As a quick followup to our story from a couple days ago about the HostSolutions.ro hack, owner Marius has now commented on LowEndTalk, confirming the breach and adding some details.
The entire thread has a lot of interesting speculation, though alas not a ton of new details.
Are you a HostSolutions customer? Or have you been one in the past? Where did you move to? Please let us know below!
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