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

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud at pobox.com
Sat Nov 25 17:38:14 CST 2006


On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 05:22:21PM -0500, Leo Razoumov wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Why not to protect the front-page with a write password? After all,
> you are the only one who edits the front page.

I want others to be able to see that all pages can in fact be
edited, including the front page.  However, I think I'll set
the PmWiki.PmWiki page so that it auto-restores after two minutes
instead of after fifteen.

Thanks!

Pm




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