by “hacked by” arizona and someone else i can’t remember. Ofcourse within hours, i’m repaired the damage.

I’ve called my ISP and they’re investigating the logs. There weren’t many visitors to the website in the last 2 days so soon i’ll know they’re IP addresses. Then it’s of to police and let them deal with those hackers… i have better things to do. I don’t know why they do it… does sitting in a jail cell and never being able to get a job (after a conviction) appeal to them?

If you’re a hacker reading this, i suggest you use your talents to make some money by offering security services rather than by hacking sites. Wouldn’t you rather earn $200 an hour than waste your time hacking an everyday person’s website.

By: MiCCAS

MiCCAS — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:28:10 +0000

More hacking has been done, and the post has been updated.

By: ilox

ilox — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:31:48 +0000

All sites are back up and running, at this stage we are all waiting for the Joomla team to post on what they have found. Until they do then any other speculation is simply guessing.