That's not actual proved fact though is it, could just be a coincidence.FatherJack wrote:They deleted everything to disguise the fact that they'd stolen passwords, which they then tried on PayPal, so not utterly stupid.
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FatherJack wrote: They deleted everything to disguise the fact that they'd stolen passwords, which they then tried on PayPal, so not utterly stupid.
Also the deleting of stuff likely destroys a lot of logs etc to make it hard to tell who and when it was done.
That was exactly the case, and not entirely stupid, more stupid and lazy.spoodie wrote:I didn't think that was the case from what I read but I'll take your word for it. I'm glad I'm not that stupid.
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For those that are interested I can send you the files in a zip if you want to have a look at them, but basically it's php files that hack into the site and gain shell access.
The reason they delete everything is to try and cover their tracks, but in reality they'd be better off not doing anything, and we wouldn't of even known it happened, so I'm actually quite glad they did this, rather than have it go on without us having a clue.
The reason they delete everything is to try and cover their tracks, but in reality they'd be better off not doing anything, and we wouldn't of even known it happened, so I'm actually quite glad they did this, rather than have it go on without us having a clue.
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Not that.Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:For those that are interested I can send you the files in a zip if you want to have a look at them, but basically it's php files that hack into the site and gain shell access.
That, sorta. if they'd not nuked everything, they'd've been identifiable, which they probably don't want when money is involved.Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:The reason they delete everything is to try and cover their tracks, but in reality they'd be better off not doing anything, and we wouldn't of even known it happened, so I'm actually quite glad they did this, rather than have it go on without us having a clue.
As it is, everyone just assumes a basic ftp haxxing until stuff goes wrong and on bigger forums, I'd expect no-one would pick up on a few closely timed paypal hackings



