# Is it a bug or a hack?

**URL:** <https://forums.concretecms.org/t/is-it-a-bug-or-a-hack/8804>\
**Category:** Developing with Concrete\
**Created:** [February 23, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/is-it-a-bug-or-a-hack/8804 "2025-02-23T21:14:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rdealmeida](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/rdealmeida/32/6283_2.png) [@rdealmeida](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/rdealmeida)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/is-it-a-bug-or-a-hack/8804/1 "2025-02-23T21:14:27Z")

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I got several of these in a row in my logs. Once at midnight and the other at 6:30am. The second time crashed the website… The referenced line appears to be the login script…  
Any Ideas ??  
Thanks  
Bob  
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused in /var/www/html/updates/concrete-cms-9.3.9-remote-updater/concrete/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOConnection.php:40

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**Author:** ![Cahueya](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/cahueya/32/5178_2.png) [@Cahueya](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/Cahueya)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/is-it-a-bug-or-a-hack/8804/2 "2025-02-24T05:05:03Z")

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This line references to the way how concreteCMS connects to the database.

It appears that the database server was not available at that moment.

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**Author:** ![rdealmeida](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/rdealmeida/32/6283_2.png) [@rdealmeida](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/rdealmeida)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/is-it-a-bug-or-a-hack/8804/3 "2025-02-24T13:53:53Z")

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Thanks, But why would that have crashed the website?

Bob

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**Author:** ![Cahueya](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/cahueya/32/5178_2.png) [@Cahueya](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/Cahueya)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/is-it-a-bug-or-a-hack/8804/4 "2025-02-24T15:41:59Z")

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concreteCMS needs a database to store and retrieve the data of the website. If the database server is not available, this is a fatal error.

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**Author:** ![rdealmeida](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/rdealmeida/32/6283_2.png) [@rdealmeida](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/rdealmeida)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/is-it-a-bug-or-a-hack/8804/5 "2025-02-24T22:58:31Z")

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I didn’t think of that… I need more coffee !!!  
Thanks  
Bob