Yesterday we ran a story about the ongoing situation at web hosting community message board Web Hosting Talk. The site was hacked, a certain amount of user data was compromised, and between four and five months of posts was lost (maybe temporarily), along with their backups.
I sent a few follow-up questions to iNet Interactive by email yesterday, and I heard back today. They did me one better and posted the answers to (most of) my questions, and a few others, on the message board.
You can see the downtime/hack/outage FAQ in this thread, and probably post any questions of your own.
If you’re a WHT user, there’s some information there on how this situation might affect your account.
Best of luck to the folks at Web Hosting Talk in recovering anything that was lost.
About Liam Eagle
Liam Eagle has worked as a contributor to the Web Host Industry Review since its inception in 2000, and as editor since 2003. He has been editor of the WHIR's print magazine since its launch. His daily involvement in the gathering and reporting of Web hosting news and his regular interaction with Web hosting leaders gives him an uncommonly broad appreciation of the issues and tends facing the business. Through his WHIR blog, Liam spots Web hosting trends and offers opinions on the industry-wide impacts of major developments and the motivation behind big announcements. Follow him on Twitter @liameagle
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