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Localarcade hacked
Organic Jerk:
Wow.. What the hell is it about Localarcade that brings these jackasses around as opposed to any other relative site?
Is there some sort of "hacker registry" that they need to make a phone call to be excluded from?
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RayB:
Sometimes all they have to do is search for certain key phrases that come in a default installation of certain web packages.
patrickl:
Indeed, hacking is pretty easy. There is a security leak in "4images 1.7.3" (the software used by localarcade). A hacker finds this info on a hacker list or something. Then you start google and you search for "Powered by 4images 1.7.3". Presto, a hack and a whole list of possible victims.
I usually try to make sure that from the website it's not obvious which software it uses. Obviously one should also make sure to apply all security patches as soon as possible, but when it's a hobby project people don't often have the time.