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Code Spaces Hosting Shutting Down After Attacker Deletes All Data

Posted by Unknown on from the hackers-without-manners dept.

An anonymous reader writes Code Spaces [a code hosting service] has been under DDOS attacks since the beginning of the week, but a few hours ago, the attacker managed to delete all their hosted customer data and most of the backups. They have announced that they are shutting down business. From the announcement: An unauthorized person who at this point who is still unknown (All we can say is that we have no reason to think its anyone who is or was employed with Code Spaces) had gained access to our Amazon EC2 control panel and had left a number of messages for us to contact them using a Hotmail address. Reaching out to the address started a chain of events that revolved around the person trying to extort a large fee in order to resolve the DDOS.

At this point we took action to take control back of our panel by changing passwords, however the intruder had prepared for this and had already created a number of backup logins to the panel and upon seeing us make the attempted recovery of the account he proceeded to randomly delete artifacts from the panel.

7 of 387 comments (clear)

  1. Just unplug your server from the internet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you just unplug your server's network connection from the internet while you fix the damage... oh. cloud stuff needs constant internet connection? hm. well I guess that's it then. It was an honor to serve with you. BOOM!

  2. Whoever pulled this off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    would you mind going into ebay.com & deleting my account?

    Ebay refuses to close it.

  3. Re:Backing up your cloud in your cloud... by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yo dawg, I hear you like clouds.

    --
    Lost at C:>. Found at C.
  4. The cloud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Normally things form clouds AFTER going up in smoke. With the 'new technology' it is the opposite.

  5. Re:Backing up your cloud in your cloud... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's clouds all the way down.

  6. This must be where IRS stored backups by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This must be where the IRS stored backups of emails.

  7. Re:Secure. Responsive. 24/7/365. the Cloud. by FictionPimp · · Score: 4, Funny

    My password is "invalid" so when I type it wrong I get a message: "Your password is invalid."