UPDATE: 11/21/15
We wanted to give an update what occurred with MOB being down / disabled.
On Nov. 17, 2015 around 12pm (Pacific Time), there was a hack/deface attack against our site. The hacker tried to deface our main page so it would redirect our visitors to another site or present their propaganda.
We were able to catch the hack attempt in time (meaning we stopped the hacker when he was logged in). Thanks to our security scripts and team staff (that we run on our site 24/7), we were able to stop the hack attack from completing.
We then immediately locked our site. Then got the phpBB security team, our host security team, plus another online security team to analyze the hack attack.
We removed all hack changes made to our site. Restored our site and database from a previous "clean" backup. Salted all passwords for our support team. We didn't lose anything as far as accounts, posts, replies, private messages, files, and etc. Everything is still intact as far as our content goes.
As a precautionary measure we strongly advise all MOB members to change their passwords. Especially if you used the same login credentials (ie. username and password) for more than one site. We urge you to change the password in those other sites that you use the same login credentials (i.e. logins, emails, banking, shopping, social media, and etc.)
We plan on enabling our site, once we get word from our security team that it's safe to do so--we estimate to be back online starting next week.
Sorry for the inconvenience, but feel reassured that MOB will still go on. :)
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