AltusHost one of the most famous hosting provider got hacked today due to the security problems with their client managers WHMCS software .
Today AltusHost announced the major attack to their servers through WHMCS bugs . Recently many websites using this software got hacked and WHMCS company released a security patch . This will damage WHMCS reputation between webmasters and hosting providers .
According to the announcement hackers entered to management panel then they started removing accounts located on VPS master node as well as some shared hosting servers. After about 10 minutes , Staff noticed about the attack , So they turned off all the compromised servers in order to prevent more damages .
AltusHost said they will re-open their client area after 48 hours by moving from WHMCS to UberSmith .
They also offered their affected clients free 2 month hosting to keep them satisfied . AltusHost.com , Their official website is currently offline .
AltusHost is in this business since 2008 and they serve thousands of clients from El Salvador , Bangladesh , Pakistan , Serbia and many more countries .
And I am one of them.. my skynetforum.com is down for 25 hours. i am on VPS.. :(