FIVE days of missing posts?

by **KaiserJeep** » Thu 30 Nov 2017, 13:01:02

Any chance we'll get them back? There were a lot of good thoughts in those posts...

by **Plantagenet** » Thu 30 Nov 2017, 13:19:52

Hooray for the MODS for getting the site up and back on line so fast.

Thanks.

Cheers!

by **KaiserJeep** » Thu 30 Nov 2017, 13:44:33

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'H')ooray for the MODS for getting the site up and back on line so fast.

Thanks.

Cheers!

by **Tanada** » Thu 30 Nov 2017, 14:48:45

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KaiserJeep', 'A')ny chance we'll get them back? There were a lot of good thoughts in those posts...

by **Outcast_Searcher** » Thu 30 Nov 2017, 15:22:42

If things were bad enough that they had to do a full restore from the offsite backups, I wouldn't hold my breath. I've seen enough SQL messages here over the years to be reasonably sure they're using relational databases, with logs, etc.

The effort to try and mix and match stuff to recover such data reliably would be prodigious, based on the last half of my career -- unless I'm somehow way off the mark in terms of the technology being used.

by **Cog** » Thu 30 Nov 2017, 17:04:13

Shorty says he keeps a copy of every post he has made. So we could all make sure we didn't lose out on a single post he made.

I know this is weighing heavily on people's minds.

by **Cog** » Thu 30 Nov 2017, 17:46:56

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'S')horty says he keeps a copy of every post he has made. So we could all make sure we didn't lose out on a single post he made.

I know this is weighing heavily on people's minds.

by **Newfie** » Thu 30 Nov 2017, 17:49:32

Well things got back to normal quickly.

by **Tanada** » Thu 30 Nov 2017, 20:34:09

Heard back from the owner of our circus here. The hackers not only deleted the active posts, they destroyed the server operating system. We should all consider it good luck the attackers did the damage less than a week after the full backup was archived so we lost a few days instead of a week or more.

by **Newfie** » Thu 30 Nov 2017, 22:35:55

Thanks Tanada

by **j.b.c** » Fri 01 Dec 2017, 00:00:31

I still can't see the main page. What is the new IP address or the domain name?

by **Tanada** » Fri 01 Dec 2017, 11:25:32

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('j.b.c', 'I') still can't see the main page. What is the new IP address or the domain name?

by **jedrider** » Fri 01 Dec 2017, 11:30:19

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'H')eard back from the owner of our circus here. The hackers not only deleted the active posts, they destroyed the server operating system. We should all consider it good luck the attackers did the damage less than a week after the full backup was archived so we lost a few days instead of a week or more.

by **GoghGoner** » Fri 01 Dec 2017, 12:09:30

Peak oil is the bomb -- glad this site is back up.

by **ROCKMAN** » Fri 01 Dec 2017, 16:03:39

T - "...so we lost a few days instead of a week or more." I don't think the Rockman posted anything during that period. So great news: nothing of real value was lost. LOL.