Major Spam Bot Invasion Crisis Averted!
Posted: November 25th, 2012, 4:51 pm
Over the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday week, Y-Corner was invaded by spam bots from Russia. As the board's been really inactive as of late, the phpBB3 version of this board was severely out of date, leaving Y-Corner susceptible to a lot of security flaws. I did a reversion of the forums database before the spam invasion, banned the bot IPs, closed registration, and committed a fresh install of the latest version of phpBB3.
Unfortunately, this means that several features (such as the chat box) have been removed. I'll slowly re-add these features back, once the board's been firmly locked down.
Unfortunately, this means that several features (such as the chat box) have been removed. I'll slowly re-add these features back, once the board's been firmly locked down.