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Please do not post any "phpBB" specific topics here unless they do not fit into the category above.
Do not post bug reports, feature or support requests! No really... Do not post bug reports, feature or support requests! Doing so will make Bertie a very sad bear indeed. :(
If phpBB has a security problem, why didn't that hacker hack phpbb.com then? Startrekguide was using several MODs and I think some of them outdated. That might be the reason why startrekguide was hacked, but since we don't know any details we should probably wait until we know more.
If you research it a bit you'll find that it was a server exploit hack and nothing to do with phpBB. You should ask your pirating-toting friends about it
DavidIQ is indeed correct. The hacker did not gain access through the phpBB forum on StarTrekGuide or even StarTrekGuide itself.
See this post: http://startrekguide.com/community/view ... 14&t=14544
The hacker is a very well known hacker that goes about mass-defacing sites by replacing any pages on a server that have the names: home, index, default and main. The unfortunate effects of not having our own server
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