From: "Sherri" <kyvitals(a)windstream.net>
To: <state-coord(a)rootsweb.com>, <usgenweb-all(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:59:12 -0500
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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 usgenwebnc(a)windstream.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
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