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HyperVM creator suicides after 24 exploits published, over 100,000 websites destroyed

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HyperVM is a control panel for the Virtual Machine platforms: Xen and Virtuozzo.

Used by low-cost web hosts everywhere, its future is uncertain.

24 exploits were published June 4th on the popular exploits website milw0rm. (a zero, not letter o)

http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8880

Just yesterday it was reported by Times of India that the creator of the company behind HyperVM, K.T. Ligesh, hanged himself. You can find more details and his picture here and here.
Meanwhile, this is sending shockwaves throughout the hosting industry. The WebHostingTalk forum is buzzing with condolences and talk about replacements.

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=103

However, it is too late vaserv.com which lost many websites.

Quote from S. Bhargava, the remaining LxLab employee.

As you know Ligesh was the sole owner of Lxlabs. I am not sure whether the company Lxlabs will continue to operate in future. I personally am trying NOT to let the products Kloxo and HyperVM die. Since we all know that the software has severe security vulnerabilities at this point, please avoid using them till we get more information about the future of Lxlabs.

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