It could have been a load of bots / compromised machines.
I remember seeing something in the defaultsettings.php file that appeared to
be a wildcard match for text being entered into a wiki, is this facility
available or did I imagine it?
If it is available could you use it to block the term "coolhost.biz"?
Thanks,
Arthur Guy
arthur(a)astarsolutions.co.uk
a star solutions
www.astarsolutions.co.uk
Audio & Video Leads Adapters and Accessories
-----Original Message-----
From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org
[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ed Jones
Sent: 10 October 2005 15:19
To: mediawiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org
Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Coolhost attack
Hi, all.
I'm new to this list. This weekend our wiki suffered an attack similar
to the one mentioned in yesterday's list archives: it deleted a good bit
of content and inserted the coolhost.biz links.
However, it did not all come from one user. Rather more than 20 ip's
edited the main page alone.
Can anyone point me to more info on this, and just general help info on
rolling back changes?
Thanks!
Ed
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