January 30, 2008
11:24 pm
Just a few hours ago, I was shocked to find this blog defaced by some people. I immediately informed BlueHost about it and they immediately restored my entire account to a previous backup. Yes, the restoration process made me lose a few post in some of my blogs but I guess that was the best way to correct what has been done to the blog.
BlueHost advised me to update my scripts and change my passwords which I did after the restoration. The restoration took only a few minutes.
Below are screenshots of what has been done to this blog.
It was a frustrating experience for me but I guess I should be thankful that I only lose 2 post from this blog. The post that I lost were; HodgePodge Mag’s Avatars Who Care and Camping and Free Hair. Now, I’ll just have to rewrite and re-post both of them, that is, if I can remember what I’ve written in them.
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Tags: avatars, blogs, bluehost, Camping, defaced, flickr photo, free hair, hodgepodge, scripts
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January 31st, 2008 at 8:31 am
wow pno ka naging nazi?
this situation must be very stressful for you, pero it’s ok! you get kudos for your service and writing from Hodgepodge!
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January 31, 2008 5:46 pm
Very frustrating talaga Isa. Then today my account got suspended for disturbing the peace! ??? Arrggghhhh!
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January 31st, 2008 at 10:39 am
Yeah, been hacked while at BLUEHOSt din before. lousy host in my opinion.
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January 31, 2008 5:45 pm
Ouch! If I get some extra money then I might switch again.
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January 31st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
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February 3rd, 2008 at 2:28 am
Ouch! Sorry that happened to you. Several months ago I had an entire server hacked, defaced, and then all domains on the server were redirected to just one URL (we’re talkin’ 250+ accounts). It’s always really great when that happens isn’t it?
By the way, after my business partner and I spent hours cleaning up the mess, fixing our server, and moving everyone to a new server I wrote a post on how to backup your blog… you may find it useful so you don’t lose posts should it ever happen again.
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February 3, 2008 10:09 am
Thanks Katy, I’ve also installed two plugins that backs up wordpress on all my blogs. One backs up the database only while the other one backs up the entire blog.
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February 7th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Kabalyero, would you mind sharing those plugins with me? I’m interested in backing up my blog, even more so since your tragedy!
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February 7, 2008 3:08 pm
Sure, the plugins are: WordPress Database Backup and BackUpWordPress. The first one backs up only the DB the other one backs up the entire site.
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