Further Update to Yesterday's WHT Hack Story

Posted on 2009-04-08

Yesterday, we ran a news story about further developments in the hack on Web Hosting Talk servers. It had come to light, early Tuesday morning, that the hacker had accessed and distributed a list of stored credit card data.

Credit Cards Compromised in WHT Hack

April 7, 2009 -- Internet media company iNet Interactive posted an update to the circumstances surrounding the attack suffered by the Web Hosting Talk message board March 21, saying that some user credit card data was compromised in the attack and has been posted publicly by the attacker.

More Info on Web Hosting Talk Hack Posted

Posted on 2009-03-24

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),

WebHosting Talk User Data Hacked

March 23, 2009 -- The popular web hosting discussion community Web Hosting Talk was hacked over the weekend, and some user data was compromised and distributed by hackers, according to posts made by forum moderators over the last two days.

Video Interview with Troy Augustine, iNET Interactive

Posted on 2008-08-19

In the weeks leading to what is considered the web hosting industry's largest event, the WHIR reported that iNET Interactive, a social media company that owns the popular web hosting community Web Hosting Talk among other web properties, rather unexp

WHIR TV Interviews iNET InteractiveTroy Augustine

August 18, 2008 -- New HostingCon Event Organizer Troy Augustine of iNET Interactive sits down with theWHIR's Anastasia Tubanos about what to expect in 2009.

Webhostingtalk.com Sold to iNET Interactive

September 12, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- iNET Interactive (inetinteractive.com), a Web portal firm led by former Communitech.NET co-founder and president Gabriel Murphy, said today it had purchased Webhostingtalk.com (webhostingtalk.com) from Texas-based Everyones Internet, RackShack's parent firm.

Rackshack Signs Deal With Compaq, Purchases Webhostingtalk.com

April 3, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Computer giant Compaq Corp. said today it had signed a three-year, $20 million agreement with RackShack (RackShack.net), a subsidiary of Everyones Internet, to equip the company's data centers with ProLiant servers for Linux-based Web hosting solutions.