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06.11.09OpenSim Servers Hacked, Metanomics FailHyperGrid reported a few days ago about an attack on servers that brought down hundreds of web sites and openSim regions. The attack took down simulators hosted on Linux shared virtual servers, leaving grids like Reaction Grid, which runs on Windows servers immune. I don't know enough about this stuff, but it sounds to me like OpenSim itself wasn't the target, but was swept up in the server take-downs. Regardless, the event left hundreds of regions in melt-down, and owners scrambling to pull back-ups out of inventory to restore the work. As OpenSim gains traction, the measure of its success will increasingly ...
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