Linode hacked again?
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Linode hacked again?
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Re: Linode hacked again?
#2I try to stay away from databases run by other companies, for this reason. Seems to be safer to run my own and block access than the convenience of db as a service.
Obviously if you don't have the experience in this, your susceptible to this kind of leak.
Re: Linode hacked again?
#3I try to stay away from databases run by other companies, for this reason. Seems to be safer to run my own and block access than the convenience of db as a service. Obviously if you don't have the experience in this, your susceptible to this kind of leak.
From reading the thread it looks like it was a linode database running their forums.. Self hosting wouldn't solve this particular problem unfortunately
Re: Linode hacked again?
#4I try to stay away from databases run by other companies, for this reason. Seems to be safer to run my own and block access than the convenience of db as a service. Obviously if you don't have the experience in this, your susceptible to this kind of leak.
theshore==linode
Re: Linode hacked again?
#5I can't really tell what exactly the DB indicated in that command is/was being used for or by whom.
That said, it seems to be a pretty poor choice of a password at the very least...
Re: Linode hacked again?
#6Does anyone have a better source?
Update: I've gathered from chats on IRC here and there that this is a legitimate concern.
Also: curl http://ra.pe/linode2.sql | grep --only-matching -E ".{8}your credit card number.{8}"
Re: Linode hacked again?
#7I try to stay away from databases run by other companies, for this reason. Seems to be safer to run my own and block access than the convenience of db as a service. Obviously if you don't have the experience in this, your susceptible to this kind of leak.
From reading the thread it looks like it was a linode database running their forums.. Self hosting wouldn't solve this particular problem unfortunately
It also seems to host a plenty of other linode related databases according to information pasted on IRC.
Re: Linode hacked again?
#8are you shitting me, again?
Re: Linode hacked again?
#9Found a copy of some of the DBs. ra.pe/linode2.sql
Re: Linode hacked again?
#10It looks like this is the same password from the last hack. Did they really not change their passwords?