Jackson H - 820457 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Members will be aware that we have suffered significant disruption to our website in recent weeks. While we were able to quickly determine the nature of the attack and what the javascript that was being inserted was trying to do, we had less success in locating how this was being accomplished and thus bringing the attacks to an end. In the end we sought external expert advice to assist us. Our external consultants have identified the source of the recent attacks, the exploit that was being used has been secured and the site has been cleaned of the scripts that had been inserted. Work is still continuing to ensure no further traces of the unwanted code remain, but at this stage we are as confident as we can be that the situation is now stabilised. We have significantly changed the way the site is secured based on advice received. We thank everyone for their patience during what has been a difficult time that has caused significant disruption to our activities and we hope now that we can get on with what we do best. We also want to thank John Grillot and his team at White Fir Design for their efforts in the clean up process and their advice in helping prevent further disruption. For obvious reasons none of the staff will comment further on what the exploit was and what steps we have taken to further secure the website. Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence S - 810628 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Jackson and the VATPAC Staff, well done guys and what a shame that you had to incur unnecessary expense to fix this problem. Terry Scanlan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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