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== Incidents == |
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== Incidents == |
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In July 2006, two power outages in the building housing DreamHost's datacenter caused significant disruption to services offered by DreamHost, ] and ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/07/25/myspace_outage_pinpointed_at_la_telecom_building.html | title=MySpace Outage Pinpointed at LA Telecom Building | publisher=Netcraft | accessdate=2009-04-05 | date=July 25, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/08/02/la_hosting_providers_slowed_by_power_problems.html | title=LA Hosting Providers Slowed by Power Problems | publisher=Netcraft | first=Rich | last=Miller | accessdate=2009-04-05 | date=August 2, 2006}}</ref> About a year later, the company relocated to a different data center due to "space and power constraints" at LA Telecom.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/07/13/power-capacity-issues-at-dreamhost/ | title=Power Capacity Issues at DreamHost | publisher=Data Center Knowledge | first=Rich | last=Miller | accessdate=2009-04-08 | date=July 13, 2007}}</ref> |
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In July, 2006, two power outages in the building housing DreamHost's datacenter caused significant disruption to services offered by DreamHost, ] and ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/07/25/myspace_outage_pinpointed_at_la_telecom_building.html | title=MySpace Outage Pinpointed at LA Telecom Building | publisher=Netcraft | accessdate=2009-04-05 | date=July 25, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/08/02/la_hosting_providers_slowed_by_power_problems.html | title=LA Hosting Providers Slowed by Power Problems | publisher=Netcraft | first=Rich | last=Miller | accessdate=2009-04-05 | date=August 2, 2006}}</ref> In June, 2007 approximately 700 websites and 3,500 FTP accounts hosted on DreamHost's servers were compromised. In response to the incident, the company made some changes to improve security.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/07/dreamhost_hack/ | publisher=The Register | title=Hackers load malware onto Mercury music award site | first=John | last=Leyden | accessdate=2009-04-04 | date=June 7, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2007/06/06/mass_customer_site_hack_at_dreamhost.html | title=Mass Customer Site Hack at DreamHost | accessdate=2009-04-04 | date=June 6, 2007 | first=Rich | last=Miller | publisher=Netcraft}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.scansafe.com/news/press_releases/press_releases_2007/scansafe_threat_center_warns_of_drive-by_malware_on_up_to_3,500_websites | title=iFrame used to spread Malware on prominent Legal and Music sites including Clintons and the Nationwide Mercury Prize | publisher=ScanSafe | accessdate=2009-04-04 | date=2007}}</ref> On January 15, 2008, DreamHost accidentally billed some users for an extra year's worth of services, which they initially reported as $7.5 million in extra charges.<ref name="PC Pro">{{cite news | url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/157026/typo-causes-7500000-mistake.html | title=Typo causes $7,500,000 mistake| first=Matthew | last=Sparkes| work=] | date = January 17, 2008 | accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref><ref name="perez"/> The company later stated the final total was $2.1 million.<ref name="final">{{cite web | url=http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/01/17/the-final-update/ | title=The Final Update| first=Josh | last=Jones| publisher = DreamHost| date=January 17, 2008 | accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> |
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In June 2007, approximately 700 websites and 3,500 FTP accounts hosted on DreamHost's servers were compromised. In response to the incident, the company made "numerous significant behind-the-scenes changes to improve internal security, including the discovery and patching to prevent a handful of possible exploits."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/07/dreamhost_hack/ | publisher=The Register | title=Hackers load malware onto Mercury music award site | first=John | last=Leyden | accessdate=2009-04-04 | date=June 7, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2007/06/06/mass_customer_site_hack_at_dreamhost.html | title=Mass Customer Site Hack at DreamHost | accessdate=2009-04-04 | date=June 6, 2007 | first=Rich | last=Miller | publisher=Netcraft}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.scansafe.com/news/press_releases/press_releases_2007/scansafe_threat_center_warns_of_drive-by_malware_on_up_to_3,500_websites | title=iFrame used to spread Malware on prominent Legal and Music sites including Clintons and the Nationwide Mercury Prize | publisher=ScanSafe | accessdate=2009-04-04 | date=2007}}</ref> |
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On January 15, 2008, DreamHost accidentally billed some users for an extra year's worth of services, which they initially reported as $7.5 million in extra charges.<ref name="PC Pro">{{cite news | url=http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/157026/typo-causes-7500000-mistake.html | title=Typo causes $7,500,000 mistake| first=Matthew | last=Sparkes| work=] | date = January 17, 2008 | accessdate=2008-01-19}}</ref><ref name="perez"/> The company later stated the final total was $2.1 million.<ref name="final">{{cite web | url=http://blog.dreamhost.com/2008/01/17/the-final-update/ | title=The Final Update| first=Josh | last=Jones| publisher = DreamHost| date=January 17, 2008 | accessdate=2008-01-18}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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==References== |
In July, 2006, two power outages in the building housing DreamHost's datacenter caused significant disruption to services offered by DreamHost, Media Temple and MySpace. In June, 2007 approximately 700 websites and 3,500 FTP accounts hosted on DreamHost's servers were compromised. In response to the incident, the company made some changes to improve security. On January 15, 2008, DreamHost accidentally billed some users for an extra year's worth of services, which they initially reported as $7.5 million in extra charges. The company later stated the final total was $2.1 million.
