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mnandii
#1 Posted : Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:40:01 PM
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Conventional thinkers waste time building shelters when they are unnecessary and then have no shelters when they need them the most. Socionomists do the opposite.
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radio
#2 Posted : Friday, July 27, 2012 7:09:03 AM
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mnandii wrote:
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These government organisations need to drop this microsoft obsession.
That KBC server was running on IIS 6 and MsSQL 2000.

And what kind of people do these organisations hire?
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murchr
#3 Posted : Friday, July 27, 2012 7:33:46 AM
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radio wrote:
mnandii wrote:
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Check if you are a victim here: link2


These government organisations need to drop this microsoft obsession.
That KBC server was running on IIS 6 and MsSQL 2000.

And what kind of people do these organisations hire?


You will be shocked how much those "IT" people earn..Nkt!!
"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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mnandii
#4 Posted : Friday, July 27, 2012 8:06:20 AM
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murchr wrote:
radio wrote:
mnandii wrote:
link

Check if you are a victim here: link2


These government organisations need to drop this microsoft obsession.
That KBC server was running on IIS 6 and MsSQL 2000.

And what kind of people do these organisations hire?


You will be shocked how much those "IT" people earn..Nkt!!


So sad indeed. And careless of the government.
Conventional thinkers waste time building shelters when they are unnecessary and then have no shelters when they need them the most. Socionomists do the opposite.
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slickyoz
#5 Posted : Friday, July 27, 2012 10:23:03 AM
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The kenyan goverment never takes some things seriously..No upgrades to their systems.Kwani what their IT staff does what,No wonder bado wako nyuma hivo
Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it - Techbiznah
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D32
#6 Posted : Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:22:34 AM
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Sad indeed.

It is highly probable that it may have been a case of SQL Injection – a very popular attack, since it is very easy to conduct on sites that are not prepared to meet such.

The site now needs to go through a thorough security audit by competent folks / company.

Security 101: Encrypt all sensitive information. Usernames, Passwords & Emails, so that even if the database gets breached, the hacker would still have another layer that will need to be broken into - the stolen data would need to be decrypted.
They tried to bury us, they didn't know we were seeds.
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Dia
#7 Posted : Tuesday, July 31, 2012 3:27:59 PM
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radio wrote:
mnandii wrote:
link

Check if you are a victim here: link2


These government organisations need to drop this microsoft obsession.
That KBC server was running on IIS 6 and MsSQL 2000.

And what kind of people do these organisations hire?


You'd be suprised to find some very competent guys who are frustrated by the system/organizational politics.
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mnandii
#8 Posted : Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:19:54 PM
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D32 wrote:
Sad indeed.

It is highly probable that it may have been a case of SQL Injection – a very popular attack, since it is very easy to conduct on sites that are not prepared to meet such.

The site now needs to go through a thorough security audit by competent folks / company.

Security 101: Encrypt all sensitive information. Usernames, Passwords & Emails, so that even if the database gets breached, the hacker would still have another layer that will need to be broken into - the stolen data would need to be decrypted.

There seemed to be something on stockskenya too in the list.
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