Code Spaces Hosting Shutting Down After Attacker Deletes All Data 387
An anonymous reader writes Code Spaces [a code hosting service] has been under DDOS attacks since the beginning of the week, but a few hours ago, the attacker managed to delete all their hosted customer data and most of the backups. They have announced that they are shutting down business.
From the announcement: An unauthorized person who at this point who is still unknown (All we can say is that we have no reason to think its anyone who is or was employed with Code Spaces) had gained access to our Amazon EC2 control panel and had left a number of messages for us to contact them using a Hotmail address. Reaching out to the address started a chain of events that revolved around the person trying to extort a large fee in order to resolve the DDOS.
At this point we took action to take control back of our panel by changing passwords, however the intruder had prepared for this and had already created a number of backup logins to the panel and upon seeing us make the attempted recovery of the account he proceeded to randomly delete artifacts from the panel.
At this point we took action to take control back of our panel by changing passwords, however the intruder had prepared for this and had already created a number of backup logins to the panel and upon seeing us make the attempted recovery of the account he proceeded to randomly delete artifacts from the panel.
Just unplug your server from the internet... (Score:5, Funny)
So you just unplug your server's network connection from the internet while you fix the damage... oh. cloud stuff needs constant internet connection? hm. well I guess that's it then. It was an honor to serve with you. BOOM!
Whoever pulled this off (Score:4, Funny)
would you mind going into ebay.com & deleting my account?
Ebay refuses to close it.
Re:Backing up your cloud in your cloud... (Score:5, Funny)
Yo dawg, I hear you like clouds.
The cloud (Score:3, Funny)
Normally things form clouds AFTER going up in smoke. With the 'new technology' it is the opposite.
Re:Backing up your cloud in your cloud... (Score:1, Funny)
It's clouds all the way down.
This must be where IRS stored backups (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Secure. Responsive. 24/7/365. the Cloud. (Score:5, Funny)
My password is "invalid" so when I type it wrong I get a message: "Your password is invalid."