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SirAndy
post Nov 27 2022, 04:38 PM
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We were hacked on Sunday 11/13

The attackers hacked one of the admin accounts and gained access to the administrative part of the site.

They went on to change passwords for several user accounts and started impersonating users, posting for sale Ads in the classified section asking people to pay via Zelle or Venmo.

The affected user accounts are:
ClayPerrine
Freezin 914 (The name was briefly changed to "Great")
Ansbacher
dlee6204

If you responded to any of those fake Ads and sent money through those services you need to contest those charges asap.


The hackers then went on to delete most of the forums on 914world.
Luckily i was online at the time and was able to shut down the server before they could wipe everything completely.

Due to the nature of how the data was deleted i couldn't simply revert to a previous backup of our database. I had to start with our latest backup and manually merge in data from the corrupted/hacked database.
While this has taken pretty much exactly 2 weeks (i do have a day job) we were also lucky. Because of the way the data was deleted i was actually able to recover almost everything with very little loss (less than a handful of threads).


There are still quite a few threads that need to be moved to their respective forums and i'm going to need some help from the members to make sure everything gets moved to its correct location.

I created a "Recover" forum that currently holds all those orphaned threads that need to be moved somewhere.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showforum=86
It would be helpful if you could look thorough there and point at any threads you recognize and let me know where they need to be moved to.


NOTE
We do *not* store your password (never have). There is no way the hackers could have gotten your password, even with admin access.

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SirAndy
post Nov 27 2022, 04:44 PM
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Almost forgot:

- If you encounter anything odd on the site or find a thread in a forum where it doesn't belong, please let me know here

- If you can't log in, contact me over on Pelican: Pelican Parts Forums

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post Nov 27 2022, 07:20 PM
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@SirAndy -
WOW! What an effort by you (and others?). Words fail.
We owe you, big time. Thanks so much!
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post Nov 27 2022, 07:24 PM
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SirAndy, thanks for all your hard work! It is appreciated.

For some reason I have been a lot more productive at work over the past two weeks.....
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post Nov 27 2022, 07:36 PM
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post Nov 27 2022, 07:41 PM
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Thanks Andy, that is a ton of work and it is much appreciated. Now I can stop cleaning up the house!
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post Nov 27 2022, 07:53 PM
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Andy - thank you for your efforts! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Nov 27 2022, 07:55 PM
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Thank you Andy
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post Nov 27 2022, 08:09 PM
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No hurry on these, you deserve a break!
They were all in world garage;

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=362334

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361510

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361329

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361445

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361384

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361055

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=360699

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=360520
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post Nov 27 2022, 08:10 PM
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I'm thrilled to see the forum back up!
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post Nov 27 2022, 08:22 PM
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Thank you Andy. I just upgraded to a paid subscription in recognition of all you do.

Many automotive and other forums have vanished in recent years. People do not realize the time and expense that goes into maintaining and supporting such an effort.

It is probably safe to say that most people here have availed themselves of information which has saved them hundreds or thousands of dollars. Kicking back $25 of that for a paid subscription seems more than fair.
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post Nov 27 2022, 08:22 PM
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These threads were in originality and history forum. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=362575 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=362538
This thread was in the classifieds section http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=362396
Either classifieds or member vendors thread for this one http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361278
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361132 Garage my best guess.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=360822 Events forum
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post Nov 27 2022, 08:33 PM
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QUOTE(L-Jet914 @ Nov 27 2022, 06:22 PM) *

These threads were in originality and history forum. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=362575 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=362538
This thread was in the classifieds section http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=362396

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post Nov 27 2022, 08:34 PM
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QUOTE(NARP74 @ Nov 27 2022, 06:09 PM) *

They were all in world garage;

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=362334

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361510

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361329

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361445

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361384

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361055

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=360699

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=360520


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post Nov 27 2022, 08:37 PM
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Over on pelican, the scam du jour is for a scammer to follow a for sale thread and contact the buyer through a pm, asking for payment. A buyer just got scammed over $2k because he sent the payment to the wrong person. Send it zelle or regular venmo and you are screwed.
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post Nov 27 2022, 08:37 PM
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Thanks for all the time and effort spent on getting the site back up!
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post Nov 27 2022, 08:39 PM
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This one goes over in the paddock.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=362221

Monumental job. Many thanks.
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post Nov 27 2022, 08:43 PM
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QUOTE(tygaboy @ Nov 27 2022, 05:20 PM) *

@SirAndy -
WOW! What an effort by you (and others?). Words fail.
We owe you, big time. Thanks so much!

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Best thing that's happened to me today finding the site up!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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post Nov 27 2022, 08:46 PM
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Garage:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361630

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=361484

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=360847

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=360674




And many, many, many thanks, Andy.
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post Nov 27 2022, 08:51 PM
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QUOTE(Charles Freeborn @ Nov 27 2022, 06:39 PM) *

This one goes over in the paddock.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=362221


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