What *really* happened last night!

Kim Lemon

Last night all uploaded avatars got deleted and all of the 1400+ member profiles in the chatroom got deleted as well. Now, after a bit of research and talking to my host I got the facts. Lemon was *not* hacked!

A customer who share the same host as Lemon used an
exploit in an outdated script to clear out some of the directories. This happened to some other sites on the network as well.

But fear not, my host do daily backups, and I hope to have all the chatroom profiles and avatars back online within a day or two.
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Mayhem · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 11:16 am Post subject:

1 Q here... those of us who had uploaded avatars but have changed them to something currently existing (such as myself, Gordo and many others)... will we be able to change them back to what we had before? Cos I don't think I've got my pic still on my HD Sad

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Mort · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 11:27 am Post subject:

It looks like the avatars are back,few, I also have not got my avatar on the hd at home Cool

on the other hand mayhems is back and mine isn`t bugger Confused

Mayhem · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 11:50 am Post subject:

This isn't mine Mort... just a very similar one that's in the gallery...
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Kim Lemon · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 11:57 am Post subject:

MayhemUK wrote:

1 Q here... those of us who had uploaded avatars but have changed them to something currently existing (such as myself, Gordo and many others)...

I'm afraid the upload function won't be available from now on due to security reasons. But all of the images will still be there, so those who haven't yet changed avatar will still have the old one.

However, I would recommend that people send me their avatar for inclusion in the gallery, cause if you replace your uploaded avatar with an avatar in the gallery you won't be able to get your old avatar back.
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Jack_Alien · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 12:08 pm Post subject: ...

My Avatar is still here and it seems that it was never lost... and if, I've it on my HD... like all the other things I need on PC (Wallpapers, sounds, etc...).
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Stefan · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 1:58 pm Post subject:

Kim,
Do you know how long it will take before everything is to normal, and you can normally put your avatar in?
I don't really want to send my avatar to you yet, because you said it would be permanent if you place the avatar in the gallery section. And I maybe want to change my avatar somewhere in the future.

jt-3d · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:37 pm Post subject: oops

oh well, I deleted my avatar.

Kim Lemon · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 5:48 pm Post subject:

The avatars are now back online!! Smile

And the chatroom is working too.
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Stefan · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 7:02 pm Post subject:

I deleted my avatar because it was not working, so I still can't get my avatar up and running.
Kim, do you know when the uploading section is restored?

Kim Lemon · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 7:04 pm Post subject:

Vegeta wrote:

Kim, do you know when the uploading section is restored?

Not sure if it ever will. Email it to me and I'll add it to the gallery instead.
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