If SMF is hacked

[Lunny]

What can the hacker get?

My board was recently hacked (got it solved in the Install and Upgrade board) and i was told by the hacker (on MSN) that he didn't want to but he could take everything away from me from the hacked smf forum. Hosting account, credit card info (lol?) all databases etc.

Is this even possible? He only hacked into one of my admins accounts and did very little damage to the forum.

What should we be aware of if our SMF board is hacked?

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Normally, through SMF the hacker would not have access to anything but your users profile info (incl. e-mails) and all posted content on the forum.

BUT, if hacked - there is always a risk of the hacker gaining access to other parts of your hosting account as well, and that way he could get access to your own hosting account info and anything you have on your server.

This all depends on how you were hacked though, and what the hacker originally used to gain access.