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Old Sep 11, 2008, 03:40 PM // 15:40   #1
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Default Problem with PvX?
Has anyone noticed PvXwiki has been down for the last couple days? Anyone know what's happening?

Yesterday it was something different but now it says "MySQL DB crashed. Some data and posts were lost. Rolling back to previous complete DB backup - 08.23.2008."

Erg, will that mean I'll lose my completely revamped userpage too, which I did on Tuesday?
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Old Sep 11, 2008, 04:30 PM // 16:30   #2
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It's a conspiracy. Anet brought it down so everyone wouldn't be running the same builds in HA or GvG again.
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Old Sep 11, 2008, 07:19 PM // 19:19   #3
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From: http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/PvXwiki:News/20080911

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PvXwiki got hacked
What happen?!
Due to a big security hole some 3rd person got access to out mysql backup utility. It has been used to run simultaneously restores in order to crash the MySQL DB. And they did succeed with that.
But since we had nearly daily backups it wasn't a problem by it self. We could just restore. However people who did crash the DB also deleted all DB backups and snapshots. The latest backup admins had downloaded and stored was from 23.08.2008. So the only option was to use that DB to restore PvXwiki...
Since this server has RAID and runs on ext3 it is nearly impossible to restore deleted file. In theory it is possible - but it would require several days or weeks offline time.

Sorry
Me and Hhhippo are deeply sorry, as much as we possibly can be. After all security of this website is our responsibility. I just hope you guys will understand and forgive us for this mistake...

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We will setup a external backup solution using our hosting provider iWeb.ca - it has a dedicated person who will check the server and backups every day. They will be stored and copied to safe locations etc. It cost a lot - but it is the only way to ensure this that this wont happen again.
Again, we are sorry!..
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