Non-trivial government sites shouldn't be hosted in a shared hosting environment. Co-location, at the very least! You don't host nation critical data and code alongside that of random unscreened clientele in an unknown environment governed and, allegedly, secured by a third party. That, hopefully, goes without saying.
Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote: Does anyone know who hosts them? A lot of us here have cms sites. Are there any lessons to be learnt here? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Vass Sent: Friday, 17 August, 2012 8:24 To: Uganda Linux User Group Subject: Re: [LUG] Fwd: batulibubi ! OPM Hacked Again All tool believable, wonder how many other gov sites are in a poor state of security? This could go on a while. On Thu, 16 Aug 2012, 22:31:29 EAT, Kyle Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > Unbelieveable! > On Aug 16, 2012 10:19 PM, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > ** Seriously? Who the hell is running this show? Are they all > > incompetent? And people chide me for suggesting incompetence should be > > rewarded with resignation... > > > > Ah well. At least it's for a good cause. > > > > Daniel Bwente <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > http://www.opm.go.ug/news.php > > > > > > Some needs to pull the plug on that server... > > > > > > Hacker suggests: > > > > > > "They simply restored the server from a backup :D Admin md5 --> > > > fa54f486d552fe114facfc3a5b6bb483" > > > ** <https://twitter.com/PinkNinj4>; > > > :( > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Victor van Reijswoud < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hackers with humor - lethal combination > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, August 16, 2012, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > ** Full disclosure. Sweet. > > > > > > > > > > Daniel Bwente <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Vi'atu Mbaya Sana: > > > > > > > > > > > > Username Passwords for: > > > > > > > > > > > > USE / Pepsi Cola UG / JLOS / online at Pastebin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Kiggundu Mukasa > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.esecurityplanet.com/hackers/anonymous-hackers-hit-ugandan-government.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Acta Virum Probant -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > Mailing list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > > > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > > > > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > > > > (including attachments if any). 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