I was hacked!
Sunday, September 7, 2008 15:12 | 164 viewsPosted in category Site Update
Earlier today somebody hacked my site and made a few changes. Congrats to them, but thankfully my web host went to work quickly and restored the site to it’s former self by restoring a backup that was from 24 hours earlier. A couple of comments were lost in the event.
It was mainly my fault because I didn’t have permissions set properly. Homer slap to the head, “Dough!”
Looks like I’ll be editing my files manually instead of using the wordpress editor from now on. Since you need to have them set to writable and if I have to go into FTP to change them all teh time, I may as well edit them in FTP also.
Well anyway. Sites back up and running.
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September 7th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Scary indeed! Hackers suck!
September 7th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Glad to see you back up and running Mac.
The bastards need stringing up …
September 7th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Wow. That is crummy. I’m glad it was stopped before anything major was ruined. Sheesh.
September 7th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
@DragonLady – They are clever to say the least. I’m actually shocked they took the time to hack my site at all. Makes me feel popular
@theenglishguy – Thanks to you for telling me when you saw it.
@teeni – Yea. Thankful the database was intact.
September 7th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Some sneaky things can be done, for sure. As to why they’d want to hack you, is because your site could be used to redirect to theirs, showing up in Google’s search index, due to it being so visible. Of course, they want to use it.
This is why I like to be able to SSH into mine. I don’t even have the /wp-content/uploads folder writable unless I want to add an image with the image uploader. Then, if I do, I ssh in and chmod 777 the folder. Upload my image, and chmod 755. Screw those guys. Its worth the small effort.
September 7th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
@MrCorey – I put mine at 644. No need to have a PHP file executable.
September 7th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Yeah look at it as a positive thing – you’re popular, that’s why they targeted you.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
hahahah yeah it was funny i stopped by and some islamic something or other was here. QUITE amusing hehe
September 7th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Heh.. I wonder who could have done this, stupid websitephiles.
September 8th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
@theenglishguy – I’m a Like A celebrity! YAY!
September 8th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
@Uhh Yeah – I should have got a screen shot for my FNFO post next week.
September 8th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
@ChrisTheFeral – Somebody with a lot of spare time on their hands.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
just wrap a towel around your head for the flip off! haha or a diaper