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Sebguer · 08-04-2012, 09:51 PM

Holmes, here. Not actually an active Administrator on Atonement, anymore, but I've been closely involved with the recent events, so I hope Jaunt doesn't mind me posting a little update:

On August 4th, 2012, Richard Robert Lang once more vandalized AtonementRPI.com, though this time only managing to deface the front page of the website and causing even less permanent damage (this time, literally none beyond brief downtime for the forums). He did this via a backdoor he'd installed some point in the past few weeks. Kithrater is currently examining logs, here's a copy and paste from his latest update on our forums:

Also, after the latest attack, our culprit admitted to passing along his log-in information to several other individuals, who he blames for ultimately deleting our server in a prank that "quickly escalated". He's since written a letter of apology:

08-04-2012, 09:51 PM	#4
Sebguer New Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 20	Re: Cyber-Attack on Atonement (warning) Holmes, here. Not actually an active Administrator on Atonement, anymore, but I've been closely involved with the recent events, so I hope Jaunt doesn't mind me posting a little update: On August 4th, 2012, Richard Robert Lang once more vandalized AtonementRPI.com, though this time only managing to deface the front page of the website and causing even less permanent damage (this time, literally none beyond brief downtime for the forums). He did this via a backdoor he'd installed some point in the past few weeks. Kithrater is currently examining logs, here's a copy and paste from his latest update on our forums: Also, after the latest attack, our culprit admitted to passing along his log-in information to several other individuals, who he blames for ultimately deleting our server in a prank that "quickly escalated". He's since written a letter of apology: