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BBC News - Firm scrambles to patch vBulletin software flaw

 

" By Jonathan Fildes Technology reporter, BBC News

 

A serious flaw in software widely used to power online discussion sites could allow hackers to harvest reams of personal data, the BBC has learned.

 

The flaw in a specific version of the vBulletin software allows anyone to easily access the main administrator username and password for a site.

 

This would also allow hackers to access data, such as e-mail addresses, and edit the site at will.

 

The owner of the program - Internet Brands - released a fix on 21 July.

 

However, at time of writing, many sites remain vulnerable."

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Oooh Err:eek:

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Hi,

 

I'm aware of this bug since yesterday morning.

 

The Leica Forum is NOT affected by this bug as we are running another version.

 

Andreas

 

Phewww! Thanks for putting my mind at rest Andreas. I was not looking forward to a flood of spam on the email address I use for this forum.

 

Wilson

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