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On 4 May 2011 Smashboards had its index page replaced by an automated script that exploited vBulletin software. A replacement page with a looping video and an announcement that the site had been hacked was the only consequence.{{ref|vBExploit}} | On 4 May 2011 Smashboards had its index page replaced by an automated script that exploited vBulletin software. A replacement page with a looping video and an announcement that the site had been hacked was the only consequence.{{ref|vBExploit}} | ||
===Widespread DDoS | ===Widespread DDoS attack in 2013=== | ||
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On 15 August All is Brawl came under a sustained [[Wikipedia:Denial-of-service_attack|distributed denial-of-service attack]] (DDoS attack). Other sections from the "All is" network were affected as well. The following day, Smashboards suffered an intrusive attack that led to a reset that lost the board roughly 10 hours of data. On 25 August Smashboards went down, initially reporting that it was experiencing server issues{{ref|DDoS1}} and later confirmed that the site was also under a sustained DDoS attack{{ref|DDoS2}}. On 27 August the [[Project M]] website became the third site to go down as a result of a DDoS attack. All three sites remained mostly unresponsive until 28 August when Smashboards briefly went back up before trying the CloudFlare anti-DDoS service.{{ref|DDoS3}} | On 15 August All is Brawl came under a sustained [[Wikipedia:Denial-of-service_attack|distributed denial-of-service attack]] (DDoS attack). Other sections from the "All is" network were affected as well. The following day, Smashboards suffered an intrusive attack that led to a reset that lost the board roughly 10 hours of data. On 25 August Smashboards went down, initially reporting that it was experiencing server issues{{ref|DDoS1}} and later confirmed that the site was also under a sustained DDoS attack{{ref|DDoS2}}. On 27 August the [[Project M]] website became the third site to go down as a result of a DDoS attack. All three sites remained mostly unresponsive until 28 August when Smashboards briefly went back up before trying the CloudFlare anti-DDoS service.{{ref|DDoS3}} | ||
