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    Is it possible for someone to hack and destroy a forum?

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    Superfatcatnine
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    Solved Is it possible for someone to hack and destroy a forum?

    Post by Superfatcatnine August 19th 2011, 12:04 am

    I just wanted to know if it is possible for someone to hack and destroy a forumotion forum The reason i am asking this is because we keep getting threats from other forums on a different forum server. And if it is hacked and deleted, Is it possible to restore it?
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    robercop1
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    Solved Re: Is it possible for someone to hack and destroy a forum?

    Post by robercop1 August 19th 2011, 12:29 am

    Yes, we are part of the same forum, they have tried to hack the forums using a proxy server. And yes, several threats from other forums have been pending, spamming can be a problem across the forum and websites worldwide.
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    Solved Re: Is it possible for someone to hack and destroy a forum?

    Post by kirk August 19th 2011, 12:54 am

    Well i would not pay any attention to it.
    Probably people just trying to scare you or upset you in some way.
    Nothing is every 100% secure.. i mean if people can hack governments,Google etc.. then there is always a possibility.. however in the rare case that it would happen, then forumotion would be able to restore everything for you. You would just have to provide godfather/pro-admin some info to be verified then they would restore it.

    Be sure to read here to better help maximize your forums security
    https://help.forumotion.com/t11386-forumotion-maximum-security-for-your-forums
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    Solved Re: Is it possible for someone to hack and destroy a forum?

    Post by Superfatcatnine August 19th 2011, 1:00 am

    kirk wrote:Well i would not pay any attention to it.
    Probably people just trying to scare you or upset you in some way.
    Nothing is every 100% secure.. i mean if people can hack governments,Google etc.. then there is always a possibility.. however in the rare case that it would happen, then forumotion would be able to restore everything for you. You would just have to provide godfather/pro-admin some info to be verified then they would restore it.

    Be sure to read here to better help maximize your forums security
    https://help.forumotion.com/t11386-forumotion-maximum-security-for-your-forums
    Okay thanks for you answer. I'm glad you can restore it. LOCK THIS PLEASE.
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    Solved Re: Is it possible for someone to hack and destroy a forum?

    Post by kirk August 19th 2011, 1:29 am

    Your welcome. Smile

    Topic now marked solved and locked.