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#2723740 - 05/13/09 05:47 AM AVSIM hacked
Thomas DW SimHQ Senior Member Registered: 03/19/02 Posts: 9676 Loc: 3rd Planet, Sun	Quote: AVSIM PRESS RELEASE: AVSIM Hacked Tom Allensworth, CEO and Publisher of AVSIM, today issued the following announcement; “We regret to inform the flight simulation community that on Tuesday, May 12, AVSIM was hacked and effectively destroyed. The method of the hack makes recovery difficult, if not impossible, to recover from. Both servers, that is the library / email and web site / forum servers were attacked. AVSIM is totally offline at this time and we expect to be so for some time to come. We are not able to predict when we will be back online, if we can come back at all. We will post more news as we are able to in the coming days and weeks. _________________________ The unofficial WCE forums LockOnFiles.com
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#2723744 - 05/13/09 05:52 AM Re: AVSIM hacked [Re: Thomas DW]
panchobel SimHQ Member Registered: 03/05/09 Posts: 672 Loc: Fantasy Island	sounds like extortion or terrorism at the internet level in the US it is a case for the FBI elsewhere i think it is a case for the serious crime squad..
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#2723798 - 05/13/09 07:09 AM Re: AVSIM hacked [Re: panchobel]
20mm Forums Manager SimHQ Big Kahuna Registered: 01/03/01 Posts: 29936 Loc: Tucson AZ	sux. I'd like to see these hackers caught and prosecuted. _________________________ Pat Tillman (1976-2004): 4 years Arizona State University, graduated with high honors. 5 seasons National Football League player, Arizona Cardinals. Forever United States Army Ranger.
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#2723828 - 05/13/09 07:49 AM Re: AVSIM hacked [Re: 20mm]
Thomas DW SimHQ Senior Member Registered: 03/19/02 Posts: 9676 Loc: 3rd Planet, Sun	If they want to - they can, but the news are really bad: Quote: Some have asked whether or not we had back ups. Yes, we dutifully backed up our servers every day. Unfortunately, we backed up the servers BETWEEN servers. That is, GREEN, our library server, would be backed up to PURPLE, our WEB/Forum server. That way, if one or the other failed, we would have a back up on the remaining active server. The hacker took out both servers, destroying our ability to use one or the other back up to remedy the situation. the data is all there, it will cost a bit to retrieve it, then they need to know what happened - no sense in going back online just to see it happen all over again. _________________________ The unofficial WCE forums LockOnFiles.com
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#2723831 - 05/13/09 07:51 AM Re: AVSIM hacked [Re: Thomas DW]
joe_stallin SimHQ Member Registered: 01/17/01 Posts: 2550 Loc: Torontario	I hate to point it out, but nothing beats a good tape library. _________________________ Crafty Canadian floppy-headed maple leaf genius. XBL Gamertag: Kerpal_CZ
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#2723834 - 05/13/09 07:54 AM Re: AVSIM hacked [Re: joe_stallin]
Thomas DW SimHQ Senior Member Registered: 03/19/02 Posts: 9676 Loc: 3rd Planet, Sun	nothing (also) beats an external hard drive with RAID mirroring that you unplug after a backup. _________________________ The unofficial WCE forums LockOnFiles.com
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#2723850 - 05/13/09 08:08 AM Re: AVSIM hacked [Re: Thomas DW]
Stormtrooper SimHQ gopher SimHQ Lifer Registered: 07/10/02 Posts: 15895 Loc: Washington State	Didn't visit it there much. The search feature at simviation seemed more suited to my needs. _________________________ Currently playing FSX NFS Shift OFP2 SimHQ on Twitter-- SimHQ on YouTube-- SimHQ on Livestream
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#2723856 - 05/13/09 08:16 AM Re: AVSIM hacked [Re: Stormtrooper]
Para_Bellum Panzerhamster SimHQ Member Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 3860 Loc: Germany	What a shame. AVSim has been my preferred site for FS addons for years. _________________________ "When a fighter pilot dreams, he always sees a MiG at twelve, never at his six." Capt. "Rosey" Rosenkranz, viper pilot
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#2723864 - 05/13/09 08:33 AM Re: AVSIM hacked [Re: Thomas DW]
Skater SimHQ Member Registered: 02/05/03 Posts: 3293 Loc: NYC	Originally Posted By: Thomas DW nothing (also) beats an external hard drive with RAID mirroring that you unplug after a backup. Actually, there is a lot that beats both an external RAID and a Tape library... Avsim, big as it was, really needed a proper DR schema in addition to a proper replication and backup (and failover) schema. The schema that they presented was flawed to be polite, and absolutely crazy if you want to leave politeness at the door. At their level, they needed to be setup professionally. I sure hope SimHQ has it's sh*t in one sock. -Skater _________________________ "As Iron Sharpens Iron, so does a friend sharpen a friend." Proverbs 27:17 "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28
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#2723876 - 05/13/09 08:55 AM Re: AVSIM hacked [Re: Skater]
Thomas DW SimHQ Senior Member Registered: 03/19/02 Posts: 9676 Loc: 3rd Planet, Sun	It is a wake up call for all of us, C6 server was hacked less than 2 weeks ago. _________________________ The unofficial WCE forums LockOnFiles.com
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