Sorry

Thursday, January 17, 2008 in General by slowe | 4 comments

Apparently my site was compromised and some offensive ads were placed at the top of the site. I’ve removed the ads and the code that placed them there and have taken steps to ensure that we don’t have an issue like this again. Additional steps may be necessary, so be patient with me as I work this out.

If you were offended by the unwanted ads, please accept my apologies!

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  1. Joe Cruz’s avatar

    Joe Cruz on Friday, January 18, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    I stay up-to-date with an RSS Feed for your site, so luckily I missed the brouhaha! Good luck!

  2. Clif Smith’s avatar

    Clif Smith on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 11:44 am

    Dang…sorry for you! I don’t get asinine attacks such as that.

  3. Wes Prather’s avatar

    Wes Prather on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 8:44 am

    Is this a WordPress site? And how did the compromise occur? Password interception, code vulnerability, what? I’m asking because I’m trying to set one of these up myself, and am interested in the security configuration you’re using, as it doesn’t seem to happen often – You’ve got a lot of content! Thank, Scott!

  4. slowe’s avatar

    slowe on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 9:38 am

    Wes,

    To be honest, I haven’t yet determined exactly HOW the compromise occurred. I suspect it was a password compromise, but I’m not sure. I’ve taken some steps to prevent it and I’m continuing to dig into the configuration to see if there are other steps I can take as well.