One of the biggest worries running a website is the constant threat of attacks. Thousands of hackers, hobbyists, and bored schoolkids continuously bombard web servers in the hopes of “cracking” a box. Sometimes their purpose is malicious harm, but mostly they are just trying to prove something to themselves.

Porn websites receive a majority of all web attacks due to the high value of their content. Some of the servers we manage see half a million hacker hits a month.

This week one of these little bastards succeeded in compromising one of the 40 servers under our control. They came in through a hacked FTP login and took over the server.

We discovered the hacker’s entry within a few minutes when we got an alert that the server password had been changed. However we could no longer access the server. Our only solution was to wipe the server and reload everything.

Now here’s the good part. Porn CMS data is XML / flat-file based and backed up several times a day. Since there’s no database, that means the data is highly portable, easy to back up, and even easier to restore.

The only thing we don’t automatically back up is the content. We charge $95 a month for full daily remote server backups. In situations like this, you can see its well worth the cost.

Luckily with this server, the websites were fully backed up on a remote server. So all we had to do was flip a switch and everything was running again.

If you are a Porn CMS client, and you aren’t taking advantage of our remote server backup service, we’d highly recommend that you add the service today. Peace of mind is priceless!

Contact us at Porn CMS with any questions.