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:alert:​ MAJOR Plot twist! :FireDumpster:​

I'm sure you're having a better morning than me because I was greeted with an email from #OVH (the VPS provider) that started with "Hello Mr. Rossini" and informed me that the VPS was stopped because they suspected a hack - and it will be permanently deleted. "Now let us know Mr. Rossini if you'd like to purchase a new VPS plan."

30 Euros* for 4 hours of VPS experimentation with Docker! YAY (not!)

(*30 Euros corresponded to a 6-month plan, sigh)

I received ZERO advanced warnings... #OVHCloud simply deleted my VPS because of "unusual activity" and proposed I buy a new one.

I had installed #Fail2Ban on it first thing yesterday morning, but I suppose changing 0.0.0.0 with my VPS's IP4 address in one of the Docker settings... to connect it to Docker GUI did it for me.

You live, you learn.

I will stay away from OVH Cloud.

(Yes I had tried creating an account with Hetzer and NetCup before but they had a convoluted signup process and wanted too much personal info/docs, so I had given up and turned to OVH. My bad).

What will I do now?

Find a new VPS provider.

Feeling salty about the 30 Euros I spent for 6 months with OVH but honestly I feel like I dodged a bullet. I had nothing installed on the VPS, except for Fail2Ban and basic Docker. Imagine how catastrophic it would have been if they had deleted my VPS without warning if I had important stuff on it! Shivering at the thought.

Onwards and upwards, more humble than ever, with infinite respect for sysadmins 🙏​

#MySoCalledSudoLife #N00b

OVHcloud reports DDoS attacks by botnet of MikroTik core routers

https://stackdiary.com/ovhcloud-reports-ddos-attacks-by-botnet-of-mikrotik-core-routers/

#ovh #ovhcloud #ddos #mikrotik #networking #cybersecurity #networksecurity #internetsecurity #cloudsecurity #routersecurity #networkinfrastructure #DDoSprotection #botnet #cyberthreats #cloudservices #infosec #security #research #internet

Ah yes, #UploadFilters and #ChatControl will be great if we just nerd harder. We're totally able to avoid devastating false positives.
https://thekinrar.fr/en/posts/xyz-suspension/

#FediAdmin #moderation #OVH #URIBL #Google #Phishlabs