The software was so bad that if you didn’t keep up with emergency security fixes for even a week, the forum would instantly be taken over by someone. Being hacked was the natural state of that software.
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Swarfega@lemm.ee 1 year agoWhat was/is wrong with PhpBB?
anlumo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
odbol@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s right there in the name: PHP
Seriously though maintaining a PHP server is a security nightmare and you have to be constantly updating if you don’t want to be hacked. Just not worth it when there’s better options out there