4800 websites erased in Australian web host hack

The web host was hacked on 11 June, which it says was “a deliberate attempt to take down the DistributeIT business.” However, DistributeIT is “still in the dark” about the hackers’ true motives.The attack lasted for a short duration, aiming to destroy drive header files to maximise the damage before the web host's engineers shut down the network.However, DistributeIT confirmed yesterday that 4,800 domains and accounts have been lost completely, which includes data, websites and

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