Fasthosts primes another password resetThird time's the charm
Punch drunk Fasthosts customers are set to be hit with a third compulsory password reset next week, as the budget web hosting company scrambles to cope with a major security breach. The latest system-wide wipe will affect people who run dedicated servers, have bought backup storage at the firm's Gloucester data centre, and who … HMRC still looking for disks - just don't ask Microsoft's SantaTo subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here
Santa Claus is coming to town - hide It'll be Christmas soon enough, and we can all relax. Well, unless you're the developer behind the filthy Santa robot Microsoft stuck at the end of its festive Messenger progam. A few ho ho hos, and the jolly old gent was alternately discussing oral sex and insulting message senders. … Fasthosts customers still frozen out of websitesMore support staff drafted over password reset cockup
Fasthosts has promised it will bring in more support staff to deal with the volume of calls it is still receiving following its poorly-handled password reset on Friday. Many customers haven't received the replacement passwords that the Gloucester webhost said it had sent in the post. We asked for an update on the debacle, and … Virgin downs 1and1 and GermanyPart of a lager problem?
Virgin subscribers spent yesterday without access to German websites. Popular web hosting site 1and1 was one of those hit - and its customers were not happy. But it is now clear that a routing problem at Virgin was the cause. Virgin broadband subscribers lost access to most German-based websites including gaming sites like … Fasthosts customers blindsided by emergency password resetWebhost confirms hackers have raided servers
Fasthosts has announced that "a number" of its customers'* FTP spaces were raided as a result of the major hack that triggered a police investigation last month. It has applied a system-wide reset of thousands of passwords as a result. The Gloucester-based webhosting firm yesterday performed the emergency reset of control … Banking data fears over Fasthosts intruderCustomers in the dark
Investigators are racing to establish whether the intruder who hacked into a server at Gloucester-based web host Fasthosts stole banking information. The breach was revealed yesterday. Fasthosts has told customers to change all their passwords, which were not encrypted. Fasthosts has not revealed whether the attacker gained … Beautiful faces, Trojans and FasthostsTo subscribe to The Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of IT in a single hit - click here
It’s the end of the week. Thinking about that after work pint? Getting ready for the Rugby final? Pity the bods at Gloucester-based Fasthosts then. The hosting firm warned customers on Thursday morning that it had called in police to investigate a major data breach. Here’s the fun bit. It told us: "As a precautionary measure, … Microsoft throws a party for MUC as AC/DC chucks filth off its websiteTo subscribe to Channel Register's weekly newsletter - seven days of channel news in a single hit - click here.
Microsoft was in good spirits this week at the launch of its long-awaited "Microsoft unified communications software" in San Francisco, officially announced by chairman Bill Gates, business division president Jeff Raikes, and a guitarist in a red velvet jacket. Now that's rock and roll, especially as the guitarist was playing … Fasthosts customer? Change your password nowUpdated Police called to major hack
Fasthosts, "the UK's number 1 web host", has fired off emergency emails telling customers to change all their passwords after police were called in to investigate a major data breach. The Gloucester-based firm contacted The Reg this morning with a statement. It said: "As the breach could relate to Fasthosts customer data... … Fasthosts admits email destruction fiascoHuman error × no backup = whoops
Fasthosts, "the UK's number 1 web host", has admitted to a botched update to its mail server that permanently deleted customer emails. The cockup last week was compounded when the firm's backup system failed, meaning about half of the affected emails are lost forever. Fasthost sent us its side of the story: Following a human … |
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