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    QNAP NAS Hacked

    When I set my NAS back up the log in default name for the NAS was some of the MAC number. I changed it to a new name and gave it a strong password using my NordPass password manager. Once in, I then added a new user (me) set up a strong password and gave it all permissions. In filestation I...
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    QNAP NAS Hacked

    I have done all of that... UPnp and port forwarding on my router and NAS has been turned off, so has automatic updating. I have loaded he QNAP firewall and security anti-virus apps. I have added an 8TB external ard drive and set up the NAS to back up to it once a week. I have created a new user...
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    QNAP NAS Hacked

    So, obviously not being prepared to pay the thieves who hacked my NAS and the restore instructions given to me by QNAP has not worked, I have accepted it is lost and therefore, completely restored my QNAP NAS back to factory settings and set it back up from scratch. I have again attached an...
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    QNAP NAS Hacked

    Thinkng about it I guess you are right maybe I should try and do this myself because as I've lost almost everything, starting from scratch and wiping my NAS and the new external hard drive clean taking them back to factory settings and starting again isn't exactly risking anything and I'll learn...
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    QNAP NAS Hacked

    After posting here the WD 8TB external drive arrived the same day and so I proceeded to apply the QNAP advice regarding photorec. After several days of it all running it ended up being a waste of time. It recovered very few random tracks and when I reported that back to QNAP the response was...
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    QNAP NAS Hacked

    I have already done this a few days ago.
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    QNAP NAS Hacked

    Oh okay. the model of the QNAP NAS is TS-231P
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    QNAP NAS Hacked

    Thank you guys for your quick response. I will do as you suggest, but before I do, don't I have to be able to access the NAS to recover my music files when the new external drive arrives? If I do as you suggest, how will I be able to connect to the NAS? I disconnected the cable from my NAS to my...
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    QNAP NAS Hacked

    To begin with you wil have to excuse me as I am a total idiot whe it comes to computers etc which I guess is why I am in the pickle I am. I have about 2000 cd's (and counting) that I painstakingly burned onto iTunes over a period of months, putting it on a single external hard drive...
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