(10-20-2023, 07:00 PM)Ninurta Wrote:I wonder if a script wasnt executed to do a global ban? There were 5 known survivors based on screen shot of the online users right after the wipe. And the fact that backups haven't yet been restored and they would have been by now.(10-20-2023, 06:48 PM)dbcowboy Wrote: I stand corrected.
It's just a different sort of attack, a little more sophisticated and a lot more permanent. In a DDoS, "hackers" use a tool like LOIC ("Low Orbital Ion Cannon") software to bombard a site from a couple million computer bots around the world with requests for service. That gobs up the server with requests so that legitimate requests can't get through, and appears to the end user as if the site is down until the attack is over.
Removing a login database requires back-end access, a true hack. Another alternative is a hard drive containing the login info just throws up and quits. Whether the accounts can be restored or not depends on the state of their backups, and the location of the backups - whether it's really safe or not.
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I think it's been and 'inside job' done with purpose in mind. More will be revealed.