Did you have .htaccess protection for admin panel?
Have you used same password in other places that you use for your forum login?

if you answered No,Yes

then it seems that the attacker just got your password from another site and used it on yours.
faku Reviewed by faku on . All4pak.com HACKED Hello every one,today,my forum was hacked by belegit.org (Boxhead) ,they deleted my full db,but good thing i had made backup today =),i asked the hacker,what was the key to access my site to delete and do what ever he wanted,he said,my public_html was writable,my public_html file is chemoded to 755 defaltly ,can any one tell me how can i make it not writable and which would make it hard for hackers to hack,plz reply Rating: 5