Hackers crashed the host of photografitti.de

Friends,

this seems to be a great day for me.

I just got the message that hackers broke into the server of my host and destroyed the system completely.

So photografitti.de is completely destroyed.

I can re-upload the files, Database-backup exists as well but all uploaded images + the created thumbnails...

I have no backup of that.

So, I will be busy this day, fortunately it's a day off for me, but I think I will not re-install photografitti.de again, maybe I will set up a completely new photoblog?

I will stay away from here, must help myself!

Once again: what the fuck is in these hackers brain? Why don't they use their creativity for something positive? What is this?

I do not understand this stupidity at all

[jeremycherfas]

I am so sorry. I know that is no real help, but hey, it is all I have to offer.

[blinking8s+]

i'll never understand them...

good luck, i lost a whole database the other night and by luck found a glitch in the system that allowed me to restore it

*rubs some luck on connie*

hope it helps

thanks!

I am just re-uploading 4 domains

then I must go and try to restore "photografitti"

The database is ok, they have a backup, made 1 hour before the attack...

but the images..

I have no complete backup of the images and the thumbnails, so that is something we must tell the users:

to backup themselves the data! + run continually database backups...

it is my fault as well as my backups are not uptodate, but that is no excuse for the hacker ...

I hate these guys.. they are just stupid criminals

[blinking8s+]

database cannot be replaced though, thats good they had them backed up so recently. the images and edits will be a pain, but at least you still have the originals on the HD's!?

maybe you will be inspired to back a backup images addon? that creates a zip of the image folder?

I am thinking about something like that.

but: if you do a backup at the server, the webspace will be full very soon...
a regular cronjob which creates the ZIP must have a storage place outside the domain.. and to mail that will be too much..

just some ideas which go through my head in the moment

I do not have all images on my Harddisk, at least not in one folder... most of them, sure..

[raminia+]

sorry to hear that. I'm working on comment spam now...

[Joe[y]+]

yeah. i back up my images folder every now and then onto my pc. i think i might do that now actually! lol - you've got me scared!

bad luck though connie! it's a good excuse to start afresh though - setting up a photoblog is one of the coolest things so actually try and have some fun! do something neeeew!!

I could re-setup Photografitti the way it was, the database was backupped just half an hour before the attack

only missed this 100 images + thumbs which I had to re-upload (and find them on the harddisks... )

so I am thinking about an addon now which will mail the uploaded image + generated thumbnail after uploading to a special email adress
as with THE BAT, my email program, it is possible to define that mail attachments for an account should be stored in a special folder...

so I will have all images up to date... well, not too bad idea, maybe combining with an automated database-dump, which could be sent as attachment as well...

But first let's settle the other topics!

[Spudooli]

Connie, that sucks. I had a look through my browser cache for your images, but realiized I deleted my cache (and cookies) while testing the comment thing the other night on the new PP 1.5. Sorry I couldn't help out there!
I'm backing up my images now though. I don't mind learning from your woe!