Hosterlabs announced today that on June 21st they “experienced an intrusion” in which unidentified attackers “placed malware on our servers, and by doing so gained access to our customers’ data”. The vector used was apparently a WordPress vulnerability in their main site.
The hackers attempted to extort Hosterlabs, threatening to expose the customer database if payment was not made, but management declined to pay and restored from backups. They have since remediated the vulnerability and amped up security.
“We have added further firewalls, active monitoring and we are working as of now with law enforcement to track the perpetrators of the crime,” they said in their announcement. “We have notified the FBI and we expect to do forensics on our servers, for which we have backed up all logs and accesses.”
You can read the full announcement on LowEndTalk.
Hosterlabs has shared some unique offers on LowEndBox, with a strong focus on green hosting and sustainable practices. It’s unfortunate they were targeted in this attack and we hope they recover quickly.
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