18Sep2017

Server WWW-29 Compromise – 18 September

A WordPress website hosted on our server WWW-29 was hacked on 16 September. We found evidence that the attacker used a PHP shell script to assemble a collection configuration files for other websites (mainly WordPress and Joomla installations). These configuration files contain MySQL database credentials for the said websites.

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29Aug2017

Server WWW-27 Replacement – 1 to 10 September

We have completed the replacement of Linux server WWW-27. The migration completed smoothly and the new server is firing on all of its many shiny cylinders.

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22Aug2017

Server WWW-27 Problems- 22 Augustus

Server WWW-27 Problems- 22 Augustus

Linux server WWW-27 found itself under very heavy load this morning. We rebooted the server to resolve the issue. All services were back to normal by 07:30 GMT. We apologise for the inconvenience.

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17Jul2017

Server WWW-29 Unavailable – 17 July

Server WWW-29 Unavailable - 17 July

Server WWW-29 in Dallas was unavailable for about an hour this morning due to a network problem.

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26Jun2017

Security Updates and Reboots – June 26

We will install Linux kernel updates to patch a vulnerability with the Apache web server today. The update will require a reboot of each server and hence a couple of minutes of downtime.

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