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Apr 11th, 2012 at 1:01pm
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Would someone be able to give me some tips on ways to secure a forum similar to this one, a church forum I'm a member of was hacked yesterday and taken over by the hacker, the lady that runs it was all torn up, any help would be really appreciated !!!!!  Undecided
  
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Reply #1 - Apr 11th, 2012 at 2:16pm
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Which forum software are they using? How did the hacker get in? Did they just guess her password, or did they actually hack something?
  
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Reply #2 - Apr 11th, 2012 at 4:44pm
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The software is http://www.simplemachines.org/
It looks like they guessed the password of the Administrator.
  
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Reply #3 - Apr 11th, 2012 at 6:00pm
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proudpoppy wrote on Apr 11th, 2012 at 4:44pm:
The software is http://www.simplemachines.org/
It looks like they guessed the password of the Administrator.


Then, the answer would simply be to choose a stronger password and protect it.
  
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