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ReadyNAS Pro Business Hacked/Compromised
I have a real problem. About a month ago, my ISP (Time Warner) quarantined my public IP. When I called them, I was told that there was a complaint from Europe that my public IP was trying to brute for...
as another note, regarding the '(optional) restore your system configuration' noted above,
Since it seems highly possible your system was compromised, and although I don't know if there is anything in the config files that would weaken or allow the system to be re-hacked, I would suggest you forgo re-importing the settings and just set up the nas from scratch. I've done it many times and it doesn't really take long, unless maybe you have dozens of shares and/or users/groups to remake. But even then, I personally would rather re-do it myself than have a potentially compromised config re-imported to a clean system.
@stephenb, I don't think so but my linux-fu is still level n00b.
Since it seems highly possible your system was compromised, and although I don't know if there is anything in the config files that would weaken or allow the system to be re-hacked, I would suggest you forgo re-importing the settings and just set up the nas from scratch. I've done it many times and it doesn't really take long, unless maybe you have dozens of shares and/or users/groups to remake. But even then, I personally would rather re-do it myself than have a potentially compromised config re-imported to a clean system.
@stephenb, I don't think so but my linux-fu is still level n00b.
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