My Lion King Forum

Hello everyone

Sorry for the long downtime of MLK today. I'm sure you're all wondering what's going on! First of all, nothing was "hacked." But, I did make a mistake. Let me explain. Someone got control of a previous moderator's account whether by guessing or they just had a weak password. When this moderator was removed, I didn't fully remove their permissions as an administrator. When this person got control of this moderator's account, it was as simple as changing the passwords of other moderators and logging into their accounts as well. So things were a little messy in here today as you can imagine!

The board has been reverted to a previous version before all this happened, and things can continue normally. I've secured this moderator's account and everything should be good to go. I'm also asking other members, especially moderators, to change their passwords to a password that is complex (containing numbers, at least 10 characters long) and a password that is not used anywhere else! Especially MSN! If anyone is having issues accessing their account, email me at moka@mylionking.com.

Sorry for the inconvenience,
Moka & MLK Staff

Thanks for the quick explanation and speedily putting the site back up =)

That sounds messy indeed. Glad it's been solved!

Though... wait, wait, does this mean that there are posts permanently lost now?

Only two days worth. A very small price to pay for our loveable site back up and running ^.^

TheDoctor wrote:Though... wait, wait, does this mean that there are posts permanently lost now?

If they were made within the last two days, yes.
And lol, I seriously thought someone had hacked the main page or something XD Glad it's back though.

TheDoctor wrote:That sounds messy indeed. Glad it's been solved!

Though... wait, wait, does this mean that there are posts permanently lost now?

Yes, some members were deleted during this attack, which we cannot undo. The only way to undo that is to revert to one of the daily backups I make. Unfortunately, the two days of posts that were made just can't be recovered. So for that I am sorry.

Amanda wrote:If they were made within the last two days, yes.
And lol, I seriously thought someone had hacked the main page or something XD Glad it's back though.

That would truly be bad, because then we would be dealing with an actual hacker

*facedesk* I just started a RolePlay...

Oh, well, I can write it over again =P The important thing is that the site is back and with such little damage despite everything.

lol timewarp

Ok, that scared me for a minute. But it's all good. I really thought for a moment that it was a hacker. @___@

Augh this is so unfortunate. I had to re-register my account and now I have no posts.