Sherri, I need new access info for Washington Co., RI and Whatcom Co., WA Computer has been scanned with McAfee for which I have had a subscription for years and also Malwarebytes. My I.P is 207.200.116.70 Susan Nahas ********************** PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL APPLICABLE PROJECT LISTS ********************* Over the past few days sites that are hosted on theusgenweb.org (including the state projects for WIGenWeb, MEGenWeb, MTGenWeb, DCGenWeb) were once again visited by hackers. The bottom line of what they did was to go in and overwrite the index pages that belonged to the USGenWeb sites with a generic page that indicated that the sites were never set up. For the most part, only the index pages of the sites were involved. The immediate action that I took was to disable all ftp access yesterday (that's how the hackers got in to make their changes) until we could get a hold on things. All sites have been cleaned and the original index pages uploaded from backup copies. Passwords once again will be changed for all accounts. In order to receive the new passwords to the accounts, the CCs/SCs need to do a complete virus scan and malware scan of their computers. We'll need an email documenting that this has been done. In addition, everyone will need to send me their IP address (please send to [email protected]). To find the IP address, go to http://whatismyip.com. The page will open up and the IP address will be shown in large numbers at the top of the page. If you know whether you have a static IP address, please also include that info. (For those not familiar with this, a static IP address is one that never changes, even when you turn off your computer and restart it. Should you discover any continuing (or other) problems with any involved sites, please be sure to report them. Sherri Bradley National Coordinator USGenWeb Project Information about the USGenWeb Project at http://usgenweb.org Advisory Board Agenda http://usgenweb.org/agenda2.php ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm so sorry to hear of the repeated hacking. I have several sites (both volunteer and commercial) on powweb.com. Not only are they cheap, they have excellent 24/7 service and in the five years I've been there, I've never had a security problem. I'm feeling blessed, lucky or a bit of both. I hope your host fixes the vulnerability, soon. Maureen Mead SC CTGenWeb: ctgenweb.org CC Fairfield Co. CT: ctgenweb.org/county/cofairfield [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Jan 14, 2010 12:58 pm Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] Hacker Attacks Sherri, I need new access info for Washington Co., RI and Whatcom Co., WA Computer has been scanned with McAfee for which I have had a subscription for years and also Malwarebytes. My I.P is 207.200.116.70 Susan Nahas ********************** PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL APPLICABLE PROJECT LISTS ********************* Over the past few days sites that are hosted on theusgenweb.org (including the state projects for WIGenWeb, MEGenWeb, MTGenWeb, DCGenWeb) were once again visited by hackers. The bottom line of what they did was to go in and overwrite the index pages that belonged to the USGenWeb sites with a generic page that indicated that the sites were never set up. For the most part, only the index pages of the sites were involved. The immediate action that I took was to disable all ftp access yesterday (that's how the hackers got in to make their changes) until we could get a hold on things. All sites have been cleaned and the original index pages uploaded from backup copies. Passwords once again will be changed for all accounts. In order to receive the new passwords to the accounts, the CCs/SCs need to do a complete virus scan and malware scan of their computers. We'll need an email documenting that this has been done. In addition, everyone will need to send me their IP address (please send to [email protected]net). To find the IP address, go to http://whatismyip.com. The page will open up and the IP address will be shown in large numbers at the top of the page. If you know whether you have a static IP address, please also include that info. (For those not familiar with this, a static IP address is one that never changes, even when you turn off your computer and restart it. Should you discover any continuing (or other) problems with any involved sites, please be sure to report them. Sherri Bradley National Coordinator USGenWeb Project Information about the USGenWeb Project at http://usgenweb.org Advisory Board Agenda http://usgenweb.org/agenda2.php ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message