Sega-16

[tz101]

Is down again.

 

See here

[Koopa64]

As far as I'm concerned, my world ended that night (May 21st). Sega-16 is down for the count again. Seriously, who in their right mind would want to attack a fansite? I'm talking about any and all the attacks done unto Sega-16 recently.

 

As for this attack, it sounds like a problem was dormant but became active when the site was updated. Probably not as big an attack as the last times, but sounds like a far bigger problem. Melf is even looking into signing on with another server provider.

[NinjaWarrior]

see my thread here

 

My link

 

[Koopa64]

This not the same hack as before.

[tz101]

Seriously, who in their right mind would want to attack a fansite? I'm talking about any and all the attacks done unto Sega-16 recently.

 

I can think of motives like many in the Raul Julia club over there who have honked a few off. Just saying...

[NinjaWarrior]

No, I know it's not a hack..but can you post in my thread about it..

 

There's a thread on DP with DP user talking about this

[Itchy Koala]

Here's some more detail and a theory about what happened.

 

Yesterday, cka and I were contacted by the company that owns the server. This is a huge, premier Web host with excellent customer service whom we have been with for several years. The message said that a page on Sega-16 was phishing, which is a violation of federal and state laws and would result in our entire server being taken offline if it the offending files were not pulled within four hours. We have never received an abuse ticket before and I hope to never receive one again.

 

The page in question was an exact copy of an eBay page. It not only looked like an eBay auction, it had all the eBay JavaScript intact.

 

Based on the timing, with the other two episodes of bad Sega-16 news being so recent and this report coming on a Sunday, I am guessing that someone reported the page to Google and/or the host with the hope that the site would be blocked in search engines and browsers and ultimately blacklisted from the server.

 

I have no idea how many other ticking time bombs are contained within the directories of Sega-16, but I can no longer jeopardize our site, whose databases have already been deleted once due to hackers attracted by Sega-16.

 

The Sega-16 forum was up to date with all security patches, but the main site is not safe to host until it is redesigned with current security measures in place and reviewed for content that could expose the site to further phishing claims in the future.

 

When TNL's articles moved over to a database-driven layout, it was a big hassle. Like Melf, I really don't want to deal with Apache, MySQL, and PHP. I just want to provide content and a place for the community to gather. I will do what I can to help Sega-16 find a new home.

[Algus]

Man, I seriously just signed up for an account there a few days ago too. Makes me a bit skittish about going back.

[Koopa64]

Unless you have sensitive data on Sega-16, I don't think you should be worried about the attacks (except for the downtime). Hell, I never changed my password after the site came back the first time and I doubt anything bad will happen because of that.