[pmwiki-users] www.pmwiki.org defaced!!

[Leo Razoumov]

On 11/25/06, Patrick R. Michaud <pmichaud at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 05:10:53PM -0500, Leo Razoumov wrote:
> > I just noticed (2006-11-25 @ 17:08 EST) that www.pmwiki.org  site has
> > been defaced. The front page contains the following line repeated
> > several times:
> >
> > == Hacked By HB Digital Security Team ==
> >
> > Any clue what happened?
>
> Someone simply edited the page and changed it to the
> contents you see there.  It's not uncommon, and pmwiki.org
> automatically restores the page back to its original contents
> after about 15 minutes.
>
> If "HB Digital Security Team" really thinks this qualifies as a
> worthy "hack", then they're really lame.  (Actually, they're
> probably lame regardless of what they think.  :-)
>
> Pm

Why not to protect the front-page with a write password? After all,
you are the only one who edits the front page.

Reading all the discussions about PHP vulnerabilities one has a hard
time to tell an "clueless lame teenager" from more dangerous web-site
cracker.

--Leo--