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mkl95 on Feb 9, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: No support Linux hosting shutting down from hack

This is apparently not the first time they have had this kind of incident. They were hacked in 2011 as well, which prompted them to delete all customer sites: https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1089317

BlueTemplar on Feb 9, 2021 | [–]

Detailed answer at the end of the 2nd page of that thread.

sodimel on Feb 9, 2021 | | [–]

Here's the direct link to the message: https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1089317&page...

mattmanser on Feb 9, 2021 | | | [–]

A more accurate title for this thread might be “jbulluck wishes he had taken backups of his website.”

Classic response :)

thitcanh on Feb 9, 2021 | [–]

What the.

How dare they simply delete everyone’s content? That’s on another level of stupidity and/or evil.

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