Website was HACKED.

[_Zaphod_]

look for yourself.

Also, the main index on the forum is completely broken.

[Edit: added "was" in the title. --Norbert]

[Andrew]

We're back now, but does the admin know whether any personal info. of the members here was stolen from the database?

[Andrew]

Guess so, but who knows? Also, if it was a script kiddie, why did it take so long to restore the site/forum?

[Norbert]

[...], why did it take so long to restore the site/forum?

From what I understand, during that period, poirot was visiting the Netherlands.
So, it may have been complicated to work on the website during that time, plus it's not a fun way to spend a vacation...

[poirot]

right. I was in the Netherlands and had a great lunch with Tammo Jan sorry about the site, the idiot who did this replaced our home with his stupid defaced page; unfortunately he didn't leave any index.php~ backup or anything. So I had to download the right version of phpbb to extract the index.php file and restore it. I did this as soon as I got back to Argentina where I had the credentials to access the website's ftp.

[buanzo]

Hi!

I have some experience with hardening websites and other services under linux. Been at it since the late 90s'. Email or PM me, I volunteer

[Norbert]

Email or PM me, I volunteer

Hi buanzo, thanks for the offer, but we're fine now; a lot has changed since April 2012.
By the way, welcome to the forum!