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Old Nov 23, 2009 | 6:56 am
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benzguy80
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Duluth, GA
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Originally Posted by IB-Dick
We believe that the attackers found a vulnerably in a piece of software on the site. We became aware of the exploit last week and patched the software accordingly. Our security scan of the site did not uncover any additional problems, however someone had left a back door onto the server. We have located and removed the malicious scripts.

We are very sorry for the inconvenience today.
I for one thank you and the others that administer FT. I'll suppress my opinions about the posts (and posters) who threaten leaving.
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