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DanTheMan
November 16th, 2007, 21:04
Today is a black day for CancerHost.com, for the first time in our history we have been hacked. Right now Josh, Adam(server provider), Cameron and I are trying our best to bring our server back online. Some how the hacker got into our server, changed the root password, but then we caught it and changed the password, and then blocked his ip. Next thing you know our server goes down, access is blocked and we can't reboot the server.

So our clients please hang tight as we try as hard as we can to get this server up and running and attempt to catch this hacker.

If you have any questions please address them here, once again we are sorry for this incident.

As for our donors if you wish for a refund, one will be provided or you can stay with us and we will add free months on to your account.

If anyone has anything urgent to ask please IM me:
AIM: CHdan07
YIM: CHdand07
MSN: bigdanny7o[at]hotmail.com

Sincerely,
Dan
http://cancerhost.com


Update: We are back up and running temporarily on another server while we try to get our old one back up and running, temporary hosting provided by ServerFrog.com
Cam.
November 16th, 2007, 23:30
We are currently working on the problem. A server format was required. We plan to be up and running again within a 7 hour time period.
themainman
November 16th, 2007, 23:41
Cancerhost? Sounds like some kind of malignant tumor. :D Just playin...
DanTheMan
November 16th, 2007, 23:51
Cancerhost? Sounds like some kind of malignant tumor. :D Just playin...

haha thanks for your support buddy, rep +
Cam.
November 16th, 2007, 23:51
Lol, Well that's an interesting way of looking at it :p
[CH]Josh
November 17th, 2007, 11:31
As of this moment, CancerHost is still somewhat down. SSH is still down and WHM is inaccessible because of the port being closed. Our main server provider also seems to be having issues with their server. It may or may not be connected. But, because of this, we cannot access our vps cp, hyperVM. The server administrator is also unreachable as I am typing this.

Let it be known that CancerHost will re-open no matter what, we are not giving up.
Cam.
November 17th, 2007, 15:47
The port is currently not closed, We had a ping of death attack which rendered the server in-operable. We are working on this.
J J
November 17th, 2007, 16:38
I hope you get up and running again. It's sad people like this, exist on the Internet.

;)
Cam.
November 17th, 2007, 18:09
We hope so too, We are currently dealing with a corrupted HDD, And that should be dealt with soon.
Darknight
November 17th, 2007, 19:11
I have also been getting alot of hacking attempts, My ssh logs have been going off the wall on my VPS, There trying to root my VPS though, Brute force attacks and such :P
Good luck getting things worked out :)
Dont use the defult SSH port next time.. It can help
[CH]Josh
November 17th, 2007, 20:19
The port is currently not closed, We had a ping of death attack which rendered the server in-operable. We are working on this.
At the time of my posting, port 2086 was closed. :wink2:
Kwek
November 17th, 2007, 23:22
I hope everything will be fine for you soon; it's really frustrating when such incidents happen.

Good luck!
Cam.
November 18th, 2007, 00:56
I have also been getting alot of hacking attempts, My ssh logs have been going off the wall on my VPS, There trying to root my VPS though, Brute force attacks and such :P
Good luck getting things worked out :)
Dont use the defult SSH port next time.. It can help

We weren't using the default port, It was something like 2285.
DanTheMan
November 18th, 2007, 09:44
I hope everything will be fine for you soon; it's really frustrating when such incidents happen.

Good luck!

Thanks for the support :D

New update: We're looking at a dedicated right now even though our budget is some what low.
[CH]Josh
November 18th, 2007, 11:04
Dan;933799']Thanks for the support :D

New update: We're looking at a dedicated right now even though our budget is some what low.
Haha, "some what low" is a nice way of putting it, I guess. I would love it if we could switch over to a dedicated, but I am not quite so sure yet.
MyHoZt
November 19th, 2007, 18:52
Oppps
Sorry to hear that
Good luck to be up again !
.Andy
November 19th, 2007, 20:44
I can't belive this happened allready. You guys seem like great people and I hope you get this sorted out quickly.
DanTheMan
November 20th, 2007, 17:28
I can't belive this happened allready. You guys seem like great people and I hope you get this sorted out quickly.

Yeah, it happened, and we got it back up, more secure, in only a few days!

Clients are returning however we lost many free users.
Decker
November 20th, 2007, 20:38
Dan;934472']Clients are returning however we lost many free users.

Isn't it strange 'free' clients tend to desert quickest :fangel:

CH if you don't have your own server, ask questions of the provider to get details on how secure you can be.
[CH]Josh
November 26th, 2007, 10:52
Isn't it strange 'free' clients tend to desert quickest :fangel:

CH if you don't have your own server, ask questions of the provider to get details on how secure you can be.
And paid users will to, since they'll jump from host to host whenever there is some special going on just to save a dollar or two. The ones that stick with you, those are the ones that will have successful websites just because they realize that jumping from host to host is not exactly the most stable way of doing business. But the main issue is laziness, which is all too common in humans these days.
.Andy
November 30th, 2007, 23:22
Josh;936117']And paid users will to, since they'll jump from host to host whenever there is some special going on just to save a dollar or two. The ones that stick with you, those are the ones that will have successful websites just because they realize that jumping from host to host is not exactly the most stable way of doing business. But the main issue is laziness, which is all too common in humans these days.

I couldn't of said it better myself. Rep Added.