Does tihs include the wiki?

not that I know, but I can't make promisses.

The only information taken was from the compatibility database, not the wiki, but if you used the same password anywhere else consider it compromised.

Passwords weren't encrypted... why? Seriously, PHP has several functions for hashing, MySQL has one, you can easily add a salt for near-uncrackable hashes with very little effort, there's really no excuse.

Or were passwords encrypted and you're just being cautious? It would really be nice to know if someone has IMMEDIATE access to all our passwords or if it's unlikely they'll want to go through the trouble of brute forcing all the hashes but we should know anyway.

they were hashed. but that doesn't mean you can assume that they aren't crackable

i'm not sure if I even registered on the compatibility list D:

So why does this occur? Why dosbox.com in particular? Do these hackers have some sort of beef with dosbox or the team behind it, or is it just a random thing, and dosbox site was just convenient?

Seems like they have commercial interest in selling their "service" of securing internet sites.

Ah, so it's their way of saying , "You dont want this to occur, hire us!". Sounds like blackmail.

I don't want to make it sound that bad.
They found a security hole in dosbox.com, but they chose a non-standard way of reporting it.
They have no problems with us nor with dosbox itself as far as a I know.

Do you have their contact info? Maybe they can find security holes in my network. 😀

I wonder if they can find a security hole in my fist... or maybe my fist can find a security hole in them...

Maybe your foot can find a security hole in their asses. : 😵

Will access to the comments on the compability of each game be restored?

Yes i agree, i've several games that i've tested that still to be added to the database that are currently not listed! ^^

So does anyone in the dosbox team have any contact info on these hackers, so that they can tell on them with the fbi, or something?

maybe they're the fbi or something :p

Just to be clear, it wasn't the forum accounts?

Right, the forum accounts were NOT affected.