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How we discovered a database leak in one of the biggest Swiss hosting providers

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Re: How we discovered a database leak in one of the biggest Swiss hosting providers

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They probably use a homebuilt admin panel and sw mgmt, and an update brought back in the old root vuln. They don't use cPanel or Plesk. Or the Chinese hacked it again.

Interestingly they - https://security.infoteam.ch/ - offer the very same security service, automatic security audits for their customers. Which explains their angry response the 2nd time.

Re: How we discovered a database leak in one of the biggest Swiss hosting providers

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Important to remember that these “one of the biggest $x in $y” where $y is a country with a population under 10 million means that the statement encompasses many entities which are just a half-dozen people in a small office somewhere.

I know nothing about the particular hosting provider in question.

Re: How we discovered a database leak in one of the biggest Swiss hosting providers

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post #4

They probably use a homebuilt admin panel and sw mgmt, and an update brought back in the old root vuln. They don't use cPanel or Plesk. Or the Chinese hacked it again. Interestingly they - https://security.infoteam.ch/ - offer the very same security service, automatic security audits for their customers. Which explains their angry response the 2nd time.

Maybe I got you wrong, but infoteam.ch are the guys who wrote the blog-post, so your link is to their product they are describing, and not one by the provider? How does that again explain the angry response?

AFAIK there is no mention or link to the provider, I guess since they don't want to make enemies just yet (and lose hosting while doing so). But I am willing to speculate that they are looking for another provider just now :)

Re: How we discovered a database leak in one of the biggest Swiss hosting providers

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For whoever was wondering who this provider is: according to whois-nslookup-mxtoolbox_arin_lookup, the server hosting infoteam.ch is provided by metanet (metanet.ch)

Not trying to ruin their business, but they should consider handling issues like this one properly.

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