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AVSIM hacked!
Author: Thunderstorm      42 Posts  Status: Student pilot Date    05-13-09 14:15

Check this out!

http://forums.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?p=1307611

AVSIM was hacked, yesterday! I can't believe it!
Why should anyone destroy such a website?! All you can get there is for free, why hack this?!

Greetings from germany!

Thunderstorm
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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: Anastasios      1346 Posts  Status: Living Legend    Date    05-13-09 15:54

I was wondering why the site wasn't working...

Anastasios.


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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: Joeflyer      7790 Posts  Status: Living Legend    Date    05-13-09 16:43

Too bad...I hope Flightsim.com doesn't get hit with the same junk.



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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: Steven Tan      157 Posts  Status: Instructor Pilot    Date    05-13-09 22:50

C'mon people. First Project Airbus went down and now THIS!! Everything is going down these days. :grrr:
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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: jetEnglandDotCom  Www     77 Posts  Status: Pilot    Date    05-14-09 00:34

Its pretty crap that they didn't even backup properly tbh.
Then again, a "free" (mostly) site backing up hundreds of tb's of data isn't very cost effective =p

jetEngland.com virtual airline
www.jetengland.com


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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: whiskey-zulu      1916 Posts  Status: Forum Moderator    Date    05-14-09 01:20

I was wondering why I couldn't get onto the file library to update my WOAI traffic; cheers for the heads-up!
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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: timtomairways  Www     1351 Posts  Status: Living Legend    Date    05-14-09 04:38

this really is BS.

i checked AVsim on a daily basis.
hope they get it back up soon



Mocha hagotdi
"Jack of all trades, master of none"
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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: Mick      51 Posts  Status: Pilot near incorporation Date    05-14-09 18:16

It's going forward! Seems the AVSIM-Team gets great support from the community. Read here:
http://linux.myalbemarle.org/forums/index.php

Mick!
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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: Steven Tan      157 Posts  Status: Instructor Pilot    Date    05-14-09 21:18

We are getting some new information. The news has also been posted on BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8049780.stm

Avsim we are with you



Post Edited ( 05-14-09 21:25 )
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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: Jambone      1436 Posts  Status: Living Legend    Date    05-14-09 23:41

Backup server was hacked too which took them by surprise, only Ext-HDD's could've prevented it.
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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: iflyfsx      418 Posts  Status: Confirmed Astronaut    Date    05-15-09 04:40

This sucks, but that's NOT how you back up your system!

Not even a home computer.
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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: Mongoose      50 Posts  Status: Pilot near incorporation Date    05-15-09 04:54

This is Avsim temporary home. I found it on the Flightsim Forum
http://linux.myalbemarle.org/forums/index.php
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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: pealextf      88 Posts  Status: Pilot    Date    05-15-09 17:01

Steven Tan wrote:
C'mon people. First Project Airbus went down and now THIS!! Everything is going down these days. :grrr:


Don't forget Microsoft ACES studios. That was the first one.


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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: relichd      410 Posts  Status: Confirmed Astronaut    Date    05-15-09 17:54

Jambone wrote:
Backup server was hacked too which took them by surprise, only Ext-HDD's could've prevented it.


Well, I don't know. I thought the backups are being recorded onto tapes or external disk arrays, both taken/sitting off-site... :wonder:

Anyway, it's a shame this happened :sad:


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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: 969SQN  Www     197 Posts  Status: Exceptional Pilot    Date    05-15-09 19:47

hope avsim get up and running again. They didn't deserve this.
thx for putting this up, i now know what the promblem was.



If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport. :)
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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: Jambone      1436 Posts  Status: Living Legend    Date    05-15-09 20:08

relichd wrote:
Jambone wrote:
Backup server was hacked too which took them by surprise, only Ext-HDD's could've prevented it.


Well, I don't know. I thought the backups are being recorded onto tapes or external disk arrays, both taken/sitting off-site... :wonder:

Anyway, it's a shame this happened :sad:


Nope, they never established that form of backup, only onto a separate server.
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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: pealextf      88 Posts  Status: Pilot    Date    05-27-09 19:48

AVSIM forums are back online, they say the library may still take about a week!!!


forum: http://forums1.avsim.net/


Library Status: http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=250134

Other status: http://avsim.net/



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Re: AVSIM hacked!
Author: Thunderstorm      42 Posts  Status: Student pilot Date    05-28-09 16:47

Oh I hope the library will be back online soon!
You don't notice how much you need it as long as it is not offline :)

Greetings from germany!

Thunderstorm
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