Plaasjapie
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I just received the email from Hetzner. Can somebody else confirm this?
Precautionary Alert: Network Intrusion
Dear Hetzner Customer,
We are writing to you as our primary concern is for our customers and for the continued security of your website(s) and data. It is therefore our duty to inform you of a network intrusion with possible implications for your web hosting package(s):
We have recently discovered evidence of a network intrusion to our managed web servers and hosting management systems.
The intruder may have harvested some of your hosting related passwords.
Following an investigation and assessment of the breach, we have taken steps to prevent further unauthorised access to our servers.
As a further precautionary measure we'd like to request that you act swiftly and change the following passwords:
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Your konsoleH Control Panel login password
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All email passwords
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All FTP passwords
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All MySQL database passwords (Note, you will need to update your web application database connection strings. This is not applicable to Home packages.)
These passwords can all be changed within your konsoleH Control Panel. Details on how to change your passwords can be found on our Help Centre using the links above.
We understand the inconvenience and concern that this may cause and for this we sincerely apologise. Be assured that we take our responsibilities for safeguarding your data very seriously and are taking the appropriate steps to enhance our security protocols to protect our systems and your data.
Precautionary Alert: Network Intrusion
Dear Hetzner Customer,
We are writing to you as our primary concern is for our customers and for the continued security of your website(s) and data. It is therefore our duty to inform you of a network intrusion with possible implications for your web hosting package(s):
We have recently discovered evidence of a network intrusion to our managed web servers and hosting management systems.
The intruder may have harvested some of your hosting related passwords.
Following an investigation and assessment of the breach, we have taken steps to prevent further unauthorised access to our servers.
As a further precautionary measure we'd like to request that you act swiftly and change the following passwords:
-
Your konsoleH Control Panel login password
-
All email passwords
-
All FTP passwords
-
All MySQL database passwords (Note, you will need to update your web application database connection strings. This is not applicable to Home packages.)
These passwords can all be changed within your konsoleH Control Panel. Details on how to change your passwords can be found on our Help Centre using the links above.
We understand the inconvenience and concern that this may cause and for this we sincerely apologise. Be assured that we take our responsibilities for safeguarding your data very seriously and are taking the appropriate steps to enhance our security protocols to protect our systems and your data.