# Massive attack on MS Exchange Servers

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/massive-attack-on-ms-exchange-servers/38056>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [March 9, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/massive-attack-on-ms-exchange-servers/38056 "2021-03-09T12:52:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rovertek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rovertek/32/223_2.png) [@Rovertek](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rovertek)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/massive-attack-on-ms-exchange-servers/38056/1 "2021-03-09T12:52:08Z")

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This is VERY serious. You should read this article.

> **[A Basic Timeline of the Exchange Mass-Hack – Krebs on Security](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/a-basic-timeline-of-the-exchange-mass-hack/)**
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> Sometimes when a complex story takes us by surprise or knocks us back on our heels, it pays to revisit the events in a somewhat linear fashion. Here's a brief timeline of what we know leading up to last week's…

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**Author:** ![joemart1951](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/joemart1951/32/1193_2.png) [@joemart1951](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joemart1951)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/massive-attack-on-ms-exchange-servers/38056/2 "2021-03-09T13:13:19Z")

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Rule One: Don’t use MicroCrap anything!!!

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**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/massive-attack-on-ms-exchange-servers/38056/3 "2021-03-09T13:57:16Z")

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Exchange is a mail server. Not sure what that has to do with RapidWeaver. Most people don’t choose their mail server, they get what’s given to them by their company or hosting company.

Unless you are setting up your own server, and are using Windows Server as the OS you don’t get to choose the mail server.

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**Author:** ![Rovertek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rovertek/32/223_2.png) [@Rovertek](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rovertek)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/massive-attack-on-ms-exchange-servers/38056/4 "2021-03-09T21:35:46Z")

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I know that this is not directly related to RW users, but among them, there might be a number of people who have their domains hosted on MS servers and those who have their mail handled by MS Exchange. Hence my warning to those people…

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**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/massive-attack-on-ms-exchange-servers/38056/5 "2021-03-09T23:26:34Z")

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I didn’t think Rapidweaver sites even work on IIS(windows server). I know the old knowledge base used to tell you not to use a windows server.

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**Author:** ![wirrah](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/wirrah/32/22867_2.png) [@wirrah](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/wirrah)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/massive-attack-on-ms-exchange-servers/38056/6 "2021-03-10T05:08:11Z")

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I have one site running on IIS built with RW. Of course you run into issues with configuration as there are no .htaccess files!